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 closures will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or […]
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 12:01 A.M., Monday, October 1, 2007, the harvest of striped bass with COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS IN THE ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA WILL OPEN and the following provisions shall apply:I. […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREADr. 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, Friday, September 21, 2007.All those waters in Carteret County will return […]
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Investigating Hoax Distress Calls MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. – Coast Guard Cmdr. Greg Case, Deputy Sector Commander, Sector North Carolina will be conducting a press briefing concerning the Coast Guard’s investigation of several recent false distress calls at 2 p.m., today. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina has received multiple Distress Hoax […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREADr. 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, Thursday, September 20, 2007.All those waters in Onslow County will return […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREADr. 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, Wednesday, September 19, 2007.All those waters in Carteret County will return […]
Marine Fisheries Commission Red Drum Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission Red Drum Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, October 2, at 5:30 p.m. in the main conference room at the DENR Washington Regional Office Building in Washington. The AC will review and discuss issue papers on […]
Coastal Conservation Association Brunswick County NC Chapter Presents North Carolina’s Deep Water/Shallow Water Fishing Rodeo CCA NC Benefit TournamentSeptember 14 – September 22, 2007 Ocean Isle Fishing Center * Ocean Isle beach, NC King Mackerel Division, Tuna/Dolphin/Wahoo division, Trout/Flounder/Redfish Division Format: You may fish any or all divisions, fish for 2 days per division, more […]
Final Rule Governs Unintentional Impacts to Marine Mammals from U.S. Navy Sonar NOAA Fisheries Service is issuing regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to U.S. Navy operation of the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) sonar system. The Secretary of Commerce has determined that these takes will […]
FISHERIES COMMISSION ADOPTS RIVER HERRING PLAN MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission recently finalized a River Herring Fishery Management Plan that will continue a harvest moratorium until river herring stocks show improvement. The plan calls for zero harvest of river herring statewide in coastal waters, except for 7,500 pounds per […]
