COAST GUARD, N.C. WORKERS TO TRAIN FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard hazardous materials experts will be training North Carolina state ferry operators and North Carolina Coast Guard members in the use of specialized oil-skimming equipment Tuesday and Wednesday in Atlantic Beach, N.C. The purpose of the training is to ensure that […]
CUTTER CREW TO RETURN HOME AFTER CARIBBEAN MISSION ELM SET NOAA HURRICANE DETECTION BUOYS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Elm will return to Ft. Macon, N.C., tonight after a 42-day deployment in the Caribbean where they set hurricane-detection buoys to improve forecasting. The crew placed two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration buoys off Puerto […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREADr. 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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Sunday, April 22, 2007.All those waters in Carteret County will return […]
Red Drum Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission Red Drum Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, May 8, at 5:30 p.m., in the main conference room, DENR Washington Regional Office Building, Washington, North Carolina.The Plan Development Team (PDT) will present and discuss the April 2007 Northern Red Drum Stock […]
COAST GUARD TOWING DISTRESSED VESSEL ASHORE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard responded and rescued the crew of a distressed sail boat off the coast of North Carolina today. The Coast Guard Cutter Staten Island, a 110-foot patrol boat home ported in Fort Macon, N.C., rescued four people from the 45-foot sailboat Sur L’ Eau this morning approximately 300 […]
RIVER ACCIDENT LEAVES 1 DEAD, 1 INJURED; MULTIPLE AGENCIES RESPOND ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Authorities recovered the body of a construction worker this evening after a multi-agency search in the Manasquan River near Brielle, N.J. The body of the man, whose name is unknown at this time, was recovered when the capsized barge on which […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES THREE FROM SINKING CATAMARAN PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Three people were safely rescued from a sinking catamaran off the coast of North Carolina Tuesday afternoon. A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., rescued three people from a 35-foot catamaran approximately 290-miles east of Elizabeth City after the boat sustained a three-foot gash […]
South Atlantic Council’s Rock Shrimp and Golden Crab Advisory Panels to Meet; May 1-3 in Charleston, SC The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting of its Rock Shrimp Advisory Panel and Golden Crab Advisory Panel, at the Town and Country Inn in Charleston, SC, on May 1-3, 2007. A detailed agenda is […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANDr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 8:00 A.M., Monday, April 16, 2007, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15.3’N. Latitude):I. SIZE LIMITIt is unlawful to possess […]
COURT JUDGMENT BOOSTS FISHERIES CONSERVATION FUNDMOREHEAD CITY – A recent court judgment will put nearly $14,000 into the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Conservation Fund.A Pamlico County District Court Judge awarded the money to the state as restitution for illegally caught flounder. James B. Jones, captain of the fishing vessel Lady Deborah, pleaded no contest March […]
