The North Carolina Coastal Counties Fisheries Coalition is scheduled to have its third meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday to discuss current issues, hear from its subcommittees and consider next steps.
The meeting will take place in the Crystal Coast Civic Center on the campus of Carteret Community College in Morehead City.
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Dare County Chairman Bob Woodard founded the coalition this past summer after a proposed rule to ban shrimp trawling in certain North Carolina waters made its way through the Senate. The House decided not to take action on the bill.
The first meeting took place Aug. 5 to establish objectives for the coalition made up of elected officials and staff representing Beaufort, Brunswick, Carteret, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Hertford, Hyde, Onslow, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington counties.
During the second meeting Sept. 16, the coalition prioritized:
- Consumer marketing and education.
- Catch limits and water quality.
- Transparency from the Marine Fisheries Commission and sharing of data and moving of the director of Marine Fisheries to the Department of Agriculture.
- Testing for restaurants to back up local seafood claims.
- Predation management.
The agenda and more details about the coalition are on the Dare County website.
