MAN RESCUED FROM THE WATER AFTER 11 HOURS AT SEA INDIAN RIVER, Del. – Greg Ryan is fortunate to be alive today after spending the night treading water in the Atlantic Ocean. Mr. Ryan fell overboard from the sport fishing vessel Hangin’ Loose at about 11 p.m. Friday night, while en route to offshore fishing […]
Wilmington Star Gets It Wrong Following is a letter Pres Pate, Director of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries, sent to the Wilmington Star regarding an article that ran in their paper on July 4. It was our understanding the Wilmington Star was going to run another story to set the record straight – to […]
U.S. Coast Guard and fishing legend Bill Dance join to promote boating safety WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard announced today that it is joining with Mr. Bill Dance, the star of the Outdoor Life Network’s Bill Dance Outdoors to target two of the highest at-risk groups for boating fatalities: hunters and anglers. Dance’s 30 […]
NOAA Fisheries Proposes Improved Guidelines for Fishery Management Decisions – Public Comment Period OpenNew Guidelines Address National Standard One of Magnuson-Stevens ActNOAA Fisheries Service today proposed improved guidelines to help fishery managers implement National Standard One of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. National Standard One requires fishery managers to prevent overfishing and rebuild […]
Wildlife Agencies to Initiate Status Review of the American Eel The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in coordination with the National Marine Fisheries Service has completed its evaluation of the petition to list the American eel as either threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act and determined that substantial biological information exists to warrant […]
Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee The MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee (AC) will meet on Tuesday July 12, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences upstairs seminar room, Morehead City. The Institute is located on the east side of the […]
River Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee The next meeting of the River Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee (AC) will be held on Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. The AC will meet at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Hatchery, 1104 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC.The committee will receive […]
Crustacean Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Crustacean Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, July 18, 2005, at 6:00 p.m., at the Craven County Cooperative Extension Service, 300 Industrial Drive, New Bern, NC.The committee will review and discuss the draft Shrimp Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Draft FMP has been prepared by the Division […]
MARINE PATROL ANNOUNCES NEW HIRE MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Patrol, law enforcement branch of the state Division of Marine Fisheries, has added a new officer to its ranks. Jimmy Tyer is a new field officer working in the Avon / Dare County area. Prior to his employment with Marine Patrol, Tyer worked as […]
Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 06/24/05 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The Coastwide General Category has landed 3.3 mt out of 908.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category: 5.5 mt out of 90.0 mt to date. Longline North: 3.6 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline South: […]
