The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, January 9, 1997             TAG: 9701090441
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B2   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
TYPE: Local Briefs 
                                            LENGTH:   16 lines

GILL NETS CLOSING

The commercial striped bass season for gill nets in the Atlantic Ocean will close at 6 p.m. today.

Fisheries regulators predict that the quota of 86,000 pounds will be reached.

The commercial striped bass season for ocean trawls will open Feb. 1.

For more information, call Harrel Johnson at the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, (919) 264-3911 or (800) 338-7805.


by CNB