Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality Committee will meet on Monday, January 9, at 1 p.m. at the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Washington Regional Office, located at 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC. The committee will first receive a presentation from […]
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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Thursday, December 29, 2005.All those waters in Carteret and Onslow Counties […]
Coastal Zone Management Program Evaluations to be Conducted in North Carolina, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management has announced its intent to evaluate the performance of the Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve (South Carolina), the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Puerto […]
Council to Address Butterfish Rebuilding in Amendment 10; Mackerel Limited Access Program Delayed Based on recent information that the butterfish stock is overfished, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has decided that Amendment 10 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) will focus on a rebuilding plan for butterfish. As a result, […]
Research Set-Aside Program Seeking Applicants The Mid-Atlantic research set-aside program provides a mechanism to support research by compensating vessels through the sale of fish harvested under a research quota. Up to 3 percent of the total allowable landings in certain Mid-Atlantic fisheries may be dedicated to research endeavors in 2007. NOAA is soliciting proposals for […]
Measures Proposed for 2006 Bluefish Fisheries NOAA Fisheries Service has proposed state-by-state commercial quotas, a recreational harvest limit, and recreational possession limits for Atlantic bluefish. The 2006 Total Allowable Landings (TAL) is 24.799 million lb, approximately 24 percent less than the 2005 TAL. As recommended by the Council, NOAA Fisheries is proposing to transfer 5.367 […]
NTSB CITES CAPTAIN’S POOR JUDGMENT AS CAUSE OF SYDNEY MAE II SINKINGWashington, D.C. – In a report made public today, the National Transportation Safety Board cited the captain’s decision to closely approach the Umpqua River bar during hazardous conditions as the cause of the September sinking of the Sydney Mae II off the coast of […]
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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Friday, December 23, 2005.All those waters in Onslow, Pender and Brunswick […]
DERELICTS BY JAMES SPRUNT I am PLEASED to announce the addition of the FULL TEXT version of James Sprunts “Derelicts” to our site. I first read this book while a student at UNC-W. I had found this amazing chart of shipwrecks along the Cape Fear Coast and was dieing to know more. Mr. Sprunts book […]
RECYCLING PROGRAM GETS EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENTMOREHEAD CITY – Two Marine Fisheries Commission members from Brunswick County, Rusty Russ and David Beresoff, are playing Santa Claus for the N.C. Oyster Shell Recycling Program. Russ, who hails from Ocean Isle and holds a recreational seat on the commission, donated a recycling trailer to the program. He and […]
