Tag Archives: North Carolina Fisheries Association
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for November 7, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 31, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 24, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 17, 2016
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Judge blocks closure of southern flounder fishing. Will it be appealed?
A Wake County Superior Court judge has issued an injunction preventing the 
N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission from closing the entire southern flounder fishery from October 16 through January 1. During its November 2015 meeting at Jeanette’s Pier, the commission voted 6-3 to shut down both the commercial and recreational fisheries for southern flounder during the fourth quarter of 2016. A lawsuit was filed by the New Bern-based North Carolina Fisheries Association, the Carteret County Fishermen’s Association, as well as Dare, Hyde and Carteret counties, against the commission’s action, and resulted in a temporary restraining order being issued on Sept. 28. After two hours of testimony on Oct. 6 from attorneys representing the NCFA and the state, Superior Court Judge John Jolly, Jr. issued an order preventing the Division of Marine Fisheries from instituting the October 16 closure. When the MFC voted for the closure last year, interest groups from the commercial fishing industry, which were opposed to the ban, lined up against the recreation-oriented Coastal Conservation Association and Recreational Fishing Alliance. Read the story here 09:39
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 3, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 26, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 12, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 22, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 15, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 8, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 1, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 18, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 11, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 5, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 27, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 13, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 6, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 30, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 23, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 16, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 9, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 2, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 25, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 18, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 11, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 4, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for March 28, 2016
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for March 21, 2016
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Their proposal would hurt North Carolinians – Jerry Schill, President, North Carolina Fisheries Association
In response to a letter to the editor, “Thoughts on marine fisheries,” Wednesday, March 16, I offer the following comments. It should be noted that the Kinston authors sent the letter to several media outlets. On the subject of shrimp trawling, the writers fail to acknowledge the many studies done by researchers over the years that have documented bycatch associated with this fishery and that despite decades of trawling, overall benthic productivity is dramatically increased. They also ignore the efforts by commercial fishermen to work proactively to reduce bycatch. Those studies began in the late 1980s and resulted with bycatch reduction devices in shrimp trawls. Currently, even though North Carolina is ahead of federal requirements to reduce bycatch, there is cooperative research ongoing to reduce it even further. Read the rest here 10:11
