North Carolina Coastal Counties to Meet in August with Future of Fishing Industry in Mind
A first-of-its-kind North Carolina coastal coalition is in the process of being formed.
This comes after a bill that would have banned shrimp trawling in all inshore waters and within a half mile of the shoreline was killed in June by the N.C. House of Representatives, after being passed by the N.C. Senate.
“These small communities thrive off of commercial fishermen," said Richard Newman, co-owner of Newman Seafood and County Road Seafood.
Newman has been involved in the seafood industry...
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