Press Releases
Skippers with boats, gear, and bait are needed to take active-duty troops fishing for the annual Military Appreciation Day (MAD) event to be held at Southport on September 10 & […]
NOAA recently collaborated with local community and nonprofit partners to purchase 1,700 acres of wetland and floodplain habitat. The acquisitions, coupled with long-term protection agreements, protect the areas from the […]
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, a decrease of 19% from 2019 and about a 23% decrease from the […]
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 […]