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: October 16, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, OCTOBER 14, 2020 PRESS CONTACT, TINA BERGER, 703.842.0740 Supplemental materials for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s 79th Annual Meeting Webinar are now available...
Weekly Update: October 02, 2020
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: FEDERAL: NCFA has received the following info regarding a proposed rule on seafood traceability by the FDA. The Federal Register notice is 55 pages, (link below), and we are sifting through the verbiage. The...
Weekly Update: September 25, 2020
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: ELECTION 2020: Just in case you missed it, there is a rather important election coming up in a little over a month! I’ll just say it’s VERY important rather than use the phrase that we hear just about every time we head to the polls. We’ve got it...
Weekly Update: September 18, 2020
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: STATE COVID-19 RELIEF: Covid-19 relief for meat and seafood processors: In the two-day special legislative session held earlier this month, a bill was passed that deals with Covid-19 relief. Part of that, H-1105 provides $20,250,000 to the NC...
Weekly Update: September 11, 2020
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: General Assembly: The legislators are not scheduled to return to Raleigh for session until late January. As noted previously, House member and Rules Chairman David Lewis resigned. His replacement has been announced this week and his name is Howard...
Weekly Update: September 04, 2020
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE The General Assembly met this past Wednesday and Thursday and passed a bill to distribute federal funds that were appropriated for Covid-19. Of interest to the seafood industry was a provision to provide $20,250.00 to the Department of Agriculture...
Weekly Update: August 28, 2020
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE The NC General Assembly will convene September 2nd at noon. Session probably won’t last very long and not expected to deal with anything other than appropriating federal funds for Covid-19 relief. Key words being “not expected”. They...
Weekly Update: August 21, 2020
2019/2020 North Carolina Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant The NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will provide funding for projects that reduce mobile source diesel emissions. Awarded projects are expected to...