COAST GUARD RESPONDING TO VESSEL IN DISTRESS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard C-130, and an HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., are responding to a 406 MHz distress signal from a sailboat approximately 170-miles east of Elizabeth City. The vessel is a German flagged 43-foot sailboat with five people onboard. The distress signal […]
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 shellfish area temporary closures will take effect immediately: No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, […]
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 shellfish area temporary closures will take effect immediately: No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams […]
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 shellfish area temporary closure will take effect immediately: No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, April 6, 2008, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15.3’N. Latitude): I. SIZE LIMIT It is […]
RED DRUM ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MEET MOREHEAD CITY – The Marine Fisheries Commission Red Drum Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee will meet Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Washington Regional Office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington. The committee will review and discuss public comments […]
WATERS CLOSE TO COMMERCIAL RED DRUM HARVESTS MOREHEAD CITY – All North Carolina waters will close to commercial red drum harvests at noon Thursday. The closure is necessary because the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries estimates the yearly harvest is approaching the 250,000-pound commercial cap implemented by the N.C. Red Drum Fishery Management […]
RED DRUM-COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:00 Noon, Thursday, April 3, 2008 the following will apply to the harvest of red drum from a commercial fishing operation in the Coastal Fishing Waters of North Carolina. I. HARVEST RESTRICTIONS A. It is unlawful […]
MEETING SET ON COMMERCIAL OCEAN STRIPED BASS FISHING MOREHEAD CITY — The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public meeting April 14 in Manteo to discuss the 2008 commercial ocean striped bass season. This year, the state will institute a commercial permit to harvest ocean striped bass that will require fishermen […]
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION SEEKS FINFISH ADVISOR MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission is looking for a commercial fisherman to serve as an advisor on its Finfish Advisory Committee. The Finfish Committee is one of four standing advisory committees to the commission that discusses topics related to its specific genre. The committee reviews matters […]
