Category: NC

NOAA TRACKS GULF OF MEXICO RAIN-MAKING SYSTEM

NOAA TRACKS GULF OF MEXICO RAIN-MAKING SYSTEM June 14, 2004 — A broad low pressure area over the central Gulf of Mexico remains poorly organized Monday morning with a weak trough of low pressure extending northeastward across extreme southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi. Thunderstorm activity is disorganized, and the reconnaissance aircraft flight scheduled for Monday morning […]

Get Your Free Boating Access Area Guide

Get Your Free Boating Access Area Guide RALEIGH, N.C. (June 11) — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has a free boating access area guide featuring more than 185 boating access areas across North Carolina. Contact the Wildlife Commission’s Division of Engineering Services to obtain a guide, 919-715-3155, or visit http://www.ncwildlife.org/fs_index_05_boating.htm. The guide contains directions to […]

ADDITIONAL FISHERIES HEARING SCHEDULED

ADDITIONAL FISHERIES HEARING SCHEDULEDMOREHEAD CITY – An additional hearing has been scheduled by the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) on June 30 at 7 p.m. at the Carteret Community College, C-MAST Building, Room 306 in Morehead City, to give area residents another opportunity to discuss a proposed gill net ban in Spooners Creek subdivision.Spooners Creek residents […]

Woman Recognized for Making the Ultimate Sacrifice

Woman Recognized for Making the Ultimate Sacrifice OAK ISLAND, N.C. – A woman who sacrificed her life to save her daughter in the waters near the Ocean Crest Pier on Oak Island will be posthumously presented one of the Coast Guard’s highest honors in a ceremony at Station Oak Island Saturday at 11 a.m. Debra […]

Man Saved After Boat Fire

Man Saved After Boat Fire CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. – Coast Guard rescue crews saved a man who’s fishing vessel caught fire and sunk about 8-miles East of Kitty Hawk, N.C., around 2:20 p.m. today. The man radioed in a mayday before abandoning his boat into an inflatable life raft. A rescue helicopter from Air Station […]

NEW SOUTHERN FLOUNDER REGULATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED

NEW SOUTHERN FLOUNDER REGULATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED MOREHEAD CITY – The public will have the opportunity to learn about proposed restrictions to conserve southern flounder at a series of public meetings planned this summer. Since 2001, an advisory group comprised of commercial and recreational fishermen and scientists, have been working to develop a fishery management […]

FISHERIES HEARING SCHEDULED

FISHERIES HEARING SCHEDULED MOREHEAD CITY – The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will be holding a public hearing on June 15 at 7 p.m. at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Regional Office located at 943 Washington Square Mall, in Washington. The MFC will receive public comment on a proposed rule to give the Division […]

NOAA SCIENTISTS CONTINUE NATIONWIDE LECTURE SERIES ON HUMAN NOISE IMPACT TO MARI

NOAA SCIENTISTS CONTINUE NATIONWIDE LECTURE SERIES ON HUMAN NOISE IMPACT TO MARINE MAMMALS The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service and scientists from various academic institutions are sponsoring a free national lecture series on marine mammals and human noise. The sixth lecture will be in Laurel, Md., June 16. NOAA […]

States Schedule Public Hearings on Atlantic Menhaden Addendum I

States Schedule Public Hearings on Atlantic Menhaden Addendum IPublic Comment Accepted Until July 14, 2004Atlantic coastal states from Rhode Island through North Carolina havescheduled the dates and times of their hearings to gather public comment onDraft Addendum I to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) forAtlantic Menhaden. Following are the details of the scheduled hearings:Rhode […]

THREE MISSING BOATERS LOCATED AFTER SPENDING NIGHT DRIFTING IN GULF OF MEXICO AS

THREE MISSING BOATERS LOCATED AFTER SPENDING NIGHT DRIFTING IN GULF OF MEXICO AS COAST GUARD SEARCHED ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Three missing boaters were safely located this afternoon after spending the night drifting in the Gulf of Mexico in their 22-foot boat as Coast Guard rescue boats and aircraft searched for them. The Coast Guard […]