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...
Legislative News By Jerry Schill September 14, 2020 A Word from the Director of Government Relations THE ELECTION and EDUCATION Fishing education, that is! We have a rather important election coming up in November! If this statement is surprising to...
Women who fish for a living, however, do it because they choose to do so, at least in most cases. By Jerry Schill April 9, 2020 A Word from the Director of Government Relations I recently read an excellent article about women who commercially fish in...
Ask And Ye Shall Receive or The World Is Run By Those Who Show Up By Jerry Schill January 28, 2020 A Word from the Director of Government Relations As many readers may know, NCFA worked with our General Assembly after Hurricane Florence in 2018 to provide financial...
Winter Updates By Jerry Schill November 20, 2019 A Word from the Director of Government Relations GENERAL ASSEMBLY: As I write this the General Assembly is still in session. The Senate says they may adjourn soon and the House says it will probably be the end of the...
Fall Updates By Jerry Schill October 3, 2019 A Word from the Director of Government Relations In my last column I said the following regarding this year’s session of the North Carolina General Assembly: “It’s hard to say how long to it will last, but consider it safe...
