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MONKFISH â€ââ‚Â

MONKFISH – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANDr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Friday, March 16, 2007, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial monkfish fishery:I. PERMITSMasters of vessels that fish for monkfish in the Atlantic Ocean are restricted to a one mile […]

JOINT-AGENCY EFFORT RESCUES CHILD, 2 ADULTS

JOINT-AGENCY EFFORT RESCUES CHILD, 2 ADULTS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two adults and a child were plucked from a sandbar off Cedar Island, N.C., today as the tide rose past their ankles. A passerby on a johnboat called Carteret County 911 at about 12:30 p.m. to report a family stranded on a sandbar in Drum Inlet […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

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, Tuesday, March 13, 2007.The dredge site in Stumpy Point Bay […]

MAN RESCUED AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES IN PAMLICO SOUND

MAN RESCUED AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES IN PAMLICO SOUND PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued a commercial fisherman after his boat capsized in the Pamlico Sound near Clam Shoal this morning.Communications watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet, N.C., received a distress call from the man at about 8 a.m. They used direction finding equipment […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

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, March 9, 2007.The following area will be opened to […]

TWO N.C. COAST GUARDSMEN CHOSEN AS ENLISTED PERSONS OF THE YEAR

TWO N.C. COAST GUARDSMEN CHOSEN AS ENLISTED PERSONS OF THE YEAR PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two North Carolina petty officers were selected Wednesday as the Fifth Coast Guard District’s 2006 Enlisted Persons of the Year. Aviation Survival Technician 1st Class Mario Vittone, of Air Station Elizabeth City, and Reservist Yeoman 1st Class Abigail Scrocco, of Marine […]

2007 OYSTER SEASON CLOSURE

2007 OYSTER SEASON CLOSUREDr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the oyster harvest season WILL CLOSE as indicated in the following areas:I. BRUNSWICK COUNTYEffective sunset Thursday, March 15, 2007.II. CARTERET COUNTY – NORTH RIVEREffective sunset Thursday, March 15, 2007.A. North River – north of the Special Secondary Nursery Area […]

OPERATIONS HALT, MONTROSE REMAINS AGROUND

OPERATIONS HALT, MONTROSE REMAINS AGROUND BALTIMORE – Responders to the grounded cargo ship Montrose stopped offloading coal at about 7 p.m. Monday as weather conditions worsened in the Chesapeake Bay. “The strong winds and increased seas resulted in suspension of the cargo off-loading activities. As safety is our primary focus, we will stand down until […]

OPERATIONS UNDERWAY TO RE-FLOAT MONTROSE

OPERATIONS UNDERWAY TO RE-FLOAT MONTROSE BALTIMORE – Operations are underway in an effort to re-float the 712-foot Liberian flagged cargo ship Montrose currently aground in the Chesapeake Bay, west of the Choptank River. Crews under the direction of the Unified Command began the process known as “lightering” Sunday afternoon at approximately 3 p.m. Since then, […]