Plastic tags meant to head off double safety inspections

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Plastic tags meant to head off double safety inspections MOREHEAD CITY – N.C. Marine Patrol and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission officers will be working together in the coming days on a pilot project designed to help avoid stopping boaters twice for safety inspections and to expedite other vessel stops. The two enforcement agencies will be… Read more »

SHARK RECREATIONAL SEASON, SIZE AND POSSESSION LIMITS

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I.              SHARK RECREATIONAL SEASON, SIZE AND POSSESSION LIMITS: PROCLAMATION FF-10-2014(REVISED)   SPECIES AUTHORIZED FOR RECREATIONAL HARVEST Large Coastal Sharks (LCS) (non-ridgeback* LCS & tiger) Small Coastal Sharks (SCS) Pelagic Sharks Other BlacktipBullHammerhead, great** Hammerhead, scalloped** Hammerhead, smooth** Lemon Nurse Spinner Tiger Atlantic SharpnoseBlacknoseBonnethead Finetooth BlueOceanic whitetip**Porbeagle Shortfinmako Thresher Smooth dogfish (smooth hound shark)Spiny dogfish *Sharks… Read more »