Members of the National Park Service, Oregon Inlet Fishing Center LLC, the United States Coast Guard, and Marine Patrol met at the new Oregon Inlet Fishing Center building in Nags Head for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday morning, April 22. On the first floor, the nearly 10,000-square-foot building has retail space for fishing and boat [...] Fishing | Full Article
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Humpback whale that stranded on Pea Island found entangled in fish ...
April 18, 2024 | Fishing | By: Joy Crist
A humpback whale was reported to partners in the NOAA Fisheries stranding network on the evening of Saturday, April 13, about 150 yards off the shoreline of Rodanthe. The next morning on Sunday, April 14, a local fisherman saw and reported the whale still alive and entangled in fishing gear off the coast of Rodanthe. On Tuesday, April [...] Fishing | Full Article
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is looking for commercial and recreational fishermen, scientists and other interested parties to sit on the Shellfish Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee, specifically for Eastern oyster and hard clam. The committee will assist the division in developing Amendment 5 to the N.C. Oyster Fishery Management Plan and Amendment 3 to the [...] Fishing | Full Article
Fishermen purchasing or renewing fishing licenses or vessel registrations at Division of Marine Fisheries offices can now use their credit cards for payment. The Division of Marine Fisheries’ license offices will accept VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express for in-person payments. The cardholder must present the card and a photo ID at the time of [...] Fishing | Full Article
Eighty readopted marine fisheries rules became effective today, April 1, although these rules should have minimal impact on fishing practices. The rules pertain to standards for commercial shellfish sanitation and processing procedures, and most of the amendments simply codify existing practices or regulations already implemented via proclamation. The rules, 15A NCAC 18A .0301, .0305, .0401-.0418, [...] Fishing | Full Article
Three advisory committees of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet in April to discuss a proposal to protect Submerged Aquatic Vegetation through shrimp trawl area closures. The meetings will be held in person and livestreamed on YouTube. Public comment will be accepted in person during the meetings, which are scheduled for: Northern AC April [...] Fishing | Full Article
While many local commercial fishermen prefer day-of-the-week closures as opposed to daily trip limits, which the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) voted to approve as its preferred fishery management for striped mullet, they don’t see the need for mullet regulations. “It’s a no-win situation for us one way, shape, or form,” said Mike Langowski, a [...] Fishing | Full Article
Outer Banks watermen call on lawmakers to cut dredging red tape
March 7, 2024 | Fishing | By: Sam Walker
From SamWalkerOBXNews.com At a meeting of a N.C. General Assembly commission in Manteo on Wednesday, members of the Outer Banks’ fishing and marine industries and other local officials called on lawmakers to stop regulatory measures that have hampered dredging of local waterways. A handful of members of the legislature’s Environmental Review Commission spent the day [...] Fishing | Full Article
Marine Fisheries Commission votes for day-of-the-week closures to ...
February 22, 2024 | Fishing | By: Jack Danz
In a unanimous decision today, the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission voted to close striped mullet fishing on Saturday and Sunday from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30 and on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 as its preferred fishery management for mullet during its quarterly business meeting today in New Bern. [...] Fishing | Full Article
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