WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued four people from a sinking pleasure craft Saturday southeast of Beaufort. Watchstanders at the Sector North Carolina Command Center in Wilmington received a distress call from the 26-foot aluminum-hulled catamaran Fish Tank at about 1:18 p.m. taking on water approximately 26 miles southeast of Beaufort Inlet. A 47-foot […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man Saturday from a fishing boat about 35 miles east of Chincoteague. Watchstanders at the Sector Hampton Roads Command Center in Portsmouth received notification at approximately 10:45 a.m. a 58-year-old crewman aboard the commercial fishing boat Good News II out of Hampton was having trouble breathing and […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man Saturday from a motor vessel about 110 miles east of Virginia Beach. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received notification at about 7:45 p.m. Friday a 68-year-old Croatian crewman aboard the 590-foot Marshall Islands-flagged motor vessel Atlantic Tramp became unconscious and […]
MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will memorialize former Artificial Reef Coordinator Jim Francesconi by sinking two ships in his honor next week. Francesconi, who began working for the division in 1987, headed the Artificial Reef Program for 14 years before losing a battle with leukemia on July 18, 2014. The division […]
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued four people Saturday off a jetty near Fort Fisher Ferry Terminal. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a report at approximately 3:50 p.m. that two men were stuck on the rock jetty trapped by high tide. A 29-foot Rescue Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Oak […]
Designated Spawning Special Management Zones designed to protect habitat and snapper grouper species The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council has approved the designation of five offshore areas as Spawning Special Management Zones (SMZs) to help protect spawning fish and unique habitat associated with spawning activities in the South Atlantic, including portions of an elbow-shaped […]
Jim Kelley, Acting Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M. Friday, March 25, 2016, the following provisions shall apply to the harvest of striped bass by COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS IN THE ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA: I. AREA DESCRIPTION Albemarle Sound Management Area as described in N.C. Marine Fisheries […]
MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Nominating Committee will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet immediately following the Nominating Committee meeting at 4:15 p.m. Both meetings will be held via conference call. Members of the public who wish to listen to the meetings may do so at […]
HOBUCKEN, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a 65-year-old man Saturday who was aboard a sailboat 25 miles east of Hobucken. Watchstanders at Sector North Carolina received a report at 5:30 p.m. Saturday that a man aboard the 24-foot sailboat Patty Kate was beset by weather. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station […]
OAK ISLAND, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a man and woman Friday south of Fort Fisher Ferry Terminal near Cape Fear. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Oak Island received a report at 3:45 p.m. the two were stranded on a jetty. A 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Station Oak Island launched, arrived on scene […]
