Fishing Rights Alliance (FRA) today filed a lawsuit to stop Amendment 16 The Fishing Rights Alliance (FRA) today filed a lawsuit in the Federal District in Jacksonville, Florida against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) challenging Amendment 16 to the Grouper Snapper Regulations in the South Atlantic. Amendment 16 imposes a 4 month ban on […]
Sea Creature wins 51st Big Rock By Bruce Paul June 13, 2009 Winning the 51st Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament wasn’t just a figment of Steve Coulter’s imagination. The Hatteras-based captain of the Sea Creature motored to the Big Rock scales Saturday with a 466-pound blue marlin to score a final-day victory and win $746,820 […]
Jodi E. Tynch Memorial King Mackerel Tournament to benefit Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter June 27, 2009 Wrightsville Beach, NC To honor his wife and to give back to the organization that helped the family through this time, Mike Tynch (along with family friends and a number of community supporters) is hosting the 1st Annual Jodi E. Tynch Memorial King Mackerel Tournament. […]
Local Fire Department Needs Help! Press Release One of our local Fire Departments is in desperate need of a jet ski to conduct water rescue operations. Our current Jet boat is in very bad shape. The motor is on its last leg as well as the rubber pontoon will not stay inflated. This coupled with […]
April 14, 2009, COASTAL FISHERIES REFORM GROUP Press Release: Raleigh NC, House of Representatives. House Bill “h918” the Coastal Game Fish Act has been introduced and referred to the Marine Resources and Aquaculture Committee. This committee is Chaired by Representative Tim Spear, ti*******@***eg.net and includes the following Representatives; Rep. Pat McElraft, pa**********@***eg.net, Rep. Bonner […]
Got-em-on CHOWDER COOK-OFF is next Saturday, February 28th, beginning 1:00pm at SnowsCutPark. DON’T MISS THIS! It’s a sure sign that winter is giving-in to the Got-em-on Live Bait Fishing Club! And ain’t it about time? If we don’t get some warm weather soon I’m movin’ to Florida! Oh,,, Not really. I wouldn’t think of missing […]
Lubchenco Will Helm U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration President-elect Barack Obama has tapped Oregon State University professor Jane Lubchenco, one of the nation’s most prominent marine biologists, to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Lubchenco, a conservationist who has devoted much of her career to encouraging scientists to become more engaged in public […]
June 11, 2008 Legislation seeks to nullify consent decree and reinstate interim plan on ORV use By IRENE NOLAN U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr and U.S. Rep. Walter Jones introduced legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives that would nullify a consent decree and reinstate the National Park Service’s interim strategy […]
THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SEA HAWK III CAUGHT OVER 200 SPANISH MACKEREL ALONG WITH THE FIRST LARGE 80# BLACK TIP SHARK OF THE SEASON. SUNDAY WENT BOTTOM FISHING AND CAUGHT SOME LARGE KEEPER SEA BASS 8 MILES OFF HOLDEN BEACH AND SPANISH WERE ALL CAUGHT IN 20-35 FT. WATER OFF HOLDEN BEACH ON HALF DAY […]
Navy Sonar Testing Application Comments Sought NOAA Fisheries has received a request from the U.S. Navy for authorization for the take of marine mammals incidental to Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training (AFAST) activities conducted off the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico for the period beginning January 2009 and ending January 2014. Pursuant […]
