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NC Artificial Reef Program gets major enhancements
The NC Artificial Reef Program, in partnership with Stevens Towing Company, completed two major reef enhancements in May. […]
NCDMF
Flounder
NC’s 2026 flounder season is set
North Carolina’s 2026 recreational flounder season will be held Sept. 1-14, said Kathy Rawls, Director of the NCDMF. […]
Flounder
North Carolina’s 2026 flounder season is set
North Carolina’s 2026 recreational flounder season will be held Sept. 1-14, according to the NCDEQ’s Division of Marine Fisheries. […]
Black Sea Bass
2026 black sea bass season opens May 1 north of Cape Hatteras, with new regulations
The 2026 recreational Black Sea Bass fishing season will open May 1 in North Carolina waters north of Cape Hatteras. […]
Newsletters
NCDMF closes seatrout harvest through June 30
Speckled trout closure impacts recreational and commercial anglers Due to what North Carolina’s Division of Marine Fisheries called “widespread cold stun events,” all Coastal and Joint fishing waters in North Carolina have been closed to
Newsletters
North Carolina announces spring flounder season
North Carolina’s DMF has announced a spring Gulf flounder season in ocean waters off the central and southeastern parts of the state. […]
Inshore Fishing
NC Marine Fisheries researcher drowns in Carteret County
Marc Hamric, a researcher with North Carolina’s Marine Fisheries, drowned while collecting water samples in Turnagain Bay in Carteret County. […]
Flounder
2025 NC flounder season opens Sept. 1
The NCDEQ’s Division of Marine Fisheries has announced the North Carolina 2025 recreational flounder season will open Sept. 1 […]
Flounder
NC Marine Fisheries Commission meeting May 21-23, 2025
The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission is scheduled to vote on flounder and oyster issues May 21-23 in Beaufort, NC. […]
Breaking News
NC closes 2025 speckled trout fishery until June 15
The N.C. DEQ’s DMF will close coastal and joint waters in NC to commercial and recreational spotted seatrout harvest on Jan. 24, 2025. […]