Coast Guard and NOAA make fisheries bust in protected area SOUTHPORT, N.C. – Coast Guard crews located two vessels in a protected area about 55 nautical miles southeast of Southport and worked with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel to seize 2,000 pounds of fish Aug. 6. The Coast Guard Cutter Block Island crew located […]
Coast Guard medevacs crewmember from dredge OREGON INLET, N.C. – Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet crews transported an injured crewmember from a dredge Saturday after the tug and dredge ran aground in Oregon Inlet near buoy 10. The crew of the dredge Cooper River called Sector North Carolina watchstanders reporting the vessel ran aground […]
Coast Guard finds weapon, drugs on felon’s boat in Oak Island, N.C. SOUTHPORT, N.C. – The Coast Guard found an illegal firearm, ammunition, and illegal drugs in a grounded fishing vessel and assisted local law enforcement officers with taking the vessel’s owner into custody near the Southport Harbor marina Wednesday night. The North Carolina Marine […]
Coast Guard rescues fishermen near Avon, N.C. AVON, N.C. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two fishermen after their boat sank 14 miles northeast of Avon Wednesday morning. The fishermen aboard the Rose Mary, a 41-foot wooden shrimper, made a distress call to Sector North Carolina watchstanders on VHF channel 16 stating they were taking on water. The watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast […]
NOAA Fisheries Provides Additional Clarifications on Guidelines Designed to End Overfishing Earlier this year, in its revised National Standard 1 Guidelines, NOAA Fisheries published final guidance that is designed to help end overfishing and rebuild federally managed marine fish stocks. The guidance outlines a system of annual catch limits and accountability measures to prevent annual […]
Fishing Rights Alliance (FRA) today filed a lawsuit to stop Amendment 16 The Fishing Rights Alliance (FRA) today filed a lawsuit in the Federal District in Jacksonville, Florida against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) challenging Amendment 16 to the Grouper Snapper Regulations in the South Atlantic. Amendment 16 imposes a 4 month ban 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., Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 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. It is unlawful to possess black […]
FISH FOR FREE JULY 4 MOREHEAD CITY – Anglers can cast their lines into the surf without a fishing license and without fear of getting a ticket on Independence Day. State law establishes July 4 every year as a free fishing day for all public fishing waters in North Carolina – both saltwater and freshwater […]
Brazilian navy ship assists Coast Guard PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Cisne Branco, the Brazilian navy’s tall ship, is assisting three people aboard a 50-foot disabled sailboat Wednesday, 200 nautical miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C. The crew of the sailboat Infanta used a satellite phone to call the Coast Guard at about 10 p.m. Tuesday after the […]
Sea Creature wins 51st Big Rock By Bruce Paul June 13, 2009 Winning the 51st Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament wasn’t just a figment of Steve Coulter’s imagination. The Hatteras-based captain of the Sea Creature motored to the Big Rock scales Saturday with a 466-pound blue marlin to score a final-day victory and win $746,820 […]
