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 »
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SHARK RECREATIONAL SEASON, SIZE AND POSSESSION LIMITS
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 »
Draft Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan/EIS for CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE
Draft Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan/EIS for CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE Comment Period: 05/23/2014 – 07/21/2014 http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=359&projectID=15978&documentID=59427 ****Public Hearing List/Schedule – http://parkplanning.nps.gov/meetingNotices.cfm?projectID=15978
2013 commercial and recreational fish and shellfish harvests released
2013 commercial and recreational fish and shellfish harvests released MOREHEAD CITY – The state’s commercial fishing harvest continued in a three-year decreasing trend in 2013; while the dockside value of that harvest increased for the third straight year. Commercial fishermen sold 50 million pounds of fish and shellfish at North Carolina docks in 2013, a… Read more »
FF-27-2014. RE: SNAPPER-GROUPER COMPLEX-COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES
It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale vermilion snapper. The season will re-open Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Please refer to the entire proclamation below for any other changes. FF-27-2014 PROCLAMATION. RE: SNAPPER-GROUPER COMPLEX-COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M., Saturday,… Read more »
Engineers: Oregon Inlet too shallow to dredge
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/04/engineers-oregon-inlet-too-shallow-dredge By Jeff Hampton The Virginian-Pilot © April 15, 2014 HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. Oregon Inlet has shoaled to a depth of about 2 feet and is too shallow for dredging. The channel under the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge connecting Hatteras Island to the northern Outer Banks will be left to the elements, according to… Read more »
Spring/summer commercial red drum season will not open
Spring/summer commercial red drum season will not open MOREHEAD CITY – The spring/summer commercial fishing season for red drum will not open this year because the annual harvest limit was exceeded in the fall/winter season. Preliminary calculations of commercial red drum landings between Sept. 1 and Nov. 23 totaled 260,866 pounds, exceeding the annual harvest… Read more »
Emerald Isle hopes for new pier (my N&O article)
Emerald Isle hopes for new pier By Richard Ehrenkaufer Correspondent March 5, 2014 Here is my article today in the N&O on the status of a new fishing pier in Emerald Isle. http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/05/3676867/emerald-isle-hopes-for-new-pier.html
Recreational fishing for trout is out in Virginia
By Lee Tolliver The Virginian-Pilot © February 27, 2014 Anglers throughout the lower Chesapeake Bay have voiced concern for weeks about dead or dying speckled trout. Suffering from frequent and substantial dips in water temperature caused by colder-than-normal air this winter, thousands of fish have been seen dead in the shallows or swimming lethargically just… Read more »
MFC Meeting Summary (2/19-21/14)
Marine Fisheries Commission tackles Observer Program funding, spotted seatrout, shrimp issues MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will submit a report to the legislature that proposes to fund the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Observer Program through commercial fishing license fee increases. The commission endorsed the plan, which was brought forward by the… Read more »