A LITTLE FROM THE PAST WITH A LOOK TOWARD 2021 By Brent Fulcher November 20, 2020 A Word from the Chairman I would like to make a challenge for the New Year to everyone involved in commercial fishing, especially the fishermen and the dealers....
Statelines, State Lies, Don’t Take the Bait! (Southern Flounder) By Glenn Skinner November 20, 2020 A Thought from the Executive Director Joe Albea and the NC Coastal Fisheries Reform Group have engaged in a smear campaign targeting North Carolina’s...
Legislative News By Jerry Schill November 20, 2020 A Word from the Director of Government Relations MERRY CHRISTMAS! (REALLY?) Hard to believe this is the last Tradewinds column before Christmas! Time always “flies” as the saying goes but it seems to...
TRAGEDY OF THE COMMON MAN Contributed by NCDMF November 20, 2020 Feature Stories If you follow fisheries management at all, you’ve most likely heard the phrase “tragedy of the commons”. The concept originates from a 1968 article written...
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: FEDERAL: This past Wednesday, a hearing was held by the House Natural Resources Committee on the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act. We’ll provide more info later, but just consider it an ocean-based version of the Green New Deal. One...
