Ending Overfishing of Red Snapper NOAA Fisheries announced at the last South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (SAFMC) meeting their intention to prepare a Secretarial Amendment to end overfishing of red snapper. In a press release following their...
Advisory Committee Meetings For Blue Crab Adaptive Management Three of the Marine Fisheries Commission’s (MFC) advisory committees (AC) are meeting this week to discuss potential adaptive management options for reducing blue crab harvest. The most recent stock...
SAFMC Meeting This Week The South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (SAFMC) meets this week in Charleston, South Carolina. Although this meeting is a little light on specific North Carolina issues there are still a few items of interest to be aware of....
Speckled Trout Quiz Lately, whether due to a general lack of knowledge or simply parroting the constant stream of misinformation, there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the management of our coastal fisheries, like Speckled Trout for example....
More Speckled Trout Reductions Than Necessary These graphs are copied and pasted directly from the NC Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) Spotted Seatrout Scoping Document. Can someone please explain to me why this triggered a harvest reduction of 19.9% to...
