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2014 News Releases By Headline

JULY 2014

Division of Marine Fisheries Receives Atlantic Sturgeon Permit for Estuarine Gill Net Fisheries

Commercial Harvest of Snowy Grouper in South Atlantic Waters Will Close on July 25, 2014

Grant Money Available for Transient Recreational Boating Facilities

Commercial Harvest of Jacks in South Atlantic Waters Will Close on July 15, 2014

Commercial Harvest of Deep-Water Grouper in South Atlantic Waters Will Close on July 10, 2014

Marine Fisheries Continues Red Snapper Carcass Collection Program

Albemarle/Roanoke Striped Bass Stock Moved to “Concern” in Stock Status Report

JUNE 2014

Plastic Tags Meant to Head Off Double Safety Inspections

Marine Fisheries Commission Seeks Sea Turtle Advisers

ASMFC Begins Preparations for 2015 Red Drum Benchmark Stock Assessment

Commercial Harvest of Blueline Tilefish in South Atlantic Waters Will Close on June 23, 2014

NOAA Announces New Regulations for King and Spanish Mackerel in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region

Marine Fisheries Artificial Reef Program to Hold Public Meeting on Ocracoke Reef

NOAA Fisheries Announces the Opening of the 2014 Commercial and Recreational Red Snapper Fishing Seasons in the South Atlantic Federal Waters

State Seeks Applicants for Saltwater Fishing License Projects

MAY 2014

States Schedule Hearings on American Eel Draft Addendum IV

Some Waters to Reopen to Flounder Gill Nets

NOAA Fisheries Requests Comments on Proposed Actions to Expand Boundaries of Habitat Areas of Particular Concern and to Modify Transit Provisions

Marine Fisheries Artificial Reef Program to Hold Public Meeting on New Hanover County Reef Sites

2013 Commercial and Recreational Fish and Shellfish Harvests Released

Marine Fisheries Commission Meeting Set

Dean Nelson Promoted to Marine Patrol Major

Coastal Waters Close to Large-Mesh Gill Net Fishing Monday

APRIL 2014

Recreational Black Sea Bass Season Reopens May 19 North of Cape Hatteras

State Certifies New State Record Jack Crevalle

Spring/Summer Commercial Red Drum Season Will Not Open

Funding Agreement Allows Continued Recreational Water Quality Monitoring

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