2004 Final Initial BFT Quota Specifications In accordance with the 1999 Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Shark Fishery Management Plan (1999 FMP), NOAA Fisheries Service announces the final initial 2004 Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota specifications. This action sets BFT quotas for each of the established domestic fishing categories and sets General category effort controls for […]
ANGLING CATEGORY BFT FISHERY WILL CLOSE MARCH 11, 2005 NOAA Fisheries Service announces that effective 11:30 p.m. local time on March 11, 2005, the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) Angling category fishery will close in all areas. Therefore, fishing for, retaining, possessing, or landing BFT by persons aboard vessels in the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces $62 Million in Grants to States to Support Wildlife and Habitats Southeastern States Receive More Than $12 Million The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide more than $62 million nationally in wildlife grants to state and territorial wildlife agencies. A total of $12,131,979 will be distributed between 10 […]
FISHERIES HEARINGS SCHEDULED MOREHEAD CITY – The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will be holding a series of four public hearings in eastern North Carolina in March and April. The MFC will receive public comment on the following proposed rules at these hearings: Require white-line peeler crabs be held separately from pink and red-line peelers; Shorten […]
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR OVERDUE FISHERMAN CRISFIELD, Md. – A multi-agency search for an overdue fisherman that began Tuesday afternoon continues this morning in the Chesapeake Bay. James D. Crockett, a 74-year-old man from Tangier Island, Va., was on the 38-foot fishing vessel Eldora C and scheduled to return to the island Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. […]
COAST GUARD AND FISHING VESSELS WORK TOGETHER TO HELP DISABLED VESSEL ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A vessel that was disabled in yesterday’s harsh weather conditions is making its way back to port after an intense cooperative effort between several fishing vessels and Coast Guard crews. The vessel MAR-CIN, a 78-foot scalloper homeported in Hampton, Va., was […]
NTSB CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTSNational Transportation Safety Board Chairman Ellen Engleman Conners today announced several key appointment to the agency’s management team, including a new Executive Director and Managing Director.Dan Campbell, who has served as the agency’s Managing Director for 5 years, has been named Executive Director, where he will concentrate on planning, policy and […]
Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee (AC) The next meeting of the Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee (AC) will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. The AC will meet at the Bolivia Government Complex Building, Commissioners Chambers, 75 Courthouse Drive, Bolivia, NC. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN LOCATION (directions below). The Committee will discuss […]
2005 OYSTER SEASONPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the oyster harvest season WILL CLOSE as follows:I. BRUNSWICK COUNTYEffective sunset Tuesday, March 15, 2005. II. STATEWIDEEffective sunset Thursday, March 31, 2005. III. GENERAL INFORMATION:A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221 (e); 143B-289.52; and […]
FISHERIES HEARINGS SCHEDULEDMOREHEAD CITY – The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will be holding a series of four public hearings in eastern North Carolina in March and April. The MFC will receive public comment on the following proposed rules at these hearings: – Require white-line peeler crabs be held separately from pink and red-line peelers;– Shorten […]
