Striped mullet landings rebounded in 2018, reads the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries annual stock survey that also found no indication of risk to spotted sea trout. The DMF is continuing efforts to make its annual stock overview both easier to navigate and more informative for the...
As the General Assembly winds down its business for the current long session, no additio nal action has been taken on House Bill 483, Let Them Spawn. The bill passed the House and was sent to the Senate on June 21st. It was originally referred from...
[caption id="attachment_9613" align="alignright" width="599"] Rocky Carter, far right, helps volunteers build the Oyster Highway in the New River near Jacksonville.[/caption] The North Carolina Wildlife Federation announced the winners of the 56th Annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards today and CCA NC Legacy Life Member and Executive Board...
By David Sneed CCA NC Executive Director House Bill 483, Let 'em Spawn, passed its Second Reading on the House floor on June 19 by a margin of 58-54 and with objection to a Third Reading it was calendared for Third Reading the next day where it...
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission is moving toward implementing commercial and recreational flounder seasons to end overfishing and rebuild the overfished southern flounder stock. The commission voted last week to accept the recommendations of the Division of Marine Fisheries in their entirety as its preferred management options...
By Rip Woodin Editor CCA NC A 20-year wait for a fisheries management solution to rescue collapsingSouthern flounder stocks may come to an end this August when the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission hopes to adopt significant harvest reductions before the fall season when most flounder are caught,...
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet June 6 at 1 p.m. at The Beaufort Hotel, 2440 Lennoxville Road, Beaufort, to discuss proposed southern flounder management measures. The agenda includes a 1 ½-hour public comment period at the beginning of the meeting. Members of the public...
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Director Steve Murphey has issued proclamations that will closestriped bass season for commercial and recreational fishermen March 11 in the Central Southern Management Area, according to a DMF news release. The CSMA encompasses all internal waters from just south of Oregon...
[caption id="attachment_3282" align="alignnone" width="464"] NCWRC Fisheries Biologist Michael Fisk holding a Striped Bass.[/caption] The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has adopted a no-possession limit for striped bass in internal waters in the central and southern coastal areas of the state to save two unusual year classes in...
The Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Feb. 13 at the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Washington regional office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington. The committee is assisting the Division of Marine Fisheries with development of Amendment 2 to the...
