Newsletters
2026 red snapper season in limbo
Anglers from the Carolinas to Florida have long been frustrated by red snapper fishing seasons, which have been brutally short for more than a decade. […]
NOAA
Newsletters
NOAA proposes complete closure of red snapper fishing
The public is invited to comment on NOAA’s proposal to completely close the red snapper fishery on Sept. 14 in Charleston, S.C. […]
Breaking News
King mackerel limit increased for Carolina anglers
Anglers in both Carolinas can now keep four king mackerel per person, per day. This temporary measures runs through April 16, 2021. […]
Newsletters
Snapper-grouper anglers must use descending devices beginning July 15
Snapper-grouper anglers from Virginia to Florida must use descending devices and non-offset circle hooks beginning July 15, 2020. […]
Newsletters
4-day red snapper season for Carolina anglers in 2020
Anglers in the Carolinas will have a four-day season for red snapper in 2020. The dates are July 10 – 12, and July 17. […]
Outdoor Update
NOAA announces 2019 red snapper seasons
The 2019 recreational seasons for American red snapper in the federal waters off the Carolina coastlines will be made up of five days, one day shorter than the 2018 seasons. […]
Featured
NOAA will quit printing paper navigational charts next spring
Next April 13 will mark the end of an era for nautical navigational charts. On that date, the lithographic NOAA Navigation Charts, which have been printed by the federal government since 1862 for sale to mariners and fishermen, will no longer be printed and distributed. […]
Featured
Oil from BP Gulf of Mexico spill could move into Atlantic, NOAA head says
Oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico soon could be moving into the Atlantic and up the Eastern Seaboard, as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Jane Lubchenco said today (May 18) that oil from the BP disaster has very likely entered the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current.
Featured
NCDMF changes speckled trout regs; NOAA closes black sea bass fishery
Fishermen heading to the coast this month will find regulations on two of their favorite fish much different. […]
Events & Announcements
NOAA to Establish Eight Federal Marine Protected Areas in the South Atlantic
Industry and fishery conservation groups learned in early January that the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is preparing to announce the final rule creating eight marine protected areas (MPAs) off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. […]