Category: NC

Mid-Atlantic Council and its Committees to Meet; May 2-4 in Virginia Beach, VA

Mid-Atlantic Council and its Committees to Meet; May 2-4 in Virginia Beach, VA The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and its Bycatch Committee; Research Set-Aside Committee; Protected Resources Committee; Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee; Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, Tilefish Committee; Ad Hoc Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) Reauthorization Committee; Ecosystem Committee; and Executive Committee will meet May 2-4 in Virginia […]

Renewed Affirmative Finding Will Allow Yellowfin Tuna Imports from Ecuador

Renewed Affirmative Finding Will Allow Yellowfin Tuna Imports from Ecuador NOAA Fisheries Service has renewed the affirmative finding for the Government of Ecuador under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This affirmative finding will allow yellowfin tuna harvested in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean in compliance with the International Dolphin Conservation Program (IDCP) by Ecuadorian-flag […]

NC COUPLE RESCUED FROM DISABLED SAILING VESSEL

NC COUPLE RESCUED FROM DISABLED SAILING VESSEL JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard is towing an North Carolinian couple to safety after their vessel became disabled 66-miles east of Jacksonville Sunday. James Q. Brown and Nancy Willis May of New Bern, N.C., were sailing their 34-foot sailing vessel, the Chapulin, Marsh Harbor, Bahamas to Fernandina […]

RESCUE CREWS SEARCHING FOR MISSING BOATER NEAR BUTLER ISLAND, S.C.

RESCUE CREWS SEARCHING FOR MISSING BOATER NEAR BUTLER ISLAND, S.C. CHARLESTON, S.C. – A man is missing after he jumped off his vessel with a friend and his dog to go for a swim in the Intra-Coastal Waterway in the vicinity of Butler Island, S.C. at about 7:40 p.m. The man, whose name is being […]

NOAA LAUNCHES FIRST SET OF ATLANTIC BASIN TSUNAMI BUOY STATIONS

NOAA LAUNCHES FIRST SET OF ATLANTIC BASIN TSUNAMI BUOY STATIONS April 17, 2006 — NOAA finished installation of five Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) buoy stations off the East and Gulf coasts and the Caribbean as part of the expansion of the U.S. tsunami warning system. The latest buoy station, off New Orleans, […]

Council Meeting in Virginia Beach, VA: May 2-4, 2006

Council Meeting in Virginia Beach, VA: May 2-4, 2006 The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s May 2006 meeting to be held at Sheraton Oceanfront Hotel, 36th & Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (telephone 757-425-9000), May 2-4, 2006. Below is the meeting agenda. Tuesday, May 2 8:30 – 2:00 p.m. […]

CRAB, EEL, FISH AND SHRIMP POTS

CRAB, EEL, FISH AND SHRIMP POTSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 7:00 A.M., Thursday, April 20, 2006, the following will apply to crab, eel, fish, and shrimp pots:Pots MAY NOT BE SET in the following area from 7:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. on April 20, 2006.I. A. […]

RIVER HERRING

RIVER HERRING Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 P.M., Wednesday, April 19, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the harvest of river herring:I. SEASONThe season for harvest of river herring in the Chowan River Herring Management Area by pound net is closed. No person or […]

CRAB POT ESCAPE RINGS

CRAB POT ESCAPE RINGSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:00 Noon. Wednesday, April 19, 2006, the following area will be exempt from the escape ring requirement in crab pots until 12:01 A.M., June 15, 2006.I. AREA DESCRIPTION:Newport River bounded by the Highway 70 Bridge in the south […]

Leave Fawns Alone, Wildlife Commission Urges

Leave Fawns Alone, Wildlife Commission Urges RALEIGH, N.C. (April 13, 2006) — With fawning season in full swing, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking people not to approach, touch or remove any white-tailed fawns. At the peak of fawning season in May and June, people might see fawns left alone and assume they have […]