The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries will close the recreational season for black sea bass on March 5, and the fishery will not reopen until July 1, the agency reported. […]
Circle hooks, designed to improve the survival rate of released fish, will be required in both state and federal water beginning March 3, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR). […]
A fantastic run of small-medium and large-medium sized bluefin tuna is occurring off the north-central N.C. coast and has been on-going during the entire month of February. […]
In the wake of two large striped bass kills caused by trawl boats in January and early February, the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission nonetheless voted 6-2 on Feb. 11 to allow trawl fishing for stripers. […]
CCA North Carolina is requesting the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission to completely eliminate trawling as permissible fishing gear for striped bass, the organization has announced. […]
For the second time in less than a month, commercial trawl boats last week killed and dumped either (a) hundreds or (b) thousands of dead striped bass off the Outer Banks.
Different reports of the kill total are in disagreement. […]
Federal fisheries managers issued a bulletin on Jan. 28 notifying recreational fishermen along the South Atlantic coast that the black sea bass fishery will close Feb. 12 and not reopen until June 1. […]
Sportsmen’s groups are pushing to have a bill re-introduced into the legislature to reclassify red drum and spotted seatrout as gamefish. […]
On Sunday, Jan. 16, commercial trawlers plied the waters off Oregon Inlet, setting nets to land striped bass. […]
It’s been a busy seven days for Louis Daniel, director of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. […]
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