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N.C. LAWMAKERS CONTINUE TO ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS TO A PUBLIC RESOURCE

 

By not allowing HB 353 to breath, the NC General Assembly is continuing to allow access to one of North Carolina’s greatest resources. The North Carolina Travel and Tourism Board also voted to allow charter boats, recreational boats and commercial boats to share the resource. By labeling drum, speckled trout, and rock as gamefish (according to the federal definition), no North Carolinians would be able to retain this resource. Game fish status on the federal level translates into no retention, period. Thank goodness this resource is still available to all user groups, North Carolina needs tourism, tourists crave fresh seafood, seafood is supplied by commercial fishermen, which makes for healthy communities. The balance of harvest is tilted towards the recreational effort, it may affect the viability of coastal villages, and the great state of North Carolina. Commercial fishermen are only permitted to harvest ¼ of the recreational catch, maybe someday the resource will be shared equally.

James Reibel

Legislative study committee created to reorganize saltwater management

HB 353 would have re-classified red drum, spotted seatrout and striped bass as gamefish, thus making them off limits to harvest and sale or bartering. In effect, netting of these fish to be sold for profit would have been banned.
However, the bill didn’t survive a June 9 deadline to “cross over” to the Senate for consideration, either because five Democrats made deals with the Republican majority for their budget approval votes or the Republican majority didn’t want to answer questions about a relatively small number of job losses in the commercial fishing industry should HB 353 become law.

In either case, McCormick and bi-partisan sponsors of HB 353 managed to morph the bill into an all-encompassing study of saltwater resources management.

One of HB 353’s sponsors told North Carolina Sportsman by opposing the game-fish status bill during this legislative session, commercial fishing interests “basically threw kindling on a smoldering fire.”

A quick look at the topics the committee will examine bears out that legislator’s words. Each section could be a nightmare for the state’s commercial fishing industry and the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission.

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Gamefish status bill dead, but likely to be reincarnated in 2012 short session of N.C. Legislature

Although the bill had veto-proof majority support in the North Carolina House and Senate, it fell victim to a backroom deal.

Sources told North Carolina Sportsman that House Republicans likely secured votes from more than one Democrat from a coastal district for their budget, creating a veto-proof majority, in exchange for dropping HB 353 this session.

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N.C. watermen wary of latest legislative twists

Having failed this spring to reel in votes, the legislators who proposed declaring three species of fish off-limits to commercial fishermen are instead asking their colleagues to create a committee dedicated to studying that idea.

The sponsors of HB353, known as the "game fish bill," have resurrected the legislation for inclusion in the Studies Act of 2011, which lawmakers could pass when they resume work July 13. In its current form, the Studies Act calls for the creation of the Marine Fisheries Legislative Study Committee, whose members would consider a wide range of ways to overhaul fishing laws.

The original idea behind HB353 - to designate red drum, spotted sea trout and striped bass as game fish, making them illegal to sell - remains on the proposed committee's agenda. Additional ideas to study include the creation of a hook-and-line commercial fishery, changes to the process of appointments to the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission and the elimination of the trawl boat fishery.

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Outdoors: Bill to give red drum, spotted seatrout and striped bass game-fish status still alive as part of study

Lost in the drama of the state Legislature's back-and-forth budget bill bickering during its last session was an issue that could change the face of coastal sportfishing in North Carolina.

House Bill 353, aimed at giving game-fish status to red drum, spotted seatrout and striped bass - making them available to hook-and-line harvest only, off limits to commercial fishermen and illegal to sell - didn't reach resolution before the General Assembly's session ended. But the bill has found a home underneath the umbrella of a new study committee made up of four members of the House and four members of the Senate, who will report findings at the May 2012 short General Assembly session.

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Fox News Report on HB 353

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Gamefish proposal sent to new legislative panel

Legislation proposed to put striped bass off limits to commercial watermen by designating the species a gamefish has been put under the umbrella of a new legislative study committee.

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CCA: Game Fish Status Still Kicking

H.B.353 aimed to tag Red Drum, Speckled Trout, and Striped Bass not “dead” as some report.

  
      Raleigh, NC – House Bill 353, which seeks game fish status for Red Drum, Speckled Trout, and Striped Bass, has been stalled in a House committee as the Legislature concentrates on the battle over the State Budget.  Reports of this bill being “dead” are widely exaggerated and efforts to make a final push continue.  “Unfortunately, this bill, among many others introduced this session, has fallen victim to the overwhelming attention being given to the budget battle”, stated Greg Hurt CCANC Government Relations Chairman.  With adjournment expected at week’s end, the window of opportunity is closing fast. 

 CCA NC continues the push to have the bill voted on this session.  Your calls and e-mails to your elected Senators and Representatives are still needed.  “Game Fish status is still a very important initiative for these species, says Jay Dail, CCA NC Chairman.  “Whether in this session, or the next, we need to hold our elected officials accountable for the economic boost this would provide our coastal communities, as well as the overall health of these fish”. 

Game fish bill dead this session

Rep. Danny McComas, R-New Hanover, said Sunday that lawmakers won’t consider the “game fish” bill filed earlier this session.

He said it is too controversial to be taken up in what is expected to be the final week of this year’s legislative session. McComas added that he believed the issue would be studied and that lawmakers would come back to it at a later date.

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Reeling in a win for recreational fishing

North Carolina has the opportunity to increase the economic effect of fisheries management to the entire state with a single bill. HB 353 would make striped bass, red drum and speckled trout game fish. The sad fact is that for more than 20 years, the state's Marine Fisheries Commission has managed our public resources solely for the benefit of the commercial industry. The appointed commissioners have given more attention to sustaining the incomes of a few over sustaining the resource itself. In doing so, the commission has ignored the sound scientific advice of the state Division of Marine Fisheries and its attempts to balance the interests of all user groups.

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Divide up the Catch? A bill says no more

GLOUCESTER -- One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish," wrote Dr. Seuss.

Wouldn't he be amused with the wordplay of fish politics in North Carolina? "Red drum, striped bass, spotted trout, out!"

Almost unnoticed amid the state budget controversy is the game fish bill (HB 353), which would change the face of fisheries management by granting recreational fishermen exclusive access to speckled trout, red drum and striped bass.

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Pender commissioners reconsider game fish opposition

Despite being united last month in opposition to a proposed state House bill that seeks to give “game fish” status to three species, the Pender County commissioners have agreed to take another look at the issue during Monday's meeting.

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Bill would ban sale of red drum, striped bass, speckled sea trout in N.C.

The fight over three species of popular fish is heating up along the coast and in the state capital, but it remains uncertain whether the General Assembly will take action on the “game fish” issue this year.

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CCA Expands Game Fish Efforts

Just when you thought you had seen it all with House Bill 353 game fish designation, Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) now expands its influential terrorist death grip to not only commerce but to include individual freedoms and privileges afforded low income and the under privileged. 

Pender Commissioners still debating "game fish" bill

PENDER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Commissioners in Pender County are reconsidering their decision to support a bill at the general assembly requiring speckled trout, red drum and striped bass to be caught by hook and line only.

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Economics Make A Case for North Carolina Gamefish Bill

North Carolina has the opportunity to increase the economic impact of fishery management to the entire state with a single bill - H.B. 353, a bill to make striped bass, red drum and speckled trout gamefish.

According to a study released this week by Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina, the economic impacts of recreational angling for those three species dwarf those of the commercial sector and make a compelling case for legislative measures that enhance recreational fisheries.

"For the first time ever, we have an opportunity in this state to take an objective look at how we can best use our marine resources, and economics should be a key factor in that determination," said CCA NC President, Jim Hardin. "Using an extremely conservative evaluation of the state's own economic data, this assessment shows clearly that recreational angling is a far greater economic engine for North Carolina than commercial fishing. And that engine will rev even higher with the passage of H.B. 353."

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Game fish status causing a stir among recreational, commercial anglers

As with most anything these days, money talks, and we recreational fishermen found a new and very influential way to promote our recreational values over the commercial fishing industry. The resulting conflict of ideologies was bound to happen.



Read more: Garner News - Game fish status causing a stir among recreational commercial anglers

Game fish bill puts millions in federal funds at risk

As it is written now, a bill that would classify striped bass, red drum and speckled trout as gamefish could cost the state $15 to $20 million a year in federal funding, legislative research shows.

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MFC decisions confirm pro-commercial stance

Obviously, no public official with financial interests in a wildlife population should be allowed to vote on harvests. That North Carolina has set up a governing body with appointed commissioners who have such ties is a travesty and needs to be changed.

There are two ways to get this changed — a merger of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission and N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission or gamefish status for saltwater species. Hopefully, changes will be coming soon.

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GAME FISH STATUS TRIVIA

"The words “recreation” and “future generations” have been propagandaed to such an extent that a lot of very fine people and others have begun to believe that God had no use for the hard working clerk or the man in the field, or the poor and lowly, or the HUNGRY, a class of folks that must work all the time and cannot RECREATE, but must work under the burdens of the OTHER class who are recreating; that God created all the good things in life for a favored CLASS of folks.  These folks with money and influence secure, through THOUGHTLESS LEGISLATION, FAVORS that do not belong to them.  A BIG LOT OF FOLKS HAVE GONE “ hog wild crazy” on the subject of RECREATION."

 The first person, who lives west of I 95, that can call me and tell me who wrote this and when it was written will receive a free copy of the FISHERIES REFORM ACT OF 1998.

Legislative Fiscal Note on HB 353 (Game fish Designation)

As written, version 1 of HB 353 would significantly impact revenues available to both DMF and the Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC). HB 353 requires that the Marine Fisheries Commission make mitigation payments to commercial fishermen from the Marine Resources Fund, which is primarily funded by the sale of fishing license. Federal regulation 50 CFR 80.4 states that hunting and fishing license revenue may only be used for the administration of the State fish and wildlife agency. Per 50 CFR 80.4(d) if a diversion of license revenues occurs, the State becomes ineligible to receive wildlife and sport fish restoration funds "from the date the diversion is declared by the Director until: (1) Adequate legislative prohibitions are in place to prevent diversion of license revenue, and (2) All license revenues or assets acquired with license revenues are restored, or an amount equal to license revenue diverted or current market value of assets diverted (whichever is greater) is returned and properly available for use for the administration of the State fish and wildlife agency."

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In the end, everyone will lose with game fish bill

HB 353 is overkill and should not become law. Moreover, the recreational fishing community, effusive in its support for HB 353 on blogs, discussion boards and press releases appears to have no idea the Pandora’s Box that will be opened if this bill is ever signed into law.

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Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce Opposes Game Fish Bill

The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors approved and submitted a letter opposing House Bill 353 “Designation of Coastal Game Fish” at their regular meeting Wednesday, March 23, 2011. The bill seeks to designate the red drum, spotted sea trout and striped bass as game fish thus halting the commercial fishing and sale of these species to the public at seafood markets and through restaurants.

Battle brews over game fish proposal

The N.C. House is considering a bill that would give game fish status to spotted sea trout, red drum and striped bass in North Carolina, effectively making the fish off limits to commercial fishermen.

The bill, which has bipartisan support, is opposed by commercial fishermen and by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries, both groups saying the bill is unnecessary and will have a negative effect on the state's commercial fishing industry.

Patricia Smith, a spokeswoman for the division, called the rule "a departure" from current state law that charges the Division of Marine Fisheries with managing those species for recreational and commercial fishermen.

Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/03/24/1076811/battle-brews-over-game-fish-proposal.html#ixzz1Hi3bVw56

NewsChannel 3: North Carolina Outer Banks has new fishing rules

In North Carolina you won't be able to get fish fresh because of a new bill. Legislature would label striped bass as game fish, outlawing commercial fish.

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NORTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS DENY PUBLIC ACCESS, BESTOW RESOURCE TO WEALTHY WHITE MEN

Stolen from the king’s playbook (pre-Magna-Carta), several House members in Raleigh plan to reserve (hoard) a sustainably managed public resource for three percent (the royalty) of the Governors’ subjects.  House Bill 353 “Game Fish Status” is designed to chop the remaining leg off the commercial fishing industry, but in fact will cripple the $700 million a year Charter and Guide services, deny peasants access (either through restaurants or fish markets), deter tourism (90% come to enjoy fresh local seafood), and will affect the ability of 10 thousand small businesses to pay the Tax collector. 

Hurting consumers

County commissioners in Carteret County and Dare County have thankfully adopted resolutions opposing “Game Fish Status” for red drum, striped bass, spotted sea trout.

Their action was taken because the North Carolina chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA), acting under the guise of conservation, got four members of the N.C. House who live upstate in inland counties to introduce HB-353 last week that would designate “Game Fish Status” for red drum, striped bass and spotted sea trout.

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Let 'em eat cake, says CCA

Although some news outlets have reported that the call for gamefish status came after an outcry about the amount of regulatory discards of striped bass by commercial fishing trawlers, plans for the bill were being crafted before the incidents occurred.

Regulatory discards are fish that are caught, but because of size or numbers, fishermen are not allowed to land them and thus have to throw them back into the water. Attempts over the years to gain permission to give the discards to food banks or other charitable organizations have failed. Recreational fishermen also must throw back fish if they are not the legal size or if they have reached their bag limit.

The push and the supporting logic behind curtailing or completely eliminating commercial fishing began in the 1970s when Texas millionaire oilman, the late Walter Fondren, created the CCA for the purpose of shutting down the commercial fishing industry throughout the country. The group worked its way from Texas to Florida promoting the premise that less commercial fishermen meant more fish and more recreational fishermen. They gained gamefish status for some species and pushed for and achieved net bans in some states.

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Coastal Jobs & Gamefish Designation

Coastal Jobs

Citizen, restaurant, seafood market, dealer, and harvester are all bound through industry infrastructure.  What occurs in one facet will affect all.

   As markets scramble to stock shelves for consumers, seafood dealers process, package and ship.  But all depend on what may be harvested.  Restrictions on harvest eliminate products from the market place. 

   H353 game fish designation proposes to remove three highly desirable fish from market counters.  Ask yourself, would you be affected if bread, milk, and eggs, or chicken, pork, and beef were eliminated from the markets you patronize?  Rest assured, if the public’s market share of these fish is taken and given to a few affluent, the resulting down turn in market patrons will force closure of market doors. 

   H353 proposes to compensate harvesters, but will the remaining thousands of others affected receive consideration?   When markets have closed doors due to lack of product, where will the crab fisherman sell his product since he is affected as well.

Oppose HB 353 “Gamefish Bill”

Dear Honorable North Carolina Legislator,

 I am writing you in opposition to House Bill 353. This Bill proposes to designate three species of finfish: Striped Bass, Red Drum and Speckled Trout, as “game fish” and as such will only be available to one sector of the population wealthy enough to afford it, leaving the majority of North Carolinians, the consumer, without access to this valuable public resource. All three of these species are heavily regulated by the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries to maintain a healthy population while allowing access by all.

Gamefish Designation Would Be Injust and Unfair

Please call or email your representative in Raleigh and tell them why gamefish status (HB 353) for speckled trout, red drum, and striped bass is a really bad idea. This is not a commercial versus recreational fishing issue. This is all about access to healthy food, about food justice and food sovereignty. ALL people have the right to decide what they eat.

Throw back gamefish bill, commissioners say

State legislation to classify striped bass, red drum and speckled trout as gamefish was denounced Monday by Dare County commissioners, who said it would be another blow to the commercial industry and take the popular fish off consumers’ dinner tables.

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Seafood Consumers in NC Like Speckled Trout

Photo courtesy Butch Midgett.

Impact of Gamefish Legislation

Last week a bill (HB353) was filed in North Carolinas House of Representatives.  The bill entitled an act to “Designate Game Fish” status to spotted sea trout, red drum and striped bass, will deny consumer access to these fish, will prohibit the commercial harvest and sale of these fish and outlaw the retention of these fish by For Hire Boats (charter) and Guides. 

          (2)     They may not be bought, sold, bartered, or exchanged.

          (3)     They may not be possessed for the purpose of purchase, sale, barter, exchange, or for transport or shipment in commerce within the state or for export from the state.

Killing fish for fun instead of for food, Part II

They’re back.

 We knew they would be.

 Groups such as the Coastal Conservation Association and the Coastal Fisheries Reform Group are making another brazen attempt to reserve three of North Carolina’s most sought after fish for recreational anglers only.

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‘Game fish' proposal draws fierce opposition

At the center of the fracas are three types of fish – red drum, spotted sea trout and striped bass.

House Bill 353 would designate those species as "coastal game fish," allowing their taking in state waters only by hook and line and prohibiting their sale or purchase.

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Bill would end commercial fishing for striped bass, red drum, speckled trout

In the wake of this winter’s uproar over striped bass kills off the Outer Banks, state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would designate the species a gamefish and prohibit commercial catches in North Carolina waters.

The House bill also would add red drum and speckled trout to the list of gamefish, putting all three off limits to commercial operations.

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CCA: Designation of Coastal Game Fish - It's Time to Act

House Bill 353, which seeks game fish status for Red Drum, Speckled Trout, and Striped Bass, was filed in the North Carolina House on behalf of CCA NC.  A game fish designation prohibits the taking of any species by means other than hook and line and also the sale of the species. 

The primary sponsors of HB 353 are Representatives Darrell McCormick (R – Iredell, Surry, Yadkin), Rick Glazier (D – Cumberland), Dan Ingle (R – Alamance), and Ruth Samuelson (R – Mecklenburg).

My Name is Bill Wrighter

My name is Bill Wrighter.  I help insolvent states (those like North Carolina that spend more money than they have) find ways to balance their budgets.  I have no party affiliation.  I am not a lobbyist.  Secretive state committees seek me out, for the ruthlessness of my nature.   My team (The Coastal Coalition Association, [CCA]) and I spent many weeks and thousands of man hours to come up with a plan for North Carolina to move some money around. 

At once we recommended the construction of a state sponsored fishing pier, but were told that was already done.  In the past my team (CCA) has had success eliminating highly regulated state industries.  In NC's case it drew us straight to the commercial fishing industry, since the people living west of the coastal counties cared very little about culture or heritage or an honest days work.  The CCA found out that these state and federally regulated small fishing businesses spent long hours working and had very little time to defend themselves against the onslaught of their way of life.  The essence of the final endorsement made by myself and the CCA to the NC state legislature is found in HB353 GAME FISH STATUS.  The main theme is to put highly regulated, hard working, tax paying citizens out of business, so that people from west of the coastal counties with extra time on their hands can recreate. 

Game Fish Status Bill? WHAT ARE THEY SMOKING?

1.)    Why outlaw commercial harvest when the recreational kill is three to ten times as much?

2.)     Why outlaw nets that are 100 times more selective in size of fish taken?

3.)     Why deny NC citizens fresh seafood because of race and or financial status?

4.)     Why deter tourism?

CCA North Carolina Seeks Game Fish Status

H.B.353 aimed to tag Red Drum, Speckled Trout, and Striped Bass reaches Legislature

  
      Raleigh, NC – House Bill 353, which seeks game fish status for Red Drum, Speckled Trout, and Striped Bass, was filed in the North Carolina House today (March 15, 2011) on behalf of CCA NC.  A game fish designation prohibits the taking of any species by means other than hook and line and also the sale of the species. 

The primary sponsors of HB 353 are Representatives Darrell McCormick (R – Iredell, Surry, Yadkin), Rick Glazier (D – Cumberland), Dan Ingle (R – Alamance), and Ruth Samuelson (R – Mecklenburg).

HB 353 - Game Fish Designation - Filed in Raleigh Today

 AN ACT TO DESIGNATE RED DRUM, SPOTTED SEA TROUT, AND STRIPED BASS  AS COASTAL GAME FISH; TO PROHIBIT THE TAKING OF COASTAL GAME FISH OTHER THAN BY HOOK-AND-LINE; TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF COASTAL  GAME FISH; AND TO COMPENSATE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN FOR CERTAIN  LOSSES DUE TO THE DESIGNATION AND PROHIBITION.

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CCA NC Video on Gamefish Legislation

CCA is supporting legislation this 2011 session to designate red drum, speckled trout and striped bass as game fish. These three fish combined make up less than 2% of the fish caught in NC’s commercial harvest.  Yet, their value as recreational fish is over 150 times greater in terms of dollars spent at the coast on lodging, equipment, meals, etc.

Game fish status may come to N.C.

This year there will be legislation introduced to make Speckled Trout, Red Drum and Striped Bass a game fish. 

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MSSA takes first step in rockfish/game fish battle

On behalf of the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association (MSSA) and recreational anglers in the state of Maryland, I am asking for "Reallocation for Conservation" of the striped bass harvest from the commercial fishery to the recreational fishery. I am making this request in order to protect Maryland residents' best opportunity to enjoy fishing the bay, the positive economic and social impacts of sportfishing in our state, and as a necessary conservation measure.

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O'Malley says no in rockfish/gamefish debate...maybe

Now that the pre- and post-election squawking has subsidied and my head has (kinda) cleared, it's time to look back at one of Gov. Martin O'Malley's answers to outdoors questions posed here: Should the state follow the lead of six East Coast jurisdictions and make striped bass a gamefish available only to recreational anglers?

To his credit, MOM was the only gubernatorial candidate to respond to the questions. On the issue of rockfish/gamefish, he said, "Allocation is ultimately guided by our state and regional commissions, our management plan and Maryland law, which prohibits discrimination for the sole purpose of economic allocation. Each of these directives also receives substantial public input."

After an initial, huh?, the statement bears closer scrutiny.

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CFRG: Speckled Trout-We Told You So! Latest Failure of NC Fisheries Management

On July 1, 2010, a press release from the NC Division of Marine Fisheries announced that the current status of the Speckled Trout (Spotted Sea Trout) here in NC had been downgraded to "DEPLETED" and "OVERFISHED". It also stated that the "overfishing" had been occurring for years!

Let's flash-back now to just over a year ago to the Spring of 2009 when the Director of the NCDMF stood in Raleigh before a committee in the General Assembly and gave a "glowing" report of the NC situation on Speckled Trout. He said "There is no biological or scientific reason that Speckled Trout should be given "Game Fish" protection."

Being pushed by the commercial fishing interests and politicians that basically run our Marine Fisheries here in NC, the director did everything in his power to derail the "game fish bill" that was introduced last year that would have taken Red Drum and Speckled Trout into a realm of protection from commercial harvest and sale.

CFRG Makes Pitch for Support on Outer Banks

The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group supports all efforts and energies to restoring reasonable and environmentally friendly ORV access to areas that historically have provided access to recreational fishermen on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

(Comments are pretty interesting too.)

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Cold Stun Events Bolster Argument for Game Fish Designation for NC Speckled Trout

The fact that the Speckled Trout (Spotted Sea Trout) is the number one targeted saltwater sportfish in NC by saltwater anglers, and it is also targeted ferociously in the winter months by commercial netters and giggers in their winter sanctuary creeks, makes the argument for "game fish" status for statewide waters even more potent!

The combination of recreational fishing pressure, commercial netting and gigging, and the natural phenomenon of Cold Stun events, create an ever increasing pressure on the sustainability of this fish that cannot continue.

The commercial harvest of this fish must come to a halt now. The Speckled Trout is a "game fish" in inland waters, and should be afforded this protection throughout all NC waters.

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Gill net fisheries debate continues

Images depicting anguished and disillusioned sea turtles cocooned in gill nets have spurred debate over whether North Carolina should restrict or ban the nets along its waters.

An intended lawsuit against state authorities, the anticipated temporary closure of gill net fisheries and the pending release of a documentary film levying charges against North Carolina for fishery mismanagement underscore how a movement in favor of banning the nets is swelling.

The imminent lawsuit, soon to be filed by Duke University lawyers and law students, on behalf of the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital in Topsail Island against the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries and the Marine Fisheries Commission, accuses state authorities of violating the endangered species act by licensing and permitting gill nets, which are notorious for unintentionally trapping sea turtles, said hospital director Jean Beasley.

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