Last Two Speckled Trout Scoping Meetings This Week
Tuesday, March 21
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
New Bern-Craven County Public Library 400 Johnson St.
New Bern, NC 28560
Thursday, March 23
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Cape Fear Community College 411 N. Front St.
Wilmington, NC 28401
Scoping document can be found here: Spotted Seatrout Scoping Document
You can also submit online comments until March 24th at 5pm.
Submit Online Public Comment Here
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: 3.20.2023
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
There was actually a discussion about fish last week in the General Assembly! At our request a meeting was arranged with some coastal legislators about the status of commercial fishing in North Carolina. Glenn Skinner & I spoke to the group for about an hour.
MEMORIAL FOR SUSAN WEST
On Sunday a memorial was held for Susan West in Hatteras who passed away last fall. NCFA Board member Dewey Hemilright, Thomas Newman and I attended. I will write more about the memorial and about Susan’s advocacy for commercial fishing families later. As is always the case for something like this, you get to see many folks that you haven’t seen for quite a while. It was good to see so many familiar faces at a very fitting tribute for Susan.
God bless,
Jerry
