The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center is making this year’s Fourth of July shrimp fry set for Saturday “A Time to Honor our Community Leaders From Carteret County to western NC.”
The nonprofit holds the dinner annually to honor active military, veterans, frontline workers, teachers, school staff, health care professionals, power company line workers and all those who make the community safer and healthier with a complimentary plate, which can be reserved on the website.
This year, organizers have invited the Crystal Coast Water Rescue Team who responded to Black Mountain after Hurricane Helene hit in late September 2024, and Black Member Mountain Fire Department.
“We will be honoring the Crystal Coast Water Rescue Team that courageously traveled to Black Mountain during the Helene response last fall. Part of this recognition is to welcome members of the Black Mountain Fire Department who called on Carteret County for help,” organizers said, adding that the team would be there “to enjoy a much-needed rest from their continuing struggle/recovery and to host them at our event on July 5.”
Throughout the evening, attendees will have be able to enjoy “mountain music” in honor of Black Mountain with area bluegrass bands, Mac McRoy and The South Point Band and the Asher Brinson Band.
Preordered plates will be served from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at 1785 Island Road on Harkers Island. Others can preorder theirs for $20 online, at 806 Arendell St., Morehead City, the heritage center on Harkers Island, or by phone at 252-728-1500. Organizers “strongly encourage” getting tickets ahead of time.
Litter Free Land and Sea is looking for volunteers to help clean up Radio Island after the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
The cleanup is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Radio Island Public Beach Access, 501 Marine Drive in Beaufort.
Organizers ask volunteers to register ahead of the cleanup using the online form.
Bags, gloves, grabbers, and snacks will be provided. Volunteers are encouraged to bring a reusable water bottle.
All volunteers will receive a Litter Free Land and Sea tumbler pouch gift for their effort.
Litter Free Land and Sea is a county-led initiative designed to support volunteer clean-ups, facilitate business engagement and communicate the efforts of waste contractors to maintain the beauty and cleanliness of Carteret County.
For more information, email [email protected] or visit the website.
Spotted seatrout harvest season is open with new size and creel limits in inland and joint fishing waters of North Carolina.
The hook-and-line season reopened on Tuesday after being closed between May 2 and June 30 to help the species recover from mortality due to last winter’s cold stun event, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
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This season, the daily creel limit is three fish per person and a minimum size limit of 14 inches long. A fish may not be harvested if it measures between 20 and 26 inches. One fish over 26 inches long is allowed in the daily creel.
“These rule changes are in agreement with the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission’s Spotted Seatrout Fishery Management Plan Amendment 1 and will be consistent with rules established in coastal fishing waters,” Inland Fisheries Division Chief Corey Oakley said in a release.
The spotted seatrout population is being overfished, according to that plan, and the new rule changes have been implemented to allow the population to recover.