Spring/summer commercial red drum season will not open MOREHEAD CITY – The spring/summer commercial fishing season for red drum will not open this year because the annual harvest limit was exceeded in the fall/winter season. Preliminary calculations of commercial red drum landings between Sept. 1 and Nov. 23 totaled 260,866 pounds, exceeding the annual […]
Funding agreement allows continued recreational water quality monitoring RALEIGH – The state will be able to continue water quality testing at 38 coastal swimming sites that had been on the chopping block due to cuts in federal funding. The Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, or APNEP, provided a $20,000 grant to the N.C. Division of Marine […]
Finfish Advisory Committee to meet MOREHEAD CITY – The Finfish Advisory Committee will meet at 6 p.m. April 15 at the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Central District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City. The Finfish Committee is serving as the Striped Mullet Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee, advising the N.C. Division of […]
New fisheries rules go into effect April 1 MOREHEAD CITY – Several new marine fisheries rules will go into effect April 1. The rules will: Give the director of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries proclamation authority to implement National Shellfish Sanitation Program harvester and dealer requirements for the protection of public health; Give the […]
2014 TEMPERATURE CONTROLS – CLOSED SEASON OYSTER HARVEST Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective April 1, 2014 the following restrictions will apply to the harvest, transport and storage of oysters taken from shellfish leases and franchises in Coastal Fishing Waters: I. TIME PERIOD The following restrictions […]
Marine Fisheries Commission tackles Observer Program funding, spotted seatrout, shrimp issues MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will submit a report to the legislature that proposes to fund the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Observer Program through commercial fishing license fee increases. The commission endorsed the plan, which was brought forward […]
Public Meeting Scheduled on Monkfish Large Mesh Gill Net Permit MOREHEAD CITY — The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public meeting to discuss the Atlantic Ocean monkfish large mesh gill net fishery at 5 p.m. March 5 at the division’s Manteo Field Office, 1021 Driftwood Dr., Manteo. The purpose of the meeting […]
Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, February 16, 2014, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the following areas: I. AREA DESCRIPTION A. In Croatan and Roanoke, Albemarle and Currituck sounds, north and west of the Virginia Dare […]
Marine Fisheries Commission to meet this month in Morehead City MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Feb. 19-21 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center, 3505 Arendell St., Morehead City. The Wednesday night public comment period will be organized differently for this meeting. It will begin with an informal question and answer […]
CAPTAIN’S DECISION TO SAIL INTO THE PATH OF A HURRICANE CAUSED THE TALL SHIP BOUNTY TO SINK OFF ATLANTIC COAST February 10, 2014 WASHINGTON – A captain’s “reckless decision to sail into the well-forecasted path of Hurricane Sandy” was the probable cause of the sinking of a ship off the North Carolina coast in October […]
