The 30-day public comment period began Thursday on the state’s incidental take permit application and conservation plan to address sturgeon and sea turtle interactions in the state’s estuarine anchored gill net fishery.
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Marine Fisheries advisory committees to meet
Committees are to discuss the fundamentals of stock assessments and receive an update on Draft Supplement A to the Striped Mullet Fishery Management Plan Amendment 1.
New size limits for striped bass in Albemarle Sound area
The new size limits go into effect Jan. 1 for the Albemarle-Roanoke striped bass stock.
State asks public to report cold-stunned spotted seatrout
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries officials remind the public to report any cold-stunned spotted seatrout they may see in coastal waters.
Residents report illness associated with Texas oyster recall
North Carolina restaurants and stores may be included in a recall issued for any shell and shucked oysters recently harvested in part of Galveston Bay, Texas.
NOAA recommends funding for 2 NC fish passage projects
Projects NOAA Fisheries recommends for funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are in the Cape Fear watershed and the lower Roanoke River.
Comment period opens on temporary striped mullet rules
The Striped Mullet Fishery Management Plan Amendment 1 supplement includes various proposals for a commercial and recreational season closure to end overfishing.
Division of Marine Fisheries celebrates 200 years
The Division of Marine Fisheries will announce a schedule of historical presentations it will host in partnership with the N.C Maritime Museum, showing the development of different aspects of marine fisheries in the state.
Water clarity standard to save seagrass an ongoing process
Water quality degradation from nutrients and sediments reduce light penetration needed for seagrass survival and is a threat to coastal fisheries.
Marine fisheries proposed rules hearings rescheduled
N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has rescheduled for 1 p.m. Dec. 16 public hearings on proposed rules regarding shellfish and cut bait at the Division of Marine Fisheries’ Central District Office in Morehead City.
Commercial fishing resource funding committees to meet
The state Marine Fisheries Commission Commercial Resource Fund Committee and the funding committee for the state Commercial Fishing Resource Fund will hold a joint meeting at 6 p.m. Dec. 8 by web conference.
NC Marine Fisheries Commission meets Nov. 16-18
North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission members are to hear a presentation on results of the benchmark spotted seatrout stock assessment for North Carolina and Virginia.
Marine fisheries proposed rules hearing to be rescheduled
The meeting did not take place because of a technical issue, officials said.
John Petrigac gets paid to ask; the answer is always fishing
He grew up lake fishing with his grandfather, but Petrigac, who now conducts creel surveys for the Division of Marine Fisheries, has made saltwater fishing his life.
New partnership aims to restore water quality, vegetation
Essential coastal habitat is declining because of deteriorating water quality. Now a private-public partnership is coming together to protect the resource.
Flounder season closing statewide in internal waters
The commercial flounder season is closing for the year because the quota from internal coastal waters is nearly caught, state officials announced Wednesday.
