North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Conservation Fund Committee The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Conservation Fund Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Archdale Building 14th floor Executive Conference Room, Raleigh, NC.The Committee will receive an update on use of monies to […]
USCG Removes Buoys in Heavily Shoaled N.C. Inlet ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard will remove the navigational buoys from Shallotte Inlet because the waters there ha become too shallow. The Cutter Blackberry conducted soundings of the inlet and found the movement of sand and sediment has decreased the water depth in the inlet, […]
NOAA ISSUES 2005 SPRING OUTLOOKSouthwestern Drought Eases While Pacific Northwest Snowpack Levels Remain Low Today, NOAA unveiled the 2005 U.S. Spring Outlook for April through June. Of significance, one of the wettest winters on record has resulted in major reductions in the area and severity of drought in the Southwest and the Colorado River Basin […]
Draft Addendum II to the Atlantic Sturgeon FMP Approved for Public Comment Addendum Explores Commercial Aquaculture in North CarolinaThe Commission’s Atlantic Sturgeon Management Board approved Draft AddendumII to Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for AtlanticSturgeon for public review and comment. The Draft Addendum providesexemptions to Amendment 1 to allow a commercial aquaculture […]
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Re-Issues Dredge Schedule FY 2005 The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers issued it’s recently updated dredge schedule for FY2005 on Thursday (3/17/05). The Currituck will be dredging Lockwood Folly from March 9th to the 16th. The Merritt will be dredging New River from April 27th to May 7th; Bogue […]
USCG TO RE-ESTABLISH BOUYS IN LOCKWOODS FOLLY INLET, N.C. ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. (3/16/05) – The Coast Guard will begin re-establishing the navigational buoys in Lockwoods Folly Inlet Friday that were removed February due to shoaling. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers will complete dredging of Lockwoods Folly Inlet on Thursday. Following a depth survey of […]
Offshore, the Tuna Haul is Both Good and Early March 08, 2005 – It might seem a little early, but the offshore fishing season has gotten off to a good start on Hatteras Island. When weather permits, charter boats have been making excellent hauls of yellowfin tuna. There have even been good numbers of wahoo […]
Wildlife Commission Researches Sea Turtle Health RALEIGH, N.C.  Research on sea turtle health is a bit of a shell game, but biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are determined to help conserve these reclusive reptiles. “The sea turtle health project is helping us establish a baseline for wild turtle health  something we […]
RED TIDE SUSPECTED IN RECENT MANATEE DEATHS On March 5, 2005, biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) began responding to calls about dead manatees throughout southwest Florida, an area where red tide counts have been higher than normal for several months. As animal carcasses were […]
POLICYMAKERS, SCIENTISTS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, FISHING INDUSTRIES TO DISCUSS PARTS OF PRESIDENT BUSH’S OCEAN ACTION PLANHead of NOAA to Speak at Conference Retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator will address participants at the “Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries” second conference in Washington, D.C. Lautenbacher […]
