Press Releases
A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals heard arguments last week in the lawsuit brought by a group of 86 citizen plaintiffs and the Coastal Conservation Association […]
The recreational black sea bass fishing season will open May 15 in both federal and North Carolina waters north of Cape Hatteras. During the open season north of Cape Hatteras, […]
The recreational sector for blueline tilefish in federal waters of the South Atlantic will open at 12:01 a.m., local time, on May 1, 2022, and close at 12:01 a.m., local […]
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Commercial Resource Fund Committee and the Funding Committee for the N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Fund began accepting applications on April 1 for the 2022 funding […]
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will resume onboard observations of estuarine gill net fisheries beginning May 1. Onboard observations will be the primary method with limited use of alternative […]