SAFMC Mackerel and Snapper Grouper AP Meetings This Week Mackerel Cobia AP The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (SAFMC) Mackerel Cobia Advisory Panel (AP) is meeting this week in Charleston, SC. During the meeting, the AP will review the Mackerel...
Open Letter: It’s Time for Collaborative Management After two weeks of fisheries meetings and numerous comments from stakeholders, it’s clear that our current system of fisheries management leaves much to be desired. Since the General Assembly passed...
MFC Meeting Recap and Blue Crab AC Meetings Last week the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) met in Kitty Hawk for their quarterly meeting. There was a good turnout from the public as well as a lot of good public comments. Even though the meeting...
MFC Meeting This Week The time has come for the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) to discuss and vote on the six fisheries on the chopping block. This is your chance to come together and show unity and support as a fishing community. Public comments are...
Recreational Access to Southern Flounder While the proposed changes to the management of the Blue Crab fishery have drawn a lot of attention, it’s important to remember that there are other very important issues on the agenda for next week’s MFC meeting....
