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.
On July 4, the town's sewer plant
handled its largest volume to date,
pumping 750,000 gallons of sewage.
"We're growing as a town," he said.
"It now takes two pumps to handle
the volume."
Commissioner Fox, chairman of
the board's water committee, said
the cormittcc has deferred consid
eration of a proposal to allow sepa
rate water meters for non-household
use until fall, after the town has
more experience with its new rate
schedules for water and sewer ser
vice.
"We want to see if the budgeting
is working as we anticipated," she
said.
So far, so good. Fox said that
since the new billing system and wa
ter schedule went into effect out
standing accounts have been re
duced from 57,000 to 51.400. "That
change does seem to be accomplish
ing what it was intended to do."
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