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WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port for North Carolina reminds vessel owners who transport passengers for

New Gretna, NJ  –  Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the selection of Mr. Chris Oliver to serve as the

State expands nationwide search for head of N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries RALEIGH –  State environmental officials are reopening and

 Braxton C. Davis, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Friday, April 7, 2017, the

 This week a decision will be made about whether to put our snapper-grouper fishery into the hands of private ownership

 This notice outlines the procedure for obtaining a 2017 Atlantic Tunas Permit, which allows you to commercially fish for and/or

 NMFS transfers 16.3 metric tons (mt) of Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota from the 24.3-mt General category December 2017 subquota

 Effective January 1, 2017, the bluefin tuna (BFT) daily retention limit is the default limit of 1 school, large school,