Audio Archives | Coastal Review https://coastalreview.org/category/audio/ A Daily News Service of the North Carolina Coastal Federation Fri, 03 Apr 2020 15:24:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://coastalreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NCCF-icon-152.png Audio Archives | Coastal Review https://coastalreview.org/category/audio/ 32 32 Audio: Shrimper Mulls Future Amid COVID-19 https://coastalreview.org/2020/04/audio-shrimper-mulls-future-amid-covid-19/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 15:24:43 +0000 https://www.coastalreview.org/?p=45151 Melvin Dunn, a Carteret County shrimper lost a shrimp season because of Hurricane Dorian and now faces further effects with COVID-19 putting the seafood industry in a near standstill.]]>

BEAUFORT — Melvin Dunn, 41, is a shrimper from the Beaufort area. Dunn lost a shrimp season because of Hurricane Dorian in September 2019. Now he faces further economic challenges with COVID-19 putting the seafood industry in a near standstill.

Dunn is from South River, a predominantly black coastal community in Carteret County.

With increasingly intense hurricanes affecting his catch, Dunn decided to transition to a seafood truck delivery service after Hurricane Dorian. Now COVID-19 might change that.

The audio was originally published by Shoresides, a project of the nonprofit Working Narratives. The series compiles community stories about COVID-19 from coastal North Carolina. Coastal Review Online is partnering with Shoresides and Working Narratives to bring this feature to our readers.

Music: Ketsa. Editing: Working Narratives team.

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