Dredging to begin near Shallotte Inlet Crossing, NC WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard advised mariners Tuesday that dredging is scheduled to begin Thursday within the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Federal Channel near Shallotte Inlet Crossing in Brunswick County, N.C. The project will continue 24 hours a day until Jan. 1, 2012. Dredge operators will monitor […]
Merchant ship crews respond to sailor’s call for assistance off Bermuda PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Crewmembers aboard two merchant ships responded to the Coast Guard’s call for assistance to medevac a Canadian man reportedly experiencing signs of a heart attack aboard his sailboat 170 miles southwest of Bermuda, Thursday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th […]
Coast Guard warns mariners of shoaling at Oregon Inlet, NC WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard warned mariners of shoaling near the center span of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge at Oregon Inlet, N.C., Thursday. A survey conducted this week by the Army Corps of Engineers noted water depths as low as two feet in […]
GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 8:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 12, 2011, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the following areas: I. AREA DESCRIPTION A. In Croatan and Roanoke, Albemarle and Currituck sounds, […]
SPOTTED SEATROUT RECREATIONAL Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective 12:01 A.M., Monday, November 14, 2011, the following will apply to spotted seatrout in the recreational fishery: I. SPOTTED SEATROUT RULE SUSPENSION North Carolina Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 03M .0504 (a) and (b) are suspended. II. MINIMUM […]
SPOTTED SEATROUT COMMERCIAL Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective 12:01 A.M. Monday, November 14, 2011, the following will apply to spotted seatrout for commercial purposes: I. SPOTTED SEATROUT RULE SUSPENSION North Carolina Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 03M .0504 (a) is suspended. II. MINIMUM SIZE LIMIT It […]
Coast Guard temporarily removes navigational aids from Lockwoods Folly Inlet WILMINGTON, N.C. – Coast Guard Sector North Carolina personnel temporarily removed the aids to navigation from Lockwoods Folly Inlet this week due to severe shoaling in the waterway. Shoaling conditions in the area were exacerbated in late August by Hurricane Irene. Depths […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Seeks Public Comment on the South Atlantic Comprehensive Annual Catch Limit Amendment NOAA Fisheries Service is seeking public comment on the Comprehensive Annual Catch Limit Amendment for the South Atlantic Region. The notice of availability for the Comprehensive Annual Catch Limit Amendment was published on October 20, 2011 (76 FR 65153), with […]
Public Hearings Scheduled for Black Sea Bass, Red Grouper and Wreckfish Fisheries The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a series of seven public hearings beginning November 14, 2011 to solicit public input on management measures impacting federal fisheries for black sea bass, red grouper, and wreckfish. Amendments are being developed to the Snapper […]
Coast Guard schedules temporary changes to navigational aids near Wilmington, NC **CORRECTION: It was initially released that the Coast Guard is scheduling to remove the aids to navigation located at the Lockwoods Folly Inlet in Smithville, N.C. Correct is the Lockwoods Folly Inlet between Holden Beach and Oak Island, N.C. WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast […]
