2010 Commercial and Recreational Landings Inch Back Up ATLANTIC BEACH – North Carolina commercial seafood harvests rose slightly, by 4 percent, in 2010 to the highest level since 2005. The same was true for recreational harvests, which inched up 6 percent after a 15 percent decline in 2009. “The increase is a surprise considering increased […]
Coast Guard medevacs 1 from fishing vessel 103 miles east of Cape Lookout, NC PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember off the fishing vessel Alex Marie approximately 103 miles east of Cape Lookout, N.C., Wednesday. At approximately 10:30 a.m. watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s 5th District Command Center received a report […]
The Road to End Overfishing: 35 Years of Magnuson Act Assistant Administrator for Fisheries Talks about the Cornerstone of Sustainable Fisheries As we look toward Earth Day next week, I want to acknowledge and highlight the 35 th anniversary of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Simply called “the Magnuson Act”, this law, its […]
SNAPPER-GROUPER COMPLEX-COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Monday, March 7, 2011, the following restrictions will apply to the fisheries for snapper-grouper: I. Black Sea Bass, south of Cape Hatteras (35o 15.0321’ N. Latitude) A. For commercial purposes: 1. It is […]
Coast Guard Cutter Elm rescues 4 from capsized boat FORT MACON, N.C. – Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Elm rescued four boaters when their 27-foot pleasure craft capsized 20 miles east of Cape Hatteras Sunday afternoon. Coast Guard watchstanders received a call from the crew of the vessel at 2:50 p.m. stating they were taking on […]
SNAPPER-GROUPER COMPLEX-COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Saturday, February 12, 2011, the following restrictions will apply to the fisheries for snapper-grouper: I. Black Sea Bass, south of Cape Hatteras (35o 15.0321’ N. Latitude) A. For commercial purposes: 1. It is […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Closure Date for the South Atlantic Recreational Black Sea Bass Fishery NOAA Fisheries Service has determined that the 2010-2011 recreational annual catch limit (ACL) of 409,000 pounds for black sea bass has been reached. As a result, the recreational sector for black sea bass in federal waters of the South Atlantic from […]
2 injured in boating accident in Oregon Inlet, N.C. FORT MACON, N.C. — A Coast Guard crew, good Samaritans and Sea Tow responded to the grounding of a charter vessel near Nags Head, N.C., Sunday. At approximately 4:30 p.m. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet received a report that two people were injured when the […]
Coast Guard cites striped bass poachers off N.C. coast PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard boarded and cited several fishing vessels in violation of federal law including one vessel in possession of 58 illegally caught Atlantic striped bass Friday. During their patrol the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Beluga, homeported in Norfolk, Va., […]
Here come catch shares: How NOAA and the Environmental Defense Fund plan to destroy North Carolina’s working watermen When my late father was 24 years old, he returned to Hatteras from Long Island, New York. He returned because the Great Depression had left him jobless and standing in a bread line. He came back home […]
