New rules and amendments adopted by the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission, including false albacore management, are now in effect.
Science panel to present hardened structure report findings
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission is expected to hear from its science advisory panel its findings on the effects hard structures have on sandy, open-ocean coastlines.
Elizabeth City State students make genetic research history
Elizabeth City State University undergraduate biology students have become the first researchers from a historically Black college or university to participate in the American Campus Tree Genome Project and have their work accepted into a worldwide genetic database.
Coastal Carolina Riverwatch opens symposium registration
The annual event, set for Oct. 19-20 at the Sturgeon City Environmental Education Center in Jacksonville, is designed for fishermen, students, researchers, agency partners, local governments, decision makers, educators, advocates, and coastal community members who care about clean water, healthy fisheries, and working waterfronts.
Sept. 1-14 is recreational flounder season for all NC waters
Fishers are allowed to keep one fish per day if it is 15 inches or longer that they caught with hook and line only in inland, coastal and joint fishing waters.
Buxton oceanfront house collapses Tuesday, 5th this year
Potentially hazardous debris from the fallen house has scattered in the surf and officials urge the public to avoid the beach from Buxton south to the Cape Point area.
Coastal Federation, The Conservation Fund protect 153 acres
The two nonprofit organizations partnered to acquire the more than153 acres situated along U.S. Highway 70 between East Carteret High School and the North River Bridge.
Apply now to serve on a coastal reserve advisory committee
The N.C. Division of Coastal Management’s Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve is accepting applications through June 30 for local advisory committees of the state’s 10 coastal reserves.
Prepare now as hurricane season begins, NC officials urge
Gov. Josh Stein and state emergency officials are encouraging residents to plan now for this year’s hurricane season, which began Monday and ends Nov. 30.
Temporary schedule set for Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry
The Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry will operate on an alternate schedule while Sloop Channel is being dredged, a project that is expected to take about a month to complete.
Recent rains fail to change drought in most coastal counties
Much of the North Carolina coast remains under severe drought despite the recent rainfall.
Leland man lands new state record for graysby grouper
A Brunswick County man landed the new state record for graysby grouper while fishing about 45 miles offshore of Southport earlier this month.
Corps to host meetings on maintenance of federal harbors
The Corps of Engineers is hosting next month a series of public meetings to discuss long-range planning to operate and maintain the Morehead City and Wilmington harbors.
Human-alligator encounters rise on NC coast as habitat is lost
As mating season for alligators native to the southeast, including North Carolina’s coastal plain, continues into June, wildlife officials are reminding the public to avoid feeding and interacting with the reptiles.
Division makes big additions to two offshore artificial reefs
The reefs, AR-230 off Hatteras Inlet and AR-250 off Ocracoke Inlet, each received about 1,500 tons of recycled, damaged concrete pipe and boxes from highway projects.
BoatUS Foundation offers free, online boating safety course
An online boating safety course available at no charge through BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water has been approved by the state.
