Five advisory committees to the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission will meet jointly next month to discuss and take public comment on a petition for rulemaking calling for habitat protections that, if adopted, would impact shrimp trawl fishing in most North Carolina waters.
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Temporary offices in Elizabeth City are now open for staff in the state’s coastal and marine fisheries agencies. The former Elizabeth City location closed in early November for facility repairs.
WHAT: Public hearing on water quality permit for Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee Plant
WHEN: 6 p.m. Dec. 15 (speaker registration starts at 5 p.m.)
WHERE: Wayne County Center, 208 W. Chestnut St., Goldsboro, N.C.
Officials with the state environmental department have extended a public comment period to obtain additional feedback on the draft wastewater permit for Duke Energy’s Allen Steam Station.
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing on proposed shellfish bottom and water column leases in Hyde County at 6 p.m. on Jan. 11 at the Hyde County Courthouse, 30 Oyster Creek Street, Swan Quarter.
You can save money, protect the environment and reduce your stress this holiday season. Just try a few of the following helpful tips put together by North Carolina’s environmental agency:
The Shrimp Bycatch Reduction Industry Workgroup will meet at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 9 at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center, located at 203 S. Front St. in New Bern.
A state environmental program that has created thousands of jobs and pumped $14 billion dollars into North Carolina’s economy will celebrate a milestone in Raleigh next week.
WHAT: Public hearing on water quality permits for Duke Energy’s Weatherspoon Plant
WHEN: 6 p.m. Dec. 8 (speaker registration starts at 5 p.m.)
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding fishermen that an additional escape ring will be required in crab pots beginning Jan. 15, 2017.