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Wildlife Resources OKs 4-day recreational flounder season
WEBAug 2, 2024 · The Committee therefore recommended a 4-day season as recommended by staff,” they said. Marine Fisheries Commission Chairman Robert Bizzell in a letter dated July 25 to WRC said he was disheartened to learn that the Wildlife Resources Commission is proceeding with a flounder season in inland and joint fishing waters.
Beachcomber’s View: Science of Sea Glass | Coastal Review
WEBJun 12, 2019 · Call 252-728-3600 or visit. People come from all over the world, year after year, to enjoy all the treasures that these miles of sand have to offer, and one of these treasures that is growing in popularity and diminishing in availability is sea glass. Most sea glass comes from broken bottles, with just a small percentage from decorative items ...
Sam's Field Notes: Diversity of Carolina Crabs - Coastal Review
WEBMar 13, 2017 · The biggest bruiser of a crab in our area is the stone crab. Their shell can get up to seven inches wide and is protected with fat boxing glove-like claws. The claw has one movable finger and an immovable palm that can crush and cut into oysters and other mollusks. Like all crabs they must molt as they grow.
David Stick was an example of the ideal coastal historian
WEBJul 29, 2021 · Stick was not just a talented writer and researcher. He was a local businessman, a supporter of the economic and environmental well-being of the coast, and in many ways the platonic ideal of a local historian. David Stick was born in 1919 in New Jersey. His father, Frank Stick, was an outdoor photographer and illustrator who was lured to …
Interactive map shows where marine fisheries rules apply
WEBJun 28, 2022 · The Common Rules app is the latest marine fisheries interactive mapping tools that can be found on a on the division’s website. The geospatial hub is a one-stop webpage where the public can link to all the Division of Marine Fisheries interactive maps available to the public, including: North Carolina weigh stations and carcass collection ...
Coastal Plain Is One of World’s “Bio” Hotspots
WEBApr 21, 2016 · The coastal plain is high in plant diversity especially, he said, and meets the necessary threshold of more than 1,500 endemic vascular plants, those with tissues that conduct water, sap and nutrients, such as flowering plants and ferns. The hotspot designation is also meant to bring attention to those …
Beachcomber’s View: Whelks Versus Conchs | Coastal Review
WEBApr 22, 2019 · Whelk shells are often mistakenly called conch shells, but there are many differences in the two shell types. For starters, aside from the whelks preferring cold water and conchs preferring tropical waters, whelks are carnivores – and at times, cannibals – whereas conchs are herbivores. Known as the “bullies of the sea,” whelks attack ...
Carteret OKs rezoning for major development near Peletier
WEBJul 22, 2022 · Carteret County commissioners Monday night cleared the way for the next major development in the western part of the county. Stay extra cozy during your Beaufort, NC, Extended Weekend! Save 50% on Sunday nights when you stay three nights! Fireplaces open Oct. 15 in our first-floor waterfront rooms. Call 252-728-3600 or visit.
Morehead City’s Sugarloaf Island restoration project begins
WEBNov 21, 2023 · The shoreline protection project has been appropriated a total of $6.6 million – — to restore the island by using a hybrid approach of offshore wave attenuation breakwaters, expanding seagrass meadows, and building living shorelines. Sanderson said Morehead City is a destination for many people in the …