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The Habitat and Water Quality Advisory Committee to the NC Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Thursday, June 25 at the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries Central District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City.
The Habitat and Water Quality Advisory Committee to the NC Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Thursday, June 25 at the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries Central District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City.
Fifteen lucky anglers won $100 each in a yearly drawing held by the NC Division of Marine Fisheries’ Multi-Species Tagging Program
June 25, 2026, 6pm - 8pm
Habitat and Water Quality Advisory Committee Meeting
June 25, 2026 at 6 p.m.N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
Central District Office
5285 Hwy. 70 West, Morehead City Watch the Meeting on WebEx
Webinar number: 2425 051 5263
Password: 1234 (1234 when dialing from a phone or video system)
June 25, 2026 at 6 p.m.N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
Central District Office
5285 Hwy. 70 West, Morehead City Watch the Meeting on WebEx
Webinar number: 2425 051 5263
Password: 1234 (1234 when dialing from a phone or video system)
Eleven new and amended Marine Fisheries Commission rules are now in effect, including rules pertaining to False Albacore management, pot marking requirements, shellfish leases and franchises and various permits.
The 2026 recreational flounder season will open Sept. 1-14 in Coastal and Joint Fishing Waters of the state.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified a new state record for the Graysby Grouper (Cephalopholis cruentata).
The N.C. Artificial Reef Program this month completed two major reef enhancements at offshore reefs off Cape Hatteras and off Ocracoke.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Red Snapper South Atlantic Exempted Fishing Permits (EFP) for southeastern states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, are no longer in effect until further order from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The recreational harvest of Red Snapper in the South Atlantic remains closed.
The N.C. Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Steering Committee will meet by web conference from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, May 27.