State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming alert at a sound-side site in Carteret County.
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The front page of the 2016 Annual Fisheries Bulletin and subsequent news release issued May 25 inadvertently reported the 2015 top five recreationally-harvested species, by pounds, as the 2016 top five recreationally-harvested species, by pounds.
State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming alert at a sound-side site in Carteret County.
State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming alert at a sound-side site in Carteret County.
A warm autumn kept commercial fishermen catching and selling shrimp up to New Year’s Eve last year, boosting 2016 shrimp landings to the highest since the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Trip Ticket Program began in 1994. But overall, the 60 million pounds of finfish and shellfish commercial fishermen caught and sold at the docks was a 9 percent decrease from 2015. The total estimated dockside value of $94 million was about $700,000 short of the 2015 value.
Officials with the state Department of Environmental Quality are initiating the public comment period for a draft proposed water quality permit for Duke Energy’s Sutton Steam Plant.
Staff in the N.C. Division of Water Resources have honored 51 water treatment plants for surpassing federal and state drinking water standards.
North Carolina’s new statewide water and wastewater infrastructure plan will be presented at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday during the opening session of the 2017 North Carolina Rural Water Association’s Annual Conference and Exhibition in Greensboro.
The conference will be held at the Sheraton Four Seasons, 3121 Gate City Boulevard, Greensboro. “North Carolina’s Statewide Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plan” helps cities and towns better prepare for their water and wastewater utility needs.
Carter Witten received the golden bars of a captain at a pinning ceremony today at the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Headquarters in Morehead City.
A state environmental panel has granted Union County a certificate to transfer a maximum of 23 million gallons of water a day from the Yadkin River Basin to the Rocky River Basin to meet Union County's projected water demands through 2050.