SNAPPER-GROUPER Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, December 3, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of snapper-grouper from the Atlantic Ocean for recreational and commercial purposes: I. SUSPENSION OF PORTIONS OF MARINE FISHERIES RULE 15A NCAC 3M .0506The following portions of […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., 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, November 30, 2006.A portion of Bogue Sound in Carteret County and […]
Coast Guard tests new law enforcement tool PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is testing the application of a new non-lethal law enforcement tool. The Acoustic Hailing Device (AHD) test will be held aboard the USCGC Cochito at Coast Guard Station Little Creek tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. The AHD is a high powered, long-rang hailing […]
Coast Guard Assists Boaters 50-miles off North Carolina Coast Portsmouth, Va. – Three North Carolina boaters were towed safely to the Oregon Inlet, N.C., boat ramp early this morning after reporting their 24-foot pleasure craft was experiencing engine problems. The boaters contacted a nearby Coast Guard C-130 from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., via VHF […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., 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, November 29, 2006.A portion of North River, Whitehurst Creek and Back […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., 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, November 29, 2006.A portion of North River, Whitehurst Creek and Back […]
NEW DATA SHOW DOWNWARD TREND IN ARCTIC SEA ICE The extent of Arctic Sea ice has experienced a steady declining trend during the past 33 years, based on a new comprehensive analysis of satellite data by experts at the U.S. National Ice Center, a tri-agency team from NOAA, the U.S. Navy, and U.S. Coast Guard, […]
NOAA RECOMMENDS NEW EAST COAST SHIP TRAFFIC ROUTES TO REDUCE COLLISIONS WITH ENDANGERED WHALES Nov. 21, 2006  NOAA has urged ship captains to use new recommended routes when entering or leaving the Florida ports of Jacksonville and Fernandina, and Brunswick, Ga., as well as in Cape Cod Bay off Massachusetts. These new routes are […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., 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, Tuesday, November 28, 2006.All those waters in Carteret and Dare Counties closed […]
FLOUNDER-COMMERCIAL HARVEST INTERNAL COASTAL WATERSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Friday, December 1, 2006, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial harvest of flounder in internal coastal waters:I. AREA DESCRIPTIONInternal coastal waters of the state of North Carolina as defined in Marine Fisheries Rule […]
