LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Jerry Schill
There have been no fisheries related bill introduced this week, as of end of business on Wednesday.
H-169, The bill to make the Loggerhead Sea Turtle the state reptile is in the House Environment Committee.
The draft shellfish bill is still under review.
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION
Last week we listed the entire list of candidates and encouraged folks that are in the Third District to attend candidate forums or individual candidate meet and greet or fund raisers to meet them and learn more.
CANDIDATE FORUM IN NEW BERN
The Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association is holding a candidates’ forum on Friday, March 22nd at the Craven Community College in New Bern, Orringer Auditorium, 6:00pm.
Candidate Greg Murphy is having an event at a home in New Bern on Saturday, March 23rd from 5:00 to 7:00pm. Contact Lynda Blount for info: (252) 714-1164.
CANDIDATE FORUM IN NEW BERN
On April 15th, the following have agreed to speak to the God and Country Christian Alliance: Phil Law, Michelle Nix, Michael Speciale, Shannon Bray and Gary Ceres. I expect others will be added to that list as well.
If you know of any events for the Third District candidates, please let us know. The primary is April 30th!
Due to unexpected occurrences, we are sorry to let you know that our April/May 2019 Tradewinds issue will be postponed one month later than originally anticipated.
Recent Updates
Weekly Update: September 26 , 2022
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE for 9/26/2022: GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Senator Bob Steinberg resigned from his Senate seat on July 31st. Starting next year he will be a registered lobbyist. Due to redistricting, he and Senator Norman Sanderson were put in the same district and Norman...
Weekly Update: September 12 , 2022
Below is a call to action sent out by David Sneed, Executive Director of the Coastal Conservation Association of NC (CCA), asking anglers to attend next weeks meeting of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and oppose proposed measures to...
Weekly Update: August 29, 2022
“Rachels and Ricks”, Valid Study or CCA Tricks? At the August Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) meeting, Amendment 2 to the Striped Bass FMP and the unjustified net ban in the upper Neuse and Pamlico Rivers was on the agenda once again. Amendment 2...
Weekly Update: August 15, 2022
In our last update I asked our readers to evaluate the factuality of the CCA’s messaging and let us know how many misleading statements, half-truths, and outright lies they could find. Not surprisingly, we didn’t get many of our readers to take us up on our request....
Weekly Update: July 25, 2022
North Carolina has several important fisheries management plans (FMPs) that are due for an update in the near future. Striped mullet and speckled trout are regulated by NCDMF (Division) and these FMPs will be updated through our state process. Whereas,...
Weekly Update: July 18, 2022
Does CPR Work on Fish? The Coastal Conservation Association Seems to Think SO! After reading this title you’re probably envisioning a forty-pound Red Drum lying on the deck of a boat, straddled by an angler, receiving mouth to mouth...
Weekly Update: July 11, 2022
“Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.” -Aldo Leopold This quote is the opening line on CCA NC’s website on their “Release Over 20” tab. So, I guess CCA is telling anglers who...
Weekly Update: July 04, 2022
CCA NC, Talking Sea Turtles Lately it seems, CCA Executive Director David Sneed, cannot speak publicly without pointing out, and I quote, that “we (NC) are the only state that has an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) to allow the killing of...