Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Central Regional Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Central Regional Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 16, at 6 p.m., in the Board Room, the Brock Administration Building, Craven County Community College, New Bern, NC. The committee will receive updates on the most recent Marine Fisheries Commission business meeting […]
Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point The Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point has begun a study of how the waters adjacent to the BT-11 Piney Island Bombing Range and the BT-9 bombing target on Brant Island Shoals are being used commercially and recreationally. The MCAS has contracted Geo-Marine, Inc. to conduct the […]
2006/07 OYSTER RESTRICTIONSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at sunrise, Saturday, December 30, 2006 mechanical harvest of oysters will be allowed and the following changes in restrictions will apply:I. MEANS AND METHODSMECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS: 1. Oysters may be taken by mechanical methods (See General Information Section VI. E.,G. […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS- CAPE FEAR RIVER Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Monday, January 1, 2007, the striped bass season shall open in the following areas for commercial fishing operations. The following restrictions apply:I. AREA DESCRIPTION: All Joint and Coastal fishing […]
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 shellfish area temporary closure will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON –GILL NETS : ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, January 3, 2007 the season for the harvest of striped bass with gill nets in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina WILL OPEN. The following restrictions shall apply:I. SIZE LIMITNo […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREAPreston 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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Wednesday, December 20, 2006.New River in Onslow County will return to the […]
NEW FISH PRINT AVAILABLE ON-LINE MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission is selling a limited-edition print to commemorate the launch of the state’s first coastal recreational fishing license. The print, by North Carolina artist Duane Raver, depicts red drum chasing a school of finger mullet in an estuary. The Marine Fisheries Commission decided […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 2:00 P.M., Monday, December 18, 2006, 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 […]
BOATERS PROHIBITED FROM USING 121.5, 243 MHz EPIRBS BY 2007 WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard is advising boaters that, beginning Jan. 1, 2007, both 121.5 and 243 MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) are prohibited from use in commercial and recreational vessels. Boaters wishing to have an emergency rescue beacon aboard their vessel must […]
