15th ANNUAL BALD HEAD ISLAND FISHING RODEO RESULTS Total Boats: 18 Day 1: Radiator Overflow not fishing Day 2: Impulsive, Radiator Overflow OVERALL TOURNAMENT WINNERS First Place Captain Ken Coffer, Carolina Beach, NC Desperado 273.68 $4,860 Second Place Captain Jerry Hedge, Wallace N.C. Pure Country 196.46 $2,916 Third Place Captain John Harriss, Wilmington, N.C. Carolina […]
COAST GUARD INVESTIGATING INCREASE IN VESSEL COLLISIONS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The U.S. Coast Guard is reminding licensed mariners, commercial fishing vessel captains and recreational boaters about the importance of complying with the Nautical Rules of the Road after an unusually high number of vessel collisions at the end of May. “In each case the collision […]
SCUP – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M. Monday, June 5, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of scup for recreational purposes from the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N Latitude): I. MINIMUM SIZE LIMITNo person […]
BLACK SEA BASS – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M. Monday, June 5, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of black sea bass for recreational purposes from the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N Latitude): I. […]
USCG CUTTER EAGLE SAILS IN FOR 30TH ANNUAL NORFOLK HARBORFEST PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle will participate in the Norfolk’s Harborfest 2006 Parade of Sail Friday, June 9. As the sole tall ship in United States government service, Eagle uniquely executes its two primary missions of training and representation. The demands […]
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, Friday, June 2, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N. Latitude):I. SIZE LIMITIt is unlawful to possess black […]
N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission members Dr. B.J. Copeland, Bradley Styron, David Beresoff and David Hilton will meet June 6 at 1 p.m. at the Division of Marine Fisheries, 3441 Arendell Street, Morehead City, to begin drafting a letter to the N.C. General Assembly. The letter is to express dissatisfaction with the […]
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 area will take effect at sunrise, Thursday, June 1, 2006.All those waters in Carteret and Onslow counties will […]
NMFS Announces 2006 Bluefin Quotas and Effort Controls For a full description of this action please visit the library. The BFT retention limits are as follows: The coastwide General category Atlantic BFT fishery will reopen on June 1, 2006. The daily retention limit will be three large medium or giant BFT (73 inches or greater) […]
New Report Shows Landmark Success of Wildlife Grants Program RALEIGH, N.C. (May 26, 2006) – The nation’s 50 state fish and wildlife agencies aren’t waiting around for more wildlife to be listed on the Endangered Species List. According to a new report that documents the last five years of the State Wildlife Grants Program, state […]
