Coast Guard to Establish Safety Zone on Trent River Between New Bern and James City, N.C NEW BERN, N.C. – The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone this week on the Trent River between New Bern and James City, North Carolina. This zone is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during the […]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting January 16, 2008 The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Fishery Management Action Team (FMAT) will hold a public meeting regarding the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Four […]
Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Limits Announced NOAA Fisheries has issued rebuilding harvest limits for the 2008 commercial and recreational summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries. These fisheries are currently overfished, and this final rule imposes strict measures to ensure sustainable management. Additionally, these measures will end overfishing in the summer […]
Bill Hogarth Departs NOAA Monday, December 31, 2007 was Bill Hogarth’s last day as Assistant Administrator for Fisheries after 7 years as leader of NOAA Fisheries and more than 13 years of Federal service to the Nation. He will continue to serve as the U.S. Commissioner and Chair of the International Whaling Commission through the […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MISSING BOATER AFTER TWO VESSELS COLLIDE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is searching for a missing boater after two sailboats collided in the Intracoastal Waterway near Elizabeth City, N.C., today. Missing is John Martins of Suffolk, Va. The 33-foot sailboat Dreamcatcher with two people onboard was struck by the 47-foot […]
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, Sunday, January 6, 2008. All those waters in Newport River […]
Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP) Steering Committee The Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP) Steering Committee will meet on Monday, January 14 at 9:30 am at the Craven County Cooperative Extension Office. If you have any questions please contact Jimmy Johnson at 252-948-3952. CHPP STEERING COMMITTEE Craven County Cooperative Extension Office January 14, 2008 – […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – BEACH SEINES: ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M., Tuesday, January 8, 2008, the season for the harvest of striped bass with beach seines in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina SHALL OPEN. The following restrictions shall apply: […]
2008 OYSTER RESTRICTIONS Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at sunrise, Friday, January 11, 2008 the following changes in restrictions will apply to the area open to the mechanical harvest of oysters: I. MEANS AND METHODS MECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS: A. Oysters may be taken by mechanical methods […]
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, January 4, 2008. All those waters in Carteret County […]
