Press Releases
How much blue crab was harvested commercially and recreationally last year?…
How much blue crab was harvested commercially and recreationally last year? What’s going on with striped bass in the two management areas? What did the division see in its sampling […]
On July 1, 2023, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission launched a new…
On July 1, 2023, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission launched a new, custom licensing system and mobile app, Go Outdoors North Carolina, developed in partnership with Brandt, a Florida […]
A decade of design work paid off as American Tackle Company took home…
A decade of design work paid off as American Tackle Company took home “Best of Show” honors at ICAST, sportfishing’s largest trade show, with a sleek, nearly weightless custom rod […]
Coastal marsh several miles south of Wilmington, North Carolina, was once filled with sediment and choked with invasive reeds…
Coastal marsh several miles south of Wilmington, North Carolina, was once filled with sediment and choked with invasive reeds that prevented the free flow of nourishing tidal waters. Recently, 10 […]
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified a new state record….
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified a new state record Red Hind (Epinephelus guttatus). Harrison Bachmann, of Wrightsville Beach, caught the 9-pound, 12.1-ounce fish offshore of Wrightsville Beach […]