THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, April 24, 1996 TAG: 9604240427
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
TYPE: North Carolina Briefs
DATELINE: MOREHEAD CITY LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
Today is the last day commercial fishermen will be allowed to catch blueback herring and alewife.
Officials with the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries will shut down the herring season at 12:01 a.m. Thursday.
Watermen were allowed to land 250,000 pounds of herring caught in pound nets this spring. As of Monday evening, 207,000 pounds had been landed, state Division of Marine Fisheries spokesman Jess Hawkins said Tuesday. ``If the run continues like it has been, we won't be able to extend the season because the entire quota will have been caught by Wednesday night,'' Hawkins said.
For more information, call the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, (800) 682-2632 or (919) 726-7021. by CNB