Congressman Walter Jones Questions NOAA Catch Share Policy WASHINGTON — Nov. 8, 2010 – Today U.S. Congressman Walter B. Jones (R-North Carolina) sent a letter to Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), opposing NOAA’s recently announced National Catch Share Policy and demanding answers regarding its development. Jones called the […]
2010 Flat Bottom Girls Flounder Tournament Boat Angler Weight Cash TWT Total 1st Masonboro Taylor Barefoot 8bls. 12oz. $ 1000.00 $202.50 $1202.50 2nd Island Tackle Charters Wes Barbour 5 lbs. 4oz. $ 500.00 $121.50 $100.00 $ 721.00 3rd No Name Dennis Durham 5 lbs. 2oz. $ 300.00 $ 81.00 $ 381.00 4th Turn It Up Fred Davis 4 lbs. 0oz. $ 200.00 $ 200.00 5th […]
NOAA affirms catch share push in face of industry fire By Richard Gaines Staff Writer The Gloucester Daily Times Thu Nov 04, 2010, 10:44 PM EDT The Obama administration Thursday formalized its commitment to a national "catch share policy" — a system already drawing fire from fishermen, and one which NOAA’s chief administrator has said […]
Shoaling Reported in Bogue Inlet Channel EMERALD ISLE, NC – The aids to navigation in Bogue Inlet, NC, may be unreliable due to recent shoaling that is encroaching into the channel. Water depths may be less than three feet in the vicinity of buoys one and two in Bogue Inlet. These depths pose a hazard to navigation, and boaters […]
Surveys indicate shoaling in Carolina Beach Carolina Beach, NC – Mariners are advised that Carolina Beach Inlet’s Aids to Navigation may be unreliable due to recent shoaling across the channel, with depths less than 2 feet in the vicinity of Carolina Beach Inlet Buoys 1, 2 and 7. This presents a potential hazard of grounding […]
NOAAs Reponse To Oil Spill We are all watching the unfolding oil spill incident occurring in the Gulf of Mexico and are deeply concerned over the anticipated impacts this spill can have on marine life and the economies which rely on them. I want to give you a brief summary of NOAA’s and Fisheries’ full […]
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species News Effective January 1 through January 31, 2010, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) adjusts the General category daily Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) retention limit to two large medium or giant BFT per vessel per day/trip . Until January 1, 2010, the current retention limit of three […]
THE MFC ADVISOR Marine Fisheries Commission Business Meeting Clam Digger Inn at Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina September 23-25, 2009 The Marine Fisheries Commission and the Division of Marine Fisheries continue to look for ways to keep committee advisors and the public informed about commission activities. It is our intent to publish the MFC […]
NOAA Fisheries Publishes a Final Rule for South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Amendment 15B NOAA Fisheries Service published the final rule for Amendment 15B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic region on November 16, 2009. This final rule will: Prohibit the sale of snapper-grouper harvested under the bag […]
Federal Fisheries Management Council Approves Measures to Protect Largest Deepwater Coral Reef in the South Atlantic Historic measures aim to protect over 23,000 square miles of coral habitats Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted unanimously last week to approve the Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1, a move that will bolster the […]
