NEW ANGLER’S GUIDE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC MOREHEAD CITY – A new, full-color angler’s guide is available to the public for free. The 131-page, pocket-sized booklet contains information about the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ recreational fishing programs, license requirements and ethical angling practices. It also features a large section that describes the biology […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, 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, Friday, April 11, 2008. All those waters in Brunswick, Onslow […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel, III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 9:00 A.M., Thursday, April 10, 2008, the following changes will apply to the harvest of striped bass with COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS IN THE ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT […]
STRATEGIC HABITAT AREA ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MEET MOREHEAD CITY — The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Strategic Habitat Advisory Committee Region 1 – Albemarle will meet on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Washington Regional Office, 934 Washington Square Mall, Washington. The committee will review […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES FIVE FROM DAMAGED SAILBOAT PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., rescued five people from the German flagged 43-foot sailboat Born, approximately 170-miles east of Elizabeth City. The Coast Guard was initially notified at 6:40 a.m. today by a 406 MHz distress signal from the sailboat. The distress signal was generated […]
COAST GUARD RESPONDING TO VESSEL IN DISTRESS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard C-130, and an HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., are responding to a 406 MHz distress signal from a sailboat approximately 170-miles east of Elizabeth City. The vessel is a German flagged 43-foot sailboat with five people onboard. The distress signal […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, 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 shellfish area temporary closures will take effect immediately: No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, 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 shellfish area temporary closures will take effect immediately: No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, 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 shellfish area temporary closure will take effect immediately: No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, April 6, 2008, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15.3’N. Latitude): I. SIZE LIMIT It is […]
