Press Releases
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced the 2021 Regional Fishery Management Council (RFMC) appointments. The appointments included Thomas Roller of North Carolina to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council…
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced the 2021 Regional Fishery Management Council (RFMC) appointments. The appointments included Thomas Roller of North Carolina to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Captain Tom […]
Commercial fishermen sold 42.9 million pounds of fish and shellfish to North Carolina seafood dealers in 2020…
Commercial fishermen sold 42.9 million pounds of fish and shellfish to North Carolina seafood dealers in 2020, a decrease of 19% from 2019 and about a 23% decrease from the […]
Reps. Huffman and Case Introduce Bill to Reauthorize Nation’s Primary Fishing Law
Alexandria, VA – July 27, 2021 – Yesterday, Congressmen Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Ed Case (D-Hawaii) introduced the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), America’s primary law governing marine […]
Division of Marine Fisheries publishes annual stock overview
MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries today released its annual Stock Overview of state managed marine fisheries species. The 2021 North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries Stock Overview reviews […]
Marine Fisheries advisory committees to discuss small mesh gill net issues…
MOREHEAD CITY – Three advisory committees to the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet by web conference later this month to discuss possible future small mesh gill net management measures. […]