SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Thursday, April 17, 2008. All those waters in Onslow and […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Wednesday, April 16, 2008. All those waters in Carteret County […]
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO MEET IN GREENVILLE MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will make choices affecting the future management of North Carolina’s red drum fishery when it meets this month in Greenville. The commission is scheduled to choose what to endorse from a draft amendment to a 2001 Red Drum […]
Coast Guard works with National Park Service to rescue two today. PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard and North Carolina National Park Service rescued two people whose boat capsized in the surf off Coquina Beach, near Oregon Inlet, N.C., this morning. Coast Guard watch standers at Station Oregon Inlet received a call from a retired […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Saturday, April 12, 2008. All those waters in Carteret County […]
NEW ANGLER’S GUIDE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC MOREHEAD CITY – A new, full-color angler’s guide is available to the public for free. The 131-page, pocket-sized booklet contains information about the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ recreational fishing programs, license requirements and ethical angling practices. It also features a large section that describes the biology […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Friday, April 11, 2008. All those waters in Brunswick, Onslow […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel, III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 9:00 A.M., Thursday, April 10, 2008, the following changes will apply to the harvest of striped bass with COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS IN THE ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT […]
STRATEGIC HABITAT AREA ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MEET MOREHEAD CITY — The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Strategic Habitat Advisory Committee Region 1 – Albemarle will meet on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Washington Regional Office, 934 Washington Square Mall, Washington. The committee will review […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES FIVE FROM DAMAGED SAILBOAT PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., rescued five people from the German flagged 43-foot sailboat Born, approximately 170-miles east of Elizabeth City. The Coast Guard was initially notified at 6:40 a.m. today by a 406 MHz distress signal from the sailboat. The distress signal was generated […]
