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| NO CHANGES IN N.C. MARINE FISHERIES 2008 STOCK STATUS REPORT |
RALEIGH - Striped bass populations are still doing well in the ocean and in the Albemarle Sound area.
Bluefish stocks are still viable, too.
Red drum stocks are still recovering. Bay scallop populations are still depleted.
No important marine fisheries species is doing better or worse than it was last year, according to the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries 2008 Stock Status Report. The report was released today at a N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in Raleigh.
"I am pleased no stocks were downgraded in this year's report," said Louis Daniel, director of the state Division of Marine Fisheries. "I am hopeful that this trend will continue as more stocks recover and become viable."
The division annually grades the status of 39 species of marine finfish, shellfish, shrimp and crabs as either viable, recovering, concern, depleted or unknown. The grades serve as a barometer of the overall health of the state's fishery resources, and they are used to prioritize development of fishery management plans.
A stock is considered viable when it exhibits stable or increasing trends in a number of biological factors associated with healthy populations, such as a normal distribution of sizes, ages and spawning-age females or when it has met biological targets for sustainable harvest.
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| 27 Jun 2008 - 09:26 by CCA North Carolina |
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| MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETS NEXT WEEK IN RALEIGH |
MOREHEAD CITY - The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has a full slate of topics involving fishery management plans scheduled for its meeting next week in Raleigh.
The commission will consider proposals involving several fishery management plans, including tentative approval to a draft amendment to the Red Drum Fishery Management Plan that will start the process of adopting rules to implement recommendations in it.
The draft red drum amendments proposes prohibiting the use of J hooks larger than the manufacturer's size 4/0, except for non-offset circle hooks, from July through September each year, while fishing with natural bait in Pamlico Sound and its tributaries.
It also recommends splitting the existing 250,000-pound annual commercial cap into two seasons and expanding commercial gill net attendance requirements.
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| 18 Jun 2008 - 11:20 by CCA North Carolina |
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| CCA Supports Legislation for Hatteras Island Access |
CCA Supports Legislation for Hatteras Island Access
Raleigh, NC-The Coastal Conservation Association North Carolina believes all people should have reasonable access to public lands and waters to pursue the sport of fishing by both boaters and shore based anglers whether walking or in off road vehicles (ORVs). CCA NC supports the introduction of legislation (S.3113 and H.R. 6233) that would allow the access of ORV traffic on the beaches of the Cape Hatteras. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreation Area (CHNSRA) was established over 50 years ago with the expressed intent of the Congress and the National Park Service to allow the public access to beach recreational opportunities. This park was uniquely and explicitly set aside as a recreation area.
Recently, a few well financed, private organizations, namely the Audubon Society, the Defenders of Wildlife and the Southern Environmental Law Center have taken away the rights and privileges of the users of the CHNSRA under the guise of protecting birds and turtles. They have specifically targeted fishermen, vacationing families and pedestrian beach goers who use four wheel drive vehicles to deny their access to the best beaches and surf fishing locations on the East coast. They have not done this through an open, public participatory process but through an egregious lawsuit and closed door legal maneuvering.
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| 16 Jun 2008 - 10:56 by CCA North Carolina |
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| Finfish Advisory Committee Meeting |
FINFISH ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Marine Fisheries Commission Finfish Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington.
The committee will receive updates on the Marine Fisheries Commission and Division of Marine Fisheries activities that affect finfish fisheries and the State Fishery Management Plan and the Interjurisdictional Fishery Management Plan.
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| 9 Jun 2008 - 11:48 by CCA North Carolina |
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