Recreational fishing stakeholders gathered on Capitol Hill on June 12 for a policy luncheon and panel to discuss federal saltwater recreational fisheries management including the Modern Fish Act (S. 1520/H.R. 2023) and Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act (H.R. 200). Hosted by...
Coastal recreational anglers caught and kept fewer fish last year than in 2017, likely due in part to bad weather days during prime fishing season that kept surf fishermen off the water, according to a news release from the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. The amount...
Rep. Larry Yarborough was recognized during the Triangle CCA NC Banquet on May 17th with the CCA NC 2017 Legislator of the Year Award for his commitment and leadership in the N.C. House of Representatives on coastal fisheries issues. Rep. Yarborough is an avid fishermen and...
By David Sneed CCANC Executive Director Both chambers of the NC General Assembly have recessed for the week so I thought it would be a good time to update everyone on pending legislation with the potential to impact our coastal fishing resources. On Thursday, the Senate passed...
Washington, D.C. –The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation overwhelmingly approved S. 1520, the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 (Modern Fish Act) on Feb. 28. This legislation calls for critically important updates to the oversight of federal fisheries, including adding more tools to...
By Chris Horton Fisheries Program Director, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Mark Twain once said, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” Some in the environmental community have taken that saying to heart in their efforts to discredit the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act...
By David Sneed, CCA NC Executive Director The NC Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) met for two days last week in Wrightsville Beach. In a bit of foreshadowing, Director Steve Murphey, in his opening remarks at his first MFC meeting as the Director of the Division of...
By Callie Freeman CCA NC Staff Writer In a farsighted move last week, Z-Man® Fishing Products launched the social media campaign #RELEASE2018SC asking consumers in their home-based state of South Carolina to practice catch-and-release of spotted seatrout plus other inshore species for the duration of the 2018...
via DENR.DMF Press Release MOREHEAD CITY – The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Feb. 14-15 at the Blockade Runner, 275 Waynick Blvd., Wrightsville Beach. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. Feb. 14 and 8:30 a.m. Feb. 15. A public comment period will be held at...
By David Sneed CCANC Executive Director Governor Roy Cooper moved on Monday to fill the June 30, 2017 appointments to the Marine Fisheries Commission. Cameron Boltes was asked by Governor Cooper to fill the vacant Recreational Fishing Industry seat, James "Pete" Kornegay was tapped for the...
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