The state marine fisheries agency will hold a public hearing on a proposed shellfish/water column lease in New Hanover County at 6 p.m. on Sept. 7 at the Department of Environmental Quality Wilmington Regional Office, 127 Cardinal Street, Wilmington.
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The state’s marine fisheries division will hold two meetings this month to explain new flounder reporting requirements for pound net fishermen.
The meetings will be held as follows:
After news reports and editorials inaccurately and unfairly characterized the state’s efforts to protect drinking water, the North Carolina departments of Health and Human Services and Environmental Quality release the following open editorial:
The environmental department today announced that the McCrory Administration has joined 15 other states in challenging the Obama administration’s latest regulation targeting oil and gas production. The oil and gas rule is the latest in a string of federal regulations aimed at driving up the
The state’s marine fisheries division today rescinded a regulation requiring seafood dealers to hold a special permit to buy flounder from pound net fishermen and to report those landings daily.
The state environmental department, after consultation with the state health and human services department, the Mecklenburg County Health Department, the U.S.
If the air seems clearer in North Carolina these days, it’s not your imagination.
The Bald Head Island marina on Bald Head Island, and the Deep Point and Indigo Plantation marinas in Southport are the newest facilities to be certified as North Carolina Clean Marinas, a designation given to marinas that exceed minimum regulatory requirements.
WHERE: Eden Town Hall (Eden Room), 308 East Stadium Drive, Eden, N.C.
WHEN: 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27
WHO: Hosted by N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
State officials urge people to avoid contact with potentially harmful algal blooms that have developed in the Edenton Bay in Chowan County due to recent hot weather.