Category: NC

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awards Southeast conservation partners for contri

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awards Southeast conservation partners for contributions during FY 2005Jack Elrod, author/illustrator of the conservation-minded Mark Trail comic strip, was among 17 partners that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service honored today in Atlanta. They were awarded for their outstanding contributions to wildlife and natural resource conservation.“The people, businesses, government agencies, […]

Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee

Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee The Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee (AC) will be held on Monday, May 15, 2006, at 6:00 p.m. The AC will meet in Room 222, at the UNC Institute of Marine Science, located at 3431 Arendell Street in Morehead City, NC.The Committee will be given an update on the April […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

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 closures will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or […]

COAST GUARD RESCUES TWO AFTER BOAT FIRE

COAST GUARD RESCUES TWO AFTER BOAT FIRE ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued two men one-and-a-half miles off of the coast of Long Beach Island, N.J. today after their vessel caught fire. At 9:37 a.m. the Coast Guard received a distress call from two men onboard the Malory J, a 38-foot powerboat, that […]

The Carousel Center Fishing Tournament

The Carousel Center Fishing Tournament Saturday, June 3rd, 2006 Prizes awarded for Heaviest Flounder 1st Place $1000.00 cash 2nd Place $500.00 cash Raffles, Door Prizes Weigh-in Station and Registration Inlet Watch Yacht Club Carolina Beach, NC Registration up until 7 PM on June 2nd, 2006 $30.00 per angler All proceeds to benefit The Carousel Center […]

COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SHARK HARVEST – ALL STATE WATERS

COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SHARK HARVEST – ALL STATE WATERS Preston P. Pate, Jr. Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M. Monday, May 8, 2006, the harvest of sharks taken in state waters is restricted as follows:I. COMMERCIAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS:A. ALLOWABLE SPECIES AND SEASONS:It is unlawful to possess sharks taken for […]

INTERNATIONAL TREATY DESIGNED TO RESTORE/PROTECT OZONE LAYER WORKING, SAY SCIENT

INTERNATIONAL TREATY DESIGNED TO RESTORE/PROTECT OZONE LAYER WORKING, SAY SCIENTISTS Countries world wide have controlled the production and use of ozone-eating chlorine compounds, and the Earth’s atmosphere appears to be recovering from losses of “good” ozone in the upper reaches of the atmosphere. These findings were published in the journal Nature. A paper by Betsy […]

LICENSE RENEWAL PACKAGES ARE IN THE MAIL

LICENSE RENEWAL PACKAGES ARE IN THE MAILMOREHEAD CITY – Spring is the time for renewal – for trees, for flowers and commercial fishing licenses. Beginning in May, commercial fishermen can renew their licenses via the mail or by visiting any of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries offices in Elizabeth City, Columbia, Wanchese, Washington, […]

New Rule to Protect Bottlenose Dolphins

New Rule to Protect Bottlenose Dolphins A new final rule implements additional requirements designed to reduce the serious injury and death of bottlenose dolphins stock in the mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet fishery and eight other coastal fisheries. This rule also revises the large mesh size restriction under the mid-Atlantic large mesh gillnet rule for conservation of […]

FISHERIES LICENSE OFFICES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE MAY 23

FISHERIES LICENSE OFFICES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE MAY 23MOREHEAD CITY – The Division of Marine Fisheries’ license offices in Elizabeth City, Columbia, Wanchese, Washington, Morehead City, and Wilmington will be temporarily closed on Tuesday, May 23, so staff may attend a training workshop. The offices will resume regular office hours on May 24. FISHERIES LICENSE OFFICES […]