CHANCE OF MFNHADEN SPILL LESSENED Ocean Isle Joins Beach Towns Seeking Offshore Boundary For Fishing Boats BY SUSAN USHER Pccfn We Beach Commissioners will join fellow beach towns in ask ing the state to restrict menhaden fishing off the Brunswick County coast to lessen the odds of smelly fish spills on resort beaches. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to take an official position supporting rules identical to those al ready in place off Dare County beaches. These restrictions require that menhaden fishing boats come no closer than 1.5 nautical miles of the beach from May 1 through Sept. 30 and no closer than one-half nautical mile from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31. Long Beach officials are spear heading a coordinated local effort to restrict the menhaden boats. At its June meeting, Long Beach council members asked Town Manager Jerry Walters to fnnlart nltvr mmhl communities in the county seeking support. The Long Beach Town Council is expected to take formal action at its July 19 meeting. Last week, Holden Beach Com missioners voted unanimously to send a iener to the N.C. Marine Fis heries Commission supporting ap plication of the Dare County restric tions to waters off Brunswick County. Walters indicated in his letter that the Marine Fisheries Commission could act on the request as early as its Aug. 26 meeting. Ocean Isle Commissioners De bbie Fox. Bill Benton and Kendall Suh voted for the stance. Members Janet Sanders and Ken Proctor were absent. Mayor Betty Williamson said the menhaden fishing boats have been a "big problem" for beach towns be cause when full nets break offshore and dead fish litter the beach. Ocean Isle has made several effoits in the past to limit the presence of the boats offshore during the tourist sea son. Since the closure of a menhaden processing plant at Southport, men haden boats working local waters are based in the Beaufort area and in Virginia, Commissioners Fox and Suh noted. "We're not going to negatively af fect local fishing interests," said Sun. "In fact the mennaden fishing hurts both local commercial and recreational fishermen." Traditionally, more menhaden are caught in North Carolina than any other commercial species and stock is in good condition, but landings have declined sharply in recent years due to industry problems. Declining fish meal and oil prices caused by world market conditions resulted in the closure of the pro cessing plant in Southport after the 1983 season and a plant in Beaufort after the 1987 season, leaving just one active plant in the state with two vessels. "Spotters" in small aircraft track the movement of schools of menhaden along the coast, then the fish are surrounded by smaller boats from a menhaden vessel and har vested by net. According to Tar Heel Coast, a publication of the marine fisheries division, the industry is still con fronted with social problems that in clude the unpopularity of smelly fish spills on beach strands, processing plant odors and recreational sport fishermen's concerns about loss of menhaden as bait. Eastern Channel Ocean Isle Commissioners also voted for the town apply to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a per mit to dredge the Eastern Channel, a major waterway, and to request the Corps study how the work should be done. "We need to make sure Sunset Beach is included," said town engi neer and resident Finely Boney, a member of the ad hoc committee named to study the issue. "We don't want to do anything that would harm those folks." He called the request a "begin ning," saying the town could then seek assistance from other sources. Along with clearing the channel to improve navigation, the commit tee thinks it might be feasible to take some of the "abundant" sand at the west end and move it to the island's eroding east end, said Boney. Once a permit is obtained from the Corps it remains in effect for one yt sr. In other business commissioners: ? authorized the mayor to apply for approval from the state to extend a 6-inch water line 1,250 feet along West 2nd Street to serve new resi dential development in the vicinity of West 2nd and Troy streets near the Decarol Williamson home. The 6-inch main would rvrnhially h# connected to nearby 8-inch mains. The Williamson residence is cur rently served by a 1-inch line. Town employees will do most of the work involved in the extension. ? approved street name and house number changes as recom mended by the planning board. Re sidences in Island Park subdivision will now have regular street address es instead of lot numbers. Name changes to eliminate duplications in clude Craven Drive to Sandpiper Court, Seagull Court to Atlantic Way, Asheville Street (near Shallotte Avenue) to Columbus Street. ? adopted a standard SSO busi ness privilege license for all busi nesses not specifically covered by the state business license schedule adopted earlier by the board. ? appointed Lany Sellers, a town employee who recently earned Le vel HI certification, the new licensed operator for the town's sewer plant, and relieved Building Inspector Druied Roberson of that extra duty. Roberson will continue as Sellers' back-up until another town employ ee is certified. Police Chief Curt Pritchard said officers responded to 212 calls dur ing June, "none major." Roberson said he issued 54 build ing permits within the town iimits in June for construction valued at $390,430, and 13 permits in the ex traterritorial area for construction vaiued at 5382,957. 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