NOAA regulators have announced vessels with an Atlantic Tunas General or Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Charter/Headboat category permit may not retain, possess, or land large medium or giant Atlantic bluefin tuna after 11:30 p.m., February 11, 2022. Based on the best available landings information, the 75-metric ton quota available for the January through March […]
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Cleanup of the house that fell into the ocean last week on a rapidly eroding stretch of Outer Banks beach has begun, now that National Park Service officials have approved the necessary permit. The work means that the section of beach on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore near the site of the house in Rodanthe […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities are continuing their search efforts on Monday after a report of a downed aircraft in the ocean off the Cape Lookout National Seashore on Sunday, Feb 13. A total of eight people have been confirmed to have been aboard the Pilatus PC-12 single-engine passenger aircraft, per the U.S. […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities are responding to a report of a downed aircraft in the ocean off the Cape Lookout National Seashore, approximately 4 miles east of Drum Inlet, on Sunday, Feb 13. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center received a report of a possible downed aircraft from an air […]
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On Monday, Feb. 14, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., the Outer Banks community is invited to join Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) rangers at a drop-in volunteer beach cleanup event. Gloves, garbage bags, and trash pickup sticks will be provided by the National Park Service for this organized effort to assist the owner of […]
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Last evening, the owner of a collapsed house on Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) property submitted a removal plan and hired a contractor to complete an extensive cleanup of the house and many miles of Seashore beach. After a careful review of the plan, the Seashore this morning issued the homeowner a special use permit […]
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Freshwater turtles sometimes seem invisible, yet these cool critters are found in practically every freshwater body in North Carolina. Sea turtles seem to get all the glory, but most people are not aware that the state is also home to 17 species of freshwater turtles. For the purposes of this story, we will be investigating […]
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Registration is open for North Carolina Sea Grant’s popular “Introductory Fisheries Science” course. Scott Baker and Sara Mirabilio, fisheries specialists with over 40 years of combined experience, will bring together state experts in new virtual classes designed for recreational and commercial fishers — and for anyone else interested in fisheries science. “This year’s course is another […]
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Habitat restoration activities will begin this week on Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Partners at the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and contractors with Fred Smith Construction will excavate sand in an area behind the Oregon Inlet Terminal Groin. They will be digging out sections within a 3-acre area in order to create open […]
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Health directors ask state to move from ‘pandemic to endemic’ status Changes to COVID protocols and guidance — ranging from lifting school mask mandates to new rules about school quarantining — have occurred in rapid succession in the past few days. On Feb. 10, two days after the board of education voted to lift school […]
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