Weekly Update: August 28, 2023

Southern Flounder Fiasco In the middle of trying to rebuild the southern flounder population in our state, the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (WRC) has decided this year to have a separate recreational season outside of the recreational season set by the...

Weekly Update: August 21, 2023

    Another Assault On North Carolina’s Commercial Industry   Draft Amendment 15 to the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) was released and circulated for public scoping in May of this year.    Draft Amendment 15...

Weekly Update: August 14, 2023

    Upcoming Fisheries Meetings   HMS Amendment 15: Spatial Management and Electronic Monitoring Cost Allocation    Webinar: Thursday August 17th, 2023 2:00 – 4:00pm    Registration link: register to participate(link is external)  ...

PRESS RELEASE: August 9, 2023

    NORTH CAROLINA FISHERIES ASSOCIATION, INC. www.ncfish.org PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release August 8, 2023 Contact: Glenn Skinner, Executive Director; 252-646-7742 COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF NC SHRIMPERS AND COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN “SOME COMFORT” In a major...

Weekly Update: August 7, 2023

    Upcoming Fisheries Meetings Atlantic States Marine Fisheries (ASMFC)  August 1-3, 2023 Summary https://asmfc.org/files/2023SummerMeeting/2023SummerMeetingSummary_Aug23.pdf HMS Amendment 16: Shark Management Webinar Monday August 7th, 2:00 – 4:00pm...