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., Tuesday, January 1, 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 […]
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Tuesday, January 1, 2008, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery: I. HARVEST LIMITS A. During the period beginning at 12:01 A.M., Tuesday, January 1, 2008 and […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M, Thursday, December 20, 2007, 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 unlawful […]
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, December 20, 2007, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery: I. HARVEST LIMITS During the period beginning at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, December 20, 2007 and ending […]
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., Wednesday, January 2, 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: […]
MFC CRUSTACEAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Crustacean Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, January 14, at 2:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Craven County Ag Building located at 300 Industrial Drive in New Bern. The committee will receive a presentation from Dr. B.J. Copeland on endocrine disruptors. The […]
MFC NORTHEAST REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Northeast Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, January 10, at 6:30 p.m., in the Dare County Commissioners’ Room located at 204 Ananias Dare Street in Manteo NC. The AC will receive brief updates on recent MFC and DMF activities and will discuss several items […]
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 closure in shellfish harvesting area will take effect immediately: The following change is a closure to shellfish harvesting: ORIENTAL AREA […]
COAST GUARD RECEIVES NEW COMMANDER Morehead City, N.C. – Coast Guard Sector North Carolina will welcome a new Sector Commander during a change of command ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City. Capt. W. Dean Lee will be relieved by Capt. June Ryan as the Sector Commander. Rear Adm. […]
PAMLICO SOUND GILL NET RESTRICTED AREA MEETINGS SET             MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold three public meetings in January to allow commercial fishermen to provide input into the management of the Pamlico Sound Gillnet Restricted Area.  Blake Price, a biologist in the Division of Marine Fisheries, will […]
