Category: NC

ASMFC Releases Atlantic Herring PID for Public Comment

ASMFC Releases Atlantic Herring PID for Public Comment States Schedule Hearings for February Washington, DC – The Commission’s Atlantic Herring Section approved the Public Information Document (PID) for Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for public review and comment. Initially developed in response to increased effort in the inshore Gulf of Maine […]

ASMFC Launches New Website

ASMFC Launches New Website www.asmfc.org    Washington, DC – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission announces the launch of its new website at www.asmfc.org. Come visit our new species, fisheries research and habitat pages; participate in discussion forums on fisheries management, law enforcement and protected species; provide your input on proposed management measures; or just […]

Carolina Beach Inlet Center Line Released

Admin’s Note- Be Sure to Download The Chart “Download Here” Here are the coordinates that marked the centerline of deep water yesterday. Don’t try to use these unless you have a differential or WAAS corrected gps. A normal GPS will not give you enough accuracy. WAYPOINT_#1 N 34 04.6434814 77 51.7968358 W WAYPOINT_#2 N 34 […]

NC Inlet Photos

We are happy to announce that we have the entire collection of Inlet Photos availible here at FryingPanTower.Com Look under “Features”->”Photo Gallery” It is also Zipped in the Download Section….25 MEGS….OUCH! A BIG Thank You to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for their photos and for allowing us to use them. SOOOooooo, Go check […]

SPINY DOGFISH – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN

FF-59-2003 PROCLAMATION RE: SPINY DOGFISH – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, January 1, 2004, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial spiny dogfish fishery in the Atlantic Ocean: I. TRIP LIMITS Beginning at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, […]

NOAA FISHERIES IMPLEMENTS NEW FISHING REGULATIONS FOR ATLANTIC SHARKS

Fishing regulations aimed at rebuilding large coastal shark populations, preventing overfishing of all sharks, protecting essential fish habitat for sharks and reducing bycatch of depleted species will soon take effect for commercial and recreational shark fisheries in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. The regulations were announced by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA […]

Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

Oculina Comment Periods Open. NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement Amendment 13A to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region. This rule would extend the current prohibitions on fishing for South Atlantic snapper-grouper in the experimental closed area and on retaining such species in or from the area. […]

2004 Recreational Measures for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea

ASMFC & MAFMC Approve 2004 Recreational Measures for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Wilmington, DE – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council approved the following recreational management measures for the 2004 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass recreational fisheries. These measures are intended to restrict catch […]

ELLA

HISTORY H5655/34–VISIBLE WRECK (UNCOVERS 5FT AT MLW), POSITION SCALED FROM ì SURVEY IN LAT 33-51-17N, LONG 78-00-38W(NAD27). THIS WRECK IS ON RANGE ì WITH FORT CASWELL STACK AND SOUTHPORT WATER TANK. CL565/63–CPR; BLOCKADE RUNNER “ELLA” NOT VISIBLE AT MLW. H9359/73-74–WRECK NOT VERIFIED OR DISPROVED, CARRIED FORWARD ì AS SUBM. (UPDATED 3/96 RWD) H10741/97–WRECK NOT INVESTIGATED. […]

BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN

FF-57-2003 PROCLAMATION RE: BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M., Thursday, January 1, 2004, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N. Lattitude): I. SIZE LIMIT It […]