SH-4-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the following areas will open to shrimping and crab trawling effective at 12:00 P.M. Friday, March 26, 2004: ONSLOW COUNTY Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) – Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) main channel only from the N.C. Highway 210 highrise […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES $408,363 FOR SOUTHEAST FISHERY HABITAT RESTORATIONProjects in Florida, North Carolina & South Carolina The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced awards totaling $408,363 for four local organizations in the southeastern United States to facilitate restoration of coastal and marine habitat critical to fishery resources. The projects are funded by the Community-based Restoration […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES $114,188 TO HELP RESTORE FISHERY HABITAT IN STUMP SOUND, N.C. The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $114,188 to the North Carolina Coastal Federation for a community-based project to restore fishery habitat in Stump Sound, Onslow County, N.C. The project is funded by the Community-based Restoration Program within the […]
NOAA ASSEMBLES RESCUE TEAM TO SEDATE WHALE, CUT LINE Endangered Right Whale Still Within Reach of Medical Help March 23, 2004  Veterinarians and whale experts from NOAA Fisheries are coordinating a rescue team that will attempt an at-sea removal of entangled ropes and buoys from a moving endangered North Atlantic right whale currently off […]
Coast Guard, NOAA, CCS make second attempt to free endangered whale CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard, NOAA Fisheries and Center for Coastals Studies will again combine forces and resources in a second attempt to disentangle a juvenile North Atlantic right whale caught in fishing line and presently off the coast of Charleston. The crew of […]
SIZE LIMIT DROPS FOR OCEAN-CAUGHT FLOUNDER MOREHEAD CITY Good news on the flounder front for anglers – the recreational size limit for flounder caught in North Carolina’s ocean waters will drop from 15 inches to 14 inches, beginning Monday, March 29. The bag limit will remain at eight fish per day. “During the last two […]
FAMILY CITED FOR ILLEGAL FISH SALEMOREHEAD CITY Members of a New Hanover County family were caught illegally selling fish in an undercover sting operation.On March 7, the North Carolina Marine Patrol charged Jerry Wayne Batson, 26, of 6027 Coon Hunter Trail, in Castle Hayne, with two counts of taking fish without a standard commercial fishing […]
FF-28-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: FLOUNDER-RECREATIONAL PURPOSES-ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Monday, March 29, 2004, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of flounder for recreational purposes from the Atlantic Ocean: I. SUSPENSION OF RULE The portion of N.C. Fisheries Rules for Coastal […]
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS March 16, 2004 NC – MYRTLE GROVE SOUND TO CASINO CREEK – SHALLOTTE INLET – SHOALING There has been a report of shoaling in Shallotte Inlet in the vicinity of Shallotte Inlet Buoy 10 (LLNR 31090) to an approximate depth of 5 feet MLW. Mariners […]
PA-16-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Wednesday, March 24, 2004. Newport River in Carteret […]
