Weekly Update: February 22, 2019 FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NCFA has been in attendance this week during the Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in Williamston and will provide a detailed update in next week’s Weekly Newsletter. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE There were no bills...
Weekly Update: February 15, 2019 LOSS OF WALTER B. JONES, JR. The commercial fishing industry lost a huge supporter of our way of life with the death of Walter Jones. Words cannot express the “light at the end of the tunnel” he provided by his encouraging...
Weekly Update: February 8, 2019 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Several bills have been introduced this week but nothing that involves fisheries. The shellfish bill should be ready next week. FISHERIES RELATED ASMFC Atlantic Herring Board Approves Draft Addendum II for Public...
Weekly Update: February 1, 2019 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE STATE: GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES: The General Assembly convened this Wednesday for the beginning of the long session which is expected to last until July at the very least. Although there have been bills introduced...
