tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182722962008-10-24T14:09:13.480-05:00The place for NC fishing information and saltwater fishing resources. Whether you are new to fishing in North Carolina or you have been fishing the NC coast all your life, Fishing-NC.com is here to help you get the most out of your next trip. From current coastal events and fishing news, to fishing tips and North Carolina coastal destination guides, we bring you the insider's view of fishing in North Carolina.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12953926709345842810noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18272296.post-72795822916378363812007-04-19T13:45:00.000-05:002007-04-20T14:22:18.675-05:00

Despite gale force winds and an injured rescue swimmer, a Coast Guard helicopter from Elizabeth City was able to rescue 3 Canadians from their sinking catamaran Tuesday off the Carolina coast. Their 35 foot catamaran sustained a 5 foot long gash in one of her hulls due to giant swells and began to sink. After receiving the distress from their EPIRB the Coast Guard dropped survival suits from a

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The state would name the first recipients of grants funded by Coastal Recreational Fishing License revenues early next year under a plan that goes before the NC Marine Fisheries Commission at its April 25-27 meeting in Kill Devil Hills. The MFC is scheduled to vote on funding priorities and a funding process timeline. The timeline calls for requesting grant proposals this summer. Accepted

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UNC Wilmington has been at the forefront of aquaculture research for several years and as of last Wednesday they've proven they still have what it takes to stay in the front of the world's aquaculture development. A team of UNCW became the first to successfully raise a commercial crop of Black Sea Bass from eggs to market weight all in captivity. To celebrate the occasion Paul Vroman, the chef

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On an offbeat note, we found an odd story that caught our eye we thought we'd share. An online gambling website has started accepting bets on whether or not global warming will submerge Cape Hatteras by 2015. Although we all know Cape Hatteras is seriously threatened by global warming, the 2015 date far exceeds the expectations of even the wildest scientific predictions. Perhaps that's why the

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The North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee (WASC) has finished a draft version of a report that will be published later this month. The WASC report calls the loss of working waterfronts and public access to coastal waters "significant" and warns that this trend is likely to continue without intervention by the state. As coastal growth has boomed over the last few decades, property

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This week marked the launch of a new collaborative effort between NOAA and several universities that should have NC fishermen smiling. Their new marine weather web portal will be a gateway to access a variety of real-time marine observations, hazards and forecasts along the Carolina coastline and integrates real-time data from eight major providers including the National Weather Service (NWS);

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The results of an official survey by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission were released this week but the results are far from surprising to fishermen - the state concluded that there aren't enough public boat ramps. The WRC's "Boating Access Survey" was conducted from October through December of 2006 and was based on the responses of 3,783 North Carolina residents, with particular attention

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12953926709345842810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18272296.post-25235995623021676832007-03-26T13:28:00.000-05:002007-03-26T13:45:12.490-05:00

Last week members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) met in Hatteras and proposed reducing the harvest quotas for both king and spanish mackerel. Under Amendment 18 to the Coastal Migratory Pelagics Fishery Management Plan, coastwide total allowable catches for king and spanish mackerel would be reduced from 10 million to 7.1 million pounds for king mackerel and from 7.04

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A series of sweeping changes to the way that NC handles environmental and fisheries management was proposed in Raleigh last week. Under Senate Bill 679, the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) and other existing environmental management commissions would be abolished and a new umbrella commission created to oversee all environmental policies. Patterned after the Utilities

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Scientists at Rutgers University have been testing a simple but effective way to track and study the movement of striped bass along the east coast - acoustic tracking. In order to better understand migratory patterns, scientists began tagging striped bass off the New Jersey coast. To date 87 recreationally caught stripers have been tagged with new internal acoustic transmitters. Each of these

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12953926709345842810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18272296.post-67383910773512057342007-03-16T17:29:00.000-05:002007-03-16T18:06:46.775-05:00

In many ways dolphin, a.k.a. mahi mahi, are the perfect bluewater gamefish. On top of being one of the most beautiful and colorful fish in the sea, dolphin are incredible fighters and go airborne at a moment's notice. Best of all they are also one of the most delicious gamefish around. A lot of pressure has been put on dolphin populations and despite their prolific reproduction, marine

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The Navy has been pushing the development of a new sonar testing facility off the Carolina coast for a few years, despite intense public objections, criticism from NOAA and outrage from the NC DENR. Now it appears that after the beaching of a beaked whale and three harbor porpoises on March 7th near Kill Devil Hills, Navy sonar testing is again a culprit. While they won't disclose the exact

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The Coast Guard rescued a commercial fisherman after his boat capsized in the Pamlico Sound Friday morning near Hatteras Inlet. The Hatteras Inlet Coast Guard Station received a distress call at about 8AM and were able to use their VHF direction finding equipment to refine their search area. They launched two search and rescue boats and by 8:30 a helicopter and C-130 airplane were launched from

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As promised, the first round of updates are in place. Our fishing reports have undergone an overhaul. We've cleaned out many of the reports that weren't working or updating often enough and added some new ones visitors have pointed out. We've also added a new category, inshore fishing reports. Please drop us a line if there are any you'd like to see added we may have missed - we love visitor

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Boat manufacturer Millennium Marine has announced that they will open a facility in Edenton, NC, creating 38 jobs and investing $1.5 million during the next three years. Although known for their commercial boats, Millenium Marine is currently expanding their recreational line built with the same hulls as their proven commercial counterparts. Their Miramichi 31 (shown) is an interesting example of

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As more and more scrutiny is placed on what kinds of fish restaurants are serving their patrons, evidence is increasingly pointing to deception in the supply chain. That red snapper or grouper from your favorite restaurant may in fact just be an Asian catfish with a big price tag. A UNC Chapel Hill research project tested red snapper samples from restaurants and distributors in eight states in

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12953926709345842810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18272296.post-30732318140092640352007-03-03T12:07:00.000-05:002007-03-04T14:30:56.217-05:00

The NC Waterfront Access Study Committee began steps this week to ask the General Assembly to change the fee schedule for easements for such things as commercial docks and piers. Committee members expressed their frustration that the state wasn't seeing fees in line with the fair market value of the public trust waters taken. Committee member Mac Currin, chairman of the NC Marine Fisheries

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12953926709345842810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18272296.post-13124781523905831222007-03-02T13:31:00.000-05:002007-03-04T13:57:24.680-05:00

Bruce Babbitt, a former secretary of the interior during the Clinton administration and former Governor of Arizona, met with officials in Raleigh this week to discuss the state's ongoing plans for global climate change. Babbitt predicted North Carolina would be one of the states most affected by rising sea levels from global warming, along with Florida and Louisiana, and could see the

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A team of scientists from the Guy Harvey Research Institute at Nova Southeastern University and NOAA Fisheries Service's Southeast Fisheries Science Center in Miami has confirmed the existence of a new billfish species closely resembling white marlin. This new species, dubbed the roundscale spearfish, looks so much like the white marlin that only DNA testing or trained experts can tell them

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After over a year and a half of 3 to 4 news stories about North Carolina fishing per week, this past month we were forced to take a break. As everyone is surely familiar, every now and then life throws you curve ball that you have to focus on 100% to even have a chance at hitting - lucky for us that this happened in February and not July. We would like to sincerely apologise to our loyal readers

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Catches of gray trout, also known as weakfish, have been strictly regulated under the ASMFC (Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission) for several years and grey trout stocks were considered nearly recovered in the late 1990s. By 2003 however, commercial and recreational landings had plummeted, and grey trout were reclassified as overfished again in 2005. Now in an effort to help make sure

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In what has to be one of the most idiotic stories we've heard in a long time, the Coast Guard at Wrightsville Beach has reported that they are looking for a hoaxer who has called in more than 15 distress calls in the last year. The most recent incident occurred last week when the small-minded prankster called in another SOS and even provided a location. Over the last year the 15 emergency calls

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President Bush proposed a 8% increase today for the $1.75 billion federal budget for coastal and marine conservation programs. NOAA would be the primary beneficiary of the additional $143 million in federal funding and plans to use their $123 million to do more research and improve ocean protections. The National Science Foundation and the US Geological Survey would split the remaining $20

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The North Carolina Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture voted last week to ask the Marine Fisheries Commission to end the state-wide river herring moratorium and enact their proposal for a 100,000-pound annual commercial harvest with a 12 fish per day recreational creel limit instead. The moratorium was enacted last year in an effort to save the remaining herring as overfishing

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Last week, the US Coast Guard, under the Department of Homeland Security and the US Department of Transportation, posted a notice requesting public input on whether GPS technology has made LORAN-C obsolete and whether or not it should be shelved. The LORAN, Long Range Aids to Navigation, system was brought online in the 1960's and was essentially GPS before there was GPS. Unlike the satellites

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