22nd Annual Topsail Offshore Fishing Tournament 2007 Final Standings Weight Boat Name Captain City State 1 32.70 BobCat Henry E Moore III Clinton NC 2 32.15 Liquid Fire C Mark Henderson Cape Carteret NC 3 31.85 Gambler D Allen Kinney Oak Island NC 4 30.85 Sharon Leigh Jeff Morris Wilmington NC 5 28.00 Service […]
Carolina Beach Got-Em-On Classic July 6, 6:30 PM CAPTAINS meeting at Carolina Beach Municipal Docks July 7-8….…2 PM Scales Open July 8, 8:00 PM Awards at Carolina Beach Municipal Docks PRIMARY PRIZES First Place . . . . . .$25,000 KING Mackerel 2nd Place. $10,000. 3rd Place. $5,000 4th Place. $2,000. 5th Place. $1,500 6th – 10th […]
Northeast Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Northeast Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, July 19, at 6:30 p.m., in the County Commissioners’ Room, Old Currituck courthouse, Currituck.The committee will receive updates on the most recent Marine Fisheries Commission business meeting held in Raleigh and on MFC/DMF activities that affect the Northeast District.The Draft […]
COAST GUARD MEDEVACS INJURED BOATER PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Ocracoke, N.C., responded to a report of an injured boater today.The Coast Guard was notified at 7:23 p.m. that a 57 year-old woman had suffered an injury sustained from a fall while aboard the sail boat Meander approximately 14 miles off the coast […]
Eastern Oyster Not Endangered A biological review team has completed an Endangered Species Act (ESA) status review report for the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) and submitted it to NOAA Fisheries. The eastern oyster occurs naturally in a great diversity of habitats along the western Atlantic Ocean from the Canadian Maritime Provinces to the Gulf of […]
FISH FOR FREE JULY 4MOREHEAD CITY – Anglers can cast their lines into the surf without a fishing license and without fear of getting a ticket on Independence Day.State law establishes July 4 every year as a free fishing day for all public fishing waters in North Carolina – both saltwater and freshwater – as […]
COAST GUARD CREW MEDEVACS INJURED SAILOR PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a Navy crewman from the USS Bainbridge about 45 miles off Hatteras Island, N.C., today. The USS Bainbridge contacted the Coast Guard at about 3 p.m. to report that a 26-year-old female sailor had injuries to her face and one […]
GILL NET CHARGES LEVIEDMOREHEAD CITY – N.C. Marine Patrol acted quickly Wednesday to cite the owners of a gill net left in the mud at low tide in the Newport River. A N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries biologist received a call Wednesday morning informing him that someone had posted a video on YouTube that showed […]
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 or mussels […]
SNAPPER-GROUPER Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Friday, June 29, 2007, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of snapper-grouper from the Atlantic Ocean for recreational and commercial purposes: I. SIZE AND POSSESSION LIMITS A. The size and possession limits of N.C. […]
