ADDITIONAL SHRIMP MEETINGS ADDED TO SUMMER SCHEDULE MOREHEAD CITY – Sneads Ferry and Goldsboro, are locations added to a series of summer public meetings to discuss the draft Shrimp Fishery Management Plan. Closing additional North Carolina inshore waters to trawling and establishing a recreational limit for shrimp harvest are among a list of actions being […]
BIG MONEY AVALIABLE FOR BOATING FACILITIESMOREHEAD CITY – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced another round of grants to help improve docking facilities for recreational transient, non-trailerable boats along the navigable waterways of the United States for federal FiscalYear 2006.The grants are part of the Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program authorized by the […]
Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 07/13/05 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The Coastwide General Category has landed 11.1 mt out of 908.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category: 13.2 mt out of 90.0 mt to date. Longline North: 8.4 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline South: […]
NOAA CAPTURES AERIAL IMAGES OF DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY HURRICANE DENNIS July 12, 2005  NOAA today posted online more than 200 aerial images of the USA Gulf Coast regions struck by Hurricane Dennis last Sunday. The Florida Panhandle regions photographed range from Pensacola to Panama City. The aerial photograph missions were conducted by the NOAA […]
COAST GUARD HELICOPTER EXECUTES EMERGENCY LANDING AT FELKER ARMY AIRFIELD ELIZABETH CITY, NC – A Coast Guard HH-60 on a routine training mission this afternoon experienced an engine failure, requiring the pilots to execute an emergency landing at Felker Army Airfield. There were no injuries to aircrew members or ground personnel and the helicopter did […]
GEORGETOWN COAST GUARD ASSISTS INJURED FISHERMAN Jacksonville, Fla. — A Coast Guard boat crew from Station Georgetown, S.C., assisted a crewman who was injured during a fall last night aboard a fishing vessel off Winyah Bay, S.C. Jeremy Jackson, 26, was suffering from severe pain and numbness in all extremities following a fall down a […]
MULTIPLE AGENCIES SEARCH FOR MISSING PILOT ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– Rescuers are searching for a pilot who was involved in a plane crash this morning near Breakwater Harbor in Cape Henelopen, Del. Six planes took off from Sussex County Airport in Georgetown, Del. Two of those planes, a Rutan Long EZE, and a RANZ RV8 collided […]
NOAA AND VT HALTER MARINE LAUNCH SECOND FISHERIES SURVEY VESSELWork Also Starts on Third Research Ship in Series VT Halter Marine, Inc. and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today launched the second of four planned NOAA fisheries survey vessels. The ship was christened Henry B. Bigelow by Catherine Silver of Winnacunnet High School in […]
Cape Fear Blue Marlin Tournament This past weekend the Cape Fear Blue Marlin Tournament was held. This is part of the Governor’s Cup. The locals dominated, in the standings: 1st. Place “Bluewater†2nd “Tuna Trappe” 3rd. Place club member Ken Coffer on “Desparado†congratulations Ken Desperado also took 1st. Place Dolphin, weighing in a nice […]
2005 Got-Em-On Results Prize $ Placed Wt Boat Name Angler City/State 22,500 1 37.9 Capt’n Hook David Hooks, Jr Ocean Isle Beach, NC 9,000 2 33.8 Much 2 Reel Brian Cheshire Wrightsville Beach, NC 4,500 3 33.6 Hot Rod Brett A Barnes Wilmington, NC 1,800 4 32.6 Brief Relief Gardner Lee Welty Wilmington, NC […]
