Weekly Update: June 25, 2021

NC Local Foods Council helps promote NC shrimp https://www.nclocalfoodcouncil.org/north-carolina-shrimp LEGISLATIVE UPDATE for 6/25/2021: NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Everything (almost) in the General Assembly this week was budget. Almost because the Senate...

Weekly Update: June 18, 2021

    CONGRATULATIONS TO COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN!   NCFA Board and Staff wish to congratulate commercial fishermen, Heath Fulcher, Jonathan Fulcher, Tyler Brewer and the crew onboard fishing vessel Natural for catching the first 500+ pound Blue Marlin during the...

Weekly Update: June 11, 2021

Like many of NCs commercial fisheries, the States shrimp industry is, once again, under attack.   Since 2013, there have been 3 petitions for rulemaking filed seeking to restrict shrimp trawling, 2 Amendments to the Shrimp FMP, 2 lawsuits filed to prohibit shrimp...

Weekly Update: June 04, 2021

  Marine Fisheries Commission moves forward with amendment to Shrimp Plan   MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted on Thursday to take Draft Shrimp Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2 out for public comment and advisory committee review....