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Topics Related to Marine Fisheries
April 2, 2025, 6pm - 7pm
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries held a public hearing on proposed shellfish leases in Craven County at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The hearing was conducted in person at the Craven Community College (Havelock Campus) in Havelock and virtually via Webex.
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet by web conference on June 6 at 11 a.m. The meeting will be livestreamed on Webex. A listening station will be established at the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries Central District Office at 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City.
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission agreed this week that the Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Marine Fisheries should take a broader look at the protection of submerged aquatic vegetation.
In order to preserve the southern flounder resource, the North Carolina recreational flounder season will not open for harvest in 2024. Estimates from 2023 indicate the recreational catch exceeded the quota allowed under a stock rebuilding plan that was included in Amendment 3 to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan and adopted by the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission.
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are still accepting public comments on temporary rules to implement mandatory harvest reporting requirements passed by the N.C. General Assembly in Session Law 2023-137, Section 6. The comment period will close at 5 p.m. May 20, 2024.
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet in-person May 22-24 at the Beaufort Hotel, 2440 Lennoxville Road, Beaufort, N.C. 28516. The meeting will also be livestreamed on YouTube.
May 22, 2024, 6pm - May 24, 2024, 5pm
The Marine Fisheries Commission will meet May 22-24, 2024 at:
Beaufort Hotel
2440 Lennoxville Road
Beaufort, N.C. 28516
Meeting Agenda
May 1, 2026, 8am - May 14, 2026, 9am
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet May 13-14 at the DoubleTree New Bern Riverfront, 100 Middle Street, New Bern, N.C. 28560. The meeting is open to the public and will be livestreamed on YouTube.
April 22, 2024, 8am - May 20, 2024, 5pm
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are accepting public comments on temporary rules to implement mandatory harvest reporting requirements passed by the N.C. General Assembly in Session Law 2023-137, Section 6. The comment period will close at 5 p.m. May 20, 2024.
Members of the public may submit comments in any of the following ways:
May 1, 2024, 6pm
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are holding a public hearing on proposed temporary rules to implement the mandatory harvest reporting requirements passed by the N.C. General Assembly in Session Law 2023-137, Section 6. The law requires that any person who recreationally harvests Red Drum, Flounder, Spotted Seatrout (Speckled Trout), Striped Bass and Weakfish (Gray Trout) must report that harvest to the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF).