The North Carolina Wildlife Federation announced the winners of the 56th Annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards and CCA NC Legacy Life Member and Executive Board Vice-President Rocky Carter has been honored as the 2018 Sportsman…
By Rip Woodin CCA NC Editor After spending six years on the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission, Chuck Laughridge doesn’t feel he accomplished much and is frustrated by the failure of all stakeholders to “do…
The South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (SAFMC) had ordered the commercial harvest of Spanish mackerel closed after commercial fishermen had reached their harvest quota in the northern zone on August 24, 2019. In a move…
*This is a developing story that we are continuing to monitor as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for updates on the current and future status of this important fishery in the coming days* The…
South Atlantic Council approves descending device regulation to improve catch and release The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) made a landmark decision today by passing a rule requiring commercial and recreational fishermen who are…
Recreational fishermen are demanding that the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission intervene after industrial harvesting giant Omega Protein failed to comply with the Commission’s menhaden catch limits in the Chesapeake Bay. Omega previously made a…
Opinion By Dick Hamilton NC Camo Coordinator  Squandered Opportunities…Again In the face of staggering data documenting the decline in spot, grey trout, and croaker, the Marine Fisheries Commission  (MFC) in late August voted against…
In its first effort to stop the imminent collapse of Southern flounder stocks, the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission at its August 23 meeting adopted the recommendations of N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries biologists that will…
The NC Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will consider an amendment to the Southern flounder Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) during their August meeting that includes severe cuts to both commercial and recreational harvest through seasonal closures….
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Aug. 21-23 at the Doubletree by Hilton University Brownstone, 1707 Hillsborough St., Raleigh. Â The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Aug. 21, at 9 a.m. Aug. 22, and…
Editor’s note: This story appeared in The Reel News, which covers outdoor issues in the Pacific Northwest By Jim Tuggle I read somewhere in the past few weeks, that Washington Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly…
Striped mullet landings rebounded in 2018, reads the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries annual stock survey that also found no indication of risk to spotted sea trout. The DMF is continuing efforts to make its annual stock…
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