COAST GUARD ENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING SHIP PILOT ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Coast Guard crews have ended their search for a missing federal ship pilot who entered the water about two miles off the coast of Cape Henlopen, at the mouth of the Delaware Bay, Sunday night. Missing is Lynn Deibert, 52, a pilot with […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR MISSING SHIP PILOT ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard is searching this morning for a Chesapeake ship pilot who reportedly fell while boarding a freight ship off Cape Henlopen, at the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Search and rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Field Office Atlantic City were contacted […]
Loss of Whooping Cranes at Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge After Storms Hit Central FloridaThe Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) regretfully announces theloss of the 18 juvenile whooping cranes at the Chassahowitzka NationalWildlife Refuge. The cranes died as a result of the storms that sweptthrough central Florida during the evening and early morning of February 1and […]
COAST GUARD TO CLOSE CAPE FEAR RIVER SATURDAY WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Coast Guard plans to close the Cape Fear River to all boat traffic from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday to ensure the safe passage of a ship delivering four new cranes to the port here. There is potential that the transit could […]
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 or mussels […]
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 or mussels […]
COAST GUARD TO CLOSE CAPE FEAR RIVER WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Coast Guard will not be closing the Cape Fear River Friday, Feb. 2, as originally scheduled, for the transit of four new cranes to the port here.Heavy weather today prevented engineers from preparing the cranes to transit up the river, and sea conditions will […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, January 31, 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 black […]
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, January 31, 2007, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. HARVEST LIMITSA. During the period beginning at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, January 31, 2007 and ending at 6:00 P.M., […]
Southern Shrimp Alliance Town Hall Meetings:Trade Actions, Byrd Amendment to be discussedThe Southern Shrimp Alliance will be conducting three Town Hall Meetings in North Carolina during the first week of February. Meeting dates and locations are as follows:February 7th at 6:00pm: NCDENR Regional Office943 Washington Square Mall Washington, NC 27889 (252) 946-6481February 8th at 6:00pm: […]
