MFC PUBLIC INFORMATION COMMITTEE MEETING The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Public Information Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 11 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held in the 2nd floor conference room of the Division of Marine Fisheries Building, located at 3441 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC. At the last committee meeting, members were […]
GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Saturday, April 15, 2006 the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA.I. AREA DESCRIPTION: The Albemarle Sound Management Area as described in Marine Fisheries […]
MISSING BOAT MECHANIC FOUND DECEASED ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – Michael Paul, 30, of Bayboro, N.C., was found deceased today at 6:13 a.m. by a good Samaritan, in the Trent Creek just off of the Bay River. Yesterday afternoon 4:15 p.m. the owner of a 15 foot Scout vessel notified Sector North Carolina that his mechanic was missing when […]
MISSING BOAT MECHANIC FOUND DECEASED ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – Michael Paul, 30, of Bayboro, N.C., was found deceased today at 6:13 a.m. by a good Samaritan, in the Trent Creek just off of the Bay River. Yesterday afternoon 4:15 p.m. the owner of a 15 foot Scout vessel notified Sector North Carolina that his mechanic […]
THREE RESCUED AFTER FISHING VESSEL CAPSIZES ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.- Three people were rescued this morning by the Coast Guard after their fishing boat capsized in the Delaware Bay. A Coast Guard rescue helicopter, a 41-foot utility boat from Coast Guard Station Cape May and a New Jersey State Police boat from the Bi-Valve station were […]
NTSB DETERMINES IMPROPERLY INSTALLED FUEL-INJECTION LINE CAUSED FIRE ON A SMALL PASSENGER VESSEL IN FLORIDA IN 2004 Washington, DC — The National Transportation Safety Board determined today that the probable cause of the fire on board the Shuttle Express II was a fractured, improperly installed fuel-injection line on the inboard side of the starboard engine […]
Anticipated 48th Annual T-Shirt On Sale Now! The much-anticipated 48th Annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament T-shirts have been released and are on sale now in various retail outlets in Carteret County. Twenty-five area retailers have the shirts in stock now including Major Sponsor, Outer Banks Outfitters/Boater’s World in Atlantic Beach. “They are really selling […]
Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education Unveils New Exhibits RALEIGH, N.C. (April 6, 2006) – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will celebrate the launch of a new exhibit hall dedicated to coastal ecology and culture at the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education in Corolla on June 16. “This is a significant step in the […]
Senate Appropriations Committee Provides NOAA $1.16 Billion: On April 4th, the Senate Appropriations Committee (Chairman Thad Cochran, R-MS) provided $1.16 billion to NOAA as part of the FY ’06 Emergency Supplemental (HR 4939). According to a Committee press release, the NOAA funds are to be used for “mapping and debris removal in the Gulf of […]
COAST GUARD AND PARTNERS SEARCH FOR MISSING BOAT MECHANIC ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching the Bay River for a missing 30-year-old Bayboro man tonight. The owner of a 15-foot Scout vessel notified Coast Guard Sector North Carolina at 4:15 p.m. that his mechanic was missing when he noticed […]
