Category: NC

NMFS announces Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops

NMFS announces Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops NMFS announces Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops to be held in April, May, and June of 2008.  Please see the attached announcements for additional details.  For further information regarding workshop requirements, please visit the following webpage: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/workshops or contact Greg Fairclough, […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Sunday, March 2, 2008. All those waters in Carteret County […]

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel The National Marine Fisheries Service will hold a meeting of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel on April 15-17, 2008, in Silver Spring, MD.  Please see the attached notices for further details or visit the HMS Advisory Panel webpage at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/Advisory%20Panels/Advisory_Panel.htm Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) […]

MEETINGS TO DISCUSS FUTURE RED DRUM MANAGEMENT

MEETINGS TO DISCUSS FUTURE RED DRUM MANAGEMENT   MOREHEAD CITY – A series of meetings will begin next week offering the public an opportunity to discuss future management of North Carolina’s red drum fishery.   The five meetings will detail proposals in a draft update to the state’s Red Drum Fishery Management Plan. A fishery […]

SCUP

RE: SCUP Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Saturday, March 1, 2008, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial scup fishery in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15′ N. Latitude): I. SIZE AND HARVEST LIMITS A. No person may take, […]

THE MFC ADVISOR

THE MFC ADVISOR   Marine Fisheries Commission Business Meeting Carolina Beach, North Carolina January 24-25, 2008     The Marine Fisheries Commission and the Division of Marine Fisheries continue to look for ways to keep committee advisors and the public informed about commission activities. It is our intent to publish the MFC Advisor after each business […]

STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS

STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS OF CRAVEN, BEAUFORT, AND PAMLICO COUNTIES, PUNGO RIVER, WEST BAY, AND PAMLICO SOUND Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 8:00 A.M., Monday, March 3, 2008, the striped bass season WILL OPEN in the areas described below for […]

FLOUNDER – RECREATIONAL PURPOSE

 FLOUNDER – RECREATIONAL PURPOSE Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Saturday, March 1, 2008, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of flounder for recreational purposes: I.    MINIMUM SIZE LIMITS AND AREAS It is unlawful to possess flounder less than 15 ½ inches […]