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May 26, 2018
Swan Island Oyster Sanctuary Project: Phase Two
Representatives from several organizations gathered in Morehead City, NC this past Monday for a tour of year two of the Swan Island Oyster Sanctuary Project. This oyster restoration project in
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May 25, 2018
NC DMF Fishery Management Plans From the Start
In 1997, the Fisheries Reform Act was passed in North Carolina. This Act requires the NC Division of Marine Fisheries to "prepare Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) recreationally and commercially significant
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May 22, 2018
Chefs Bring "Fresh Off the Boat" Seafood to Pittsboro, NC
Chefs James Clark and Bill Hartley opened their restaurant, Postal Fish Company, last October in Pittsboro, NC. What makes them unique is is that they take turns driving to the
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May 17, 2018
Local Chefs Turning "Ugly Fish" Scraps Into Delicious Food
"According to the James Beard Foundation's Food Waste Culinary Instructor Program, sixty-three million tons of food, valued at $218 billion, is wasted every year in the United States, a third
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May 16, 2018
NC Working Group has crafted gear to cut down NC Shrimp bycatch by 50%
In 2014, NC Marine Fisheries created a 12 member working group, including fishermen and net makers, to reduce the NC Shrimp bycatch by an additional 40%, which is more than
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Apr 19, 2018
America’s Second-Largest Estuary is a Lagoon Full of Sharks
From Southern Fried Science
It’s a bit of a cliché to reference the movie Jaws when talking about sharks, but I’m going to do it anyway. There’s a pivotal scene
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