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Dole Submits OLF Questions to Navy

PLYMOUTH — A day after hundreds of citizens attended a hearing regarding a proposed Navy landing field in eastern North Carolina and two days after Governor Mike Easley said he wasn’t getting much cooperation from the state’s two U.S. senators, N.C.’s senior senator told the Navy she was “deeply concerned” about the project. […]

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Agencies Clarify Rule for Bait Herring

RALEIGH, N.C. – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and the Division of Marine Fisheries want anglers to know they can still use river herring (alewife and blueback herring) for bait as long as those herring are not taken from coastal rivers and sounds. […]

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NMFS Adjusts N.C. Recreational BFT Bag Limit

To allow N.C. recreational fishermen to harvest part of the remaining annual bluefin tuna allocation from a spring run of school bluefin tuna off Cape Hatteras, the National Marine Fisheries Service has temporarily adjusted the size and posession limits for bluefin tuna. […]

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WRC Speaks Out Against OLF

SWAN QUARTER, N.C. (March 20) – More than 200 people showed up Monday night to voice opposition to a proposed military jet landing strip in eastern North Carolina, including leadership from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]

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Navy’s SEIS Release Admits Birds in the Way

The U.S. Navy’s latest version of an environmental impact statement — in advance of plans to build an outlying landing field in Washington and Beaufort counties — isn’t much different from the last edition, except the service branch now admits the OLF at “Site C” will have “adverse effects” on area waterfowl.
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