MARINE PATROL CUTS SHORT ILLEGAL ACTIVITY MOREHEAD CITY – Fishermen from Carteret and Pamlico counties have been charged with illegally harvesting fish and shellfish.On December 7, the North Carolina Marine Patrol charged Rodney Salter, 34, Ron Sparks, 35, and Bobby Martin, Jr., 47, of Carteret County with illegally harvesting striped bass near Drum Inlet. Fifteen […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS- CAPE FEAR RIVER Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Monday, January 2, 2006, the striped bass season shall open in the following areas for commercial fishing operations. The following restrictions apply:I. AREA DESCRIPTION: All Joint and Coastal fishing […]
Two Rescued After Sailboat Sinks PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two people were rescued this morning after their sailboat, Lullaby, struck a submerged object and quickly sank approximately 120 miles south of Bermuda. The vessel master used his vessel’s VHF radio to contact the Coast Guard and also contacted the Rescue Coordination Center in Bermuda with an […]
FOUR RECORD-BREAKING FISH LANDED IN 2005MOREHEAD CITY – It’s been a year for the record books for anglers in North Carolina, with four record-breaking saltwater fish being brought to the docks. On July 23, 2005, Derek Williams of Tampa, FL, caught a world record 21-pound, 6 ounce hogfish snapper off of Frying Pan Shoals. Another […]
MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee The MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday January 4 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the CMAST Bldg in room 305, Morehead City, NC.The committee will receive MFC updates, approve minutes, review the handouts, and will discuss and approve management options for […]
STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL SEASON – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, January 1, 2006 the season for striped bass taken for recreational purposes in the Albemarle Sound Management Area shall open with the following restrictions:I. AREA DESCRIPTION: The Albemarle Sound Management […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS –ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, January 1, 2006, the harvest of striped bass with COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS IN THE ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA SHALL OPEN and the following provisions shall apply:I. AREA DESCRIPTIONAlbemarle […]
U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navagation Team Cape Hatteras Relocates Wanchese, NC – The Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape Hatteras has relocated to Wanchese, NC, and renamed Aids to Navigation Team Wanchese. The team will be located in the Wanchese Seafood Industrial Park and is responsible for over 500 Aids to Navigation in […]
GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, January 1, 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 N.C. Marine […]
NOAA Will Maintain Current Time/Area Closures to Protect Sharks On March 7, 2005, NOAA Fisheries Service received a petition for rulemaking from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Marine Fisheries, requesting changes to the current Mid-Atlantic shark closed area. The closed area boundary is set at 55 fathoms, from January […]
