Weekly Update: March 22, 2019

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.

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Snapper Group Advisory Panel Meets This Week   The South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council’s (SAFMC) Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel (AP) meets this week (March 26-28, 2024)   Meeting time: Tuesday 1:00-5:00, Wednesday 8:30-5:00, Thursday 8:30-Noon  ...

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Weekly Update: March 04,2024

Rulemaking for False Albacore   As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) decided, at its February 2024 business meeting, to move forward with rulemaking for False Albacore.    The proposed Rule, as approved by the MFC,...

Weekly Update: February 26,2024

MFC Meeting Recap   The NC Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) met in New Bern last week February 21-22. All MFC meetings are recorded live on YouTube and can viewed online afterwards. You can also click under the title of the video on “more….” and it allows you to...

Weekly Update: February 19,2024

Proposed shrimp trawl area closures to “protect” submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV).                     Once again, the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will be discussing adopting further regulations for North Carolina’s shrimp trawl fishery. At the...

Weekly Update: February 12,2024

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New Phone Numbers at DMF   Telephone numbers at the NC Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) offices in Morehead City have changed after a new phone system was recently installed at the Headquarters and Central District offices.   The new main numbers are...

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