At its May business meeting, the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission voted to approve new, more restrictive management rules for the striped mullet fishery. Six months later, bait and tackle shops are feeling the effects of the day-of-the-week commercial closures on their businesses. With Hatteras Island’s fall fishing season in full swing, mullet is harder […]
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More than one hundred windsurfers raised their sails behind the start line at OBX Wind’s 12-mile long-distance race. From the safety boat on the Avon Reef, the colorful sails dotted the silhouette of Hatteras Island. A jetski ran down the start line. The race was on. Last week, Ocean Air Sports hosted OBX Wind, a […]
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More than two years after local governments in North Carolina began receiving opioid settlement funds, Dare County has used its share of the funds to distribute naloxone, hire a probation officer, send residents to opioid treatment programs, and begin a public awareness campaign, among many other initiatives. Dare County has been proactive with its opioid […]
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The Avon Volunteer Fire Department Chief Frankie Hopkins, Assistant Chief Andrew Dickerson, and Firefighter Ryan Albaugh delivered donations to Black Mountain on Tuesday to help victims of Hurricane Helene. The three men left for western North Carolina early Tuesday morning and returned Wednesday evening. Community members donated water, drinks, fruit, snacks, non-perishable food, toiletries, clothes, […]
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The North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries released a proclamation reducing the amount of bluefish commercial fishermen can harvest to 50 pounds per trip or per day, “whichever is more restrictive.” The proclamation went into effect Friday at 12:01 a.m. The DMF will release another proclamation closing the fishery once the commercial quota is projected […]
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During a special meeting held online on Thursday, June 6, the North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries passed a temporary motion, created by the North Carolina General Assembly, which requires commercial and recreational fishermen to report their harvests to the Department of Marine Fisheries beginning on December 1. Commercial fishermen will be required to report […]
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At its business meeting this week, the commission closed commercial mullet fishing on the weekends and the recreational flounder season for 2024. At its May business meeting, which it held on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, in Beaufort, the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission voted on new regulations for striped mullet harvest, updated the public about […]
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Members of the National Park Service, Oregon Inlet Fishing Center LLC, the United States Coast Guard, and Marine Patrol met at the new Oregon Inlet Fishing Center building in Nags Head for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday morning, April 22. On the first floor, the nearly 10,000-square-foot building has retail space for fishing and boat […]
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While many local commercial fishermen prefer day-of-the-week closures as opposed to daily trip limits, which the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) voted to approve as its preferred fishery management for striped mullet, they don’t see the need for mullet regulations. “It’s a no-win situation for us one way, shape, or form,” said Mike Langowski, a […]
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Drew Pearson and James Wooten, two members of Dare County Emergency Management, delivered a Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) device to the Avon Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD) on Tuesday, March 5. The CRDs will allow Hatteras Island fire stations to provide access to Dare County’s 911 Communication Center when phone service is down. They will also […]
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