MARINE PATROL ANNOUNCES NEW HIRES MOREHEAD CITY – The North Carolina Marine Patrol, law enforcement branch of the state Division of Marine Fisheries, is pleased to announce the following new hires: Jonathan Hall is a new field officer working in the Hatteras / Dare County area. He graduated from Basic Law Enforcement Training in August […]
License Eligibility Review Board Notice is hereby given that the License Eligibility Review Board will meet on April 18, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in the second floor conference room at the Division of Marine Fisheries building located at 3441 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC. For further information, please contact Cheryl […]
River Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee The River Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee (AC) will meet on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. (agenda attached). The AC will meet at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Hatchery, 1104 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC.The Committee will receive an overview of […]
COAST GUARD TO REMOVE BUOYS IN BOGUE INLET PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is scheduled to remove the navigational buoys from Bogue Inlet by April 20 because the inlet has become too shallow for buoy tenders to safely operate. The movement of sand and sediment has decreased the water depth in the inlet, and […]
MEETINGS TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL PAMLICO SOUND GILLNET RESTRICTIONSMOREHEAD CITY – Staff from the Division of Marine Fisheries will hold public meetings to discuss possible management changes in the fall flounder gillnet fishery throughout the Pamlico Sound Gillnet Restricted Area to reduce interactions with sea turtles.Meetings will be held at the following locations:Friday, April 22 at […]
LOCAL CUTTER RETURNS HOME PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Tampa is scheduled to return today at 5:30 p.m. following a 42-day patrol in the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti. During the patrol, Tampa crewmembers performed many of the Coast Guard’s missions, including drug interdiction, search and rescue, as well as verifying safety […]
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO MEET APRIL 20 -22, 2005Morehead City – The Marine Fisheries Commission will meet April 20 – 22 at the Clarion Oceanfront Hotel in Kill Devil Hills, NC. The meeting is open to the public.On April 20, a public hearing will begin at 7 p.m. where the public is invited to comment […]
The Conservation Fund and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announce theAcquisition of 6,000 Acres for Catahoula National Wildlife RefugeLouisiana Wildlife, Sportsmen To Benefit From Wal-Mart Acres for AmericaProgramAlexandria, LA (April 12, 2005) – The Conservation Fund and a coalition ofpublic and private partners announced today the acquisition of more than6,000 acres for the Catahoula National […]
LOCAL COAST GUARD UNIT COORDINATES SEARCH ACROSS SOUTHERN WATERS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Portsmouth-based Coast Guard unit is coordinating search efforts for an overdue vessel in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) Norfolk was notified Monday night of the overdue 38-foot sport fisher with two men aboard, which departed Pensacola, […]
LOCAL CUTTER RETURNS HOME PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Tampa is scheduled to return today at 5:30 p.m. following a 42-day patrol in the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti. During the patrol, Tampa crewmembers performed many of the Coast Guard’s missions, including drug interdiction, search and rescue, as well as verifying safety […]
