North Carolina Fisheries Association Suit Dismissed Federal Judge James C. Dever has dismissed a lawsuit by the N.C. Fisheries Association demanding that the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries either abandon all Incidental Take Permits regarding sea turtles or shut down recreational fishing until a similar plan...
Today, CCA NC released its recommendations for the anticipated southern flounder supplement that will be discussed during the upcoming NC Marine Fisheries Commission meeting, May 20-22, 2015. CCA NC encourages everyone who is concerned about the current state of the NC southern flounder fishery to...
New Coastal Conservation Association billboard campaign educates the public When the electronic billboard on I-85 near Mebane, N.C., clicked on November 6, it showed an endangered sea turtle trapped in a mass of monofilament. The message read, “Gill nets should be a relic of our past,...
Recently, the Board of Directors of CCA North Carolina approved a plan to begin placing billboards around the state in support of a campaign to remove large Shrimp Trawlers and Gillnets from our inshore waters. The first two of these billboards went up in...
On Monday, August 5th, the North Carolina Fisheries Association (NCFA) and the Carteret County Fisherman’s Association (CCFA) filed a civil lawsuit in US District Court seeking relief from the Incidental Take Permit (ITP) for sea turtle interactions in the commercial fishing industry under the Endangered...
This video does a stellar job of clearly presenting the facts and SHOWING the detrimental effect that inshore shrimp trawling has on species like trout, spot and croaker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPlhI-Vcj44&feature=youtu.be ...
CCA NC Chairman Greg Hurt, right, and Gary Roberson, center, treasurer for the Crystal Coast chapter of CCA, present Col. Jim Kelley with eight pairs of Leupold binoculars and two night vision scopes. The equipment will be used for surveillance operations by Marine Patrol officers...
David Sneed, an East Carolina CCA Chapter veteran, was named executive director of CCA-NC at the board’s April 15 meeting, Chairman Greg Hurt announced. A 1987 N.C. State graduate, Sneed has worked the last 15 years in the construction industry most recently with Oak Ridge Construction...
CCA NC is excited to announce its first collegiate chapter at N.C. State! If you have students or friends attending N.C. State that might be interested in learning more about CCA’s efforts, please invite them to the upcoming information session. Attendees will discover how CCA works...
Press Release March 11, 2014 On March 6, 2014 the North Carolina Fisheries Association and the Carteret County Fisherman’s Association (Plaintiffs) filed a Notice of Intent (NOI) to sue various state and federal resource agencies under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for failure to adequately regulate both...
