Four advisory committees to the Marine Fisheries Commission will meet jointly on Tuesday, July 30, to discuss a petition for rulemaking that proposes reclassifying most internal coastal waters as secondary nursery areas. The meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. July 30 at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center, 203 South Front St., New Bern. […]
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The four piping plover chicks that hatched from a nest near Ramp 43 on June 13 are still in the area and foraging around a pond near the ramp and occasionally in surf on the ocean beach, according to Randy Swilling, natural resources program manager for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The three-week-old chicks, Swilling […]
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While an international panel is studying revisions of stock quotas of bluefin tuna, the federal agency that divvies up the U.S. share will consider new regulations that address allocation share along the East Coast, a long-standing bone of contention between New England and Southeast watermen. A draft amendment to the Highly Migratory Species Management Plan […]
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The Hyde County ABC stores are in the black after years of deficits and mismanagement, thanks to Ocracoke islander Keith Parker-Lowe’s management. “The ABC stores are in the best shape they’ve been in in several years,” noted Bill Rich, Hyde County manager after the first part of a public hearing on the ABC’s budget June […]
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A would-be beach access that Dare County has eyed since the Coast Guard abandoned its oceanfront base near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse eight years ago is apparently still a distant dream, as environmental cleanup of contaminated soil has yet to begin. The Coast Guard is seeking money this year to clean the site, but between […]
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