Jones, colleagues call for summer flounder review

Congressman Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., and several House colleagues from New Jersey are calling on the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to reconsider proposed 2016 harvest reductions for summer flounder.  At its meeting this week in New York City, the council is slated to take action on a recommendation from its Science and Statistical Committee (SSC) […]

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Science panel says effects of seismic surveying still unclear

Petroleum industry officials have repeatedly dismissed claims that seismic surveying for offshore gas and oil can have ill effects on marine mammals, but coastal scientists say loud man-made noises change animal behavior and more work needs to be done to be sure sensitive species aren’t harmed by seismic survey activity. Offshore seismic surveys are performed […]

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Jack Wilson

MANTEOand OCRACOKE — Jack Wilson, 72 died peacefully Sunday, August 9, 2015at his home in Manteo surrounded by family and friends.  Hewas born in Philadelphia, Pa., on Jan. 18, 1943. He was reared by hisadoptive mother, Josephine Williams, and his foster father, JonesWilliams, of Ocracoke from an early age of about eight months. Jack is survived […]

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