WRAL net effect

WRAL did a pretty good job of capturing management issues for our saltwater fish in this documentary.
WRAL Documentary "Net Effect" examines NC fishing debate :: WRAL.com

Watched it and recorded it. I heard Frank White speak at a banquet about twenty years ago and he was warning of what was going to happen. It has--I can catch more fish to eat at Jordan than I can at the coast now.

i missed it it's coming on again on fox 50 but i don't think i get that channel.i went a week ago and had no luck with the flat fish.

If you click on the blue in my post above its a link to the show.

Looks to me like the shrimp trawlers have to go back out.

Take all nets except cast nets out of the sounds.

Shrimpers only in the ocean and gill nets out of the sounds would go a long way to solving the problem. There also needs to be some sort of co-op created to help commercial fishermen using nets to become fish/aquaculture farmers. Look at this satellite picture taken from Nelson Bay. We fished very close to this area a couple of weeks ago. Most of the rectangles you see are clams, but some are oysters. Pop and I were talking to one of the local guys and the important part of the operation is they can meet the needs of restaurants year round. Farming like this adds structure to the water and we call know how important structure is to the food chain.

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Those oysters they are growing in cages are pretty oysters. They are more expensive but they are beautiful singles targeting the half shell market. Locals Seafood at the Farmer's Market is carrying some cage raised oysters as well as some other places in town. Its pretty amazing the work they put in to them. They regularly pull the cages, sort the oysters by size, tumble them to knock the edges off so they will be thicker and not as brittle when shucking.

November 18-20 the MFC will be meeting in Nags Head and making a decision on southern flounder is on the table. It's going to be interesting to see what happens. Since the legislature is out of session and its not in Raleigh the ease of blocking by politicos won't be there. Its on the home turf of the Wanchese crowd so maybe it'll be the typical intimidation of the Commissioners to influence their votes.

It'd be nice to be able to expect to catch a few legal flounder at times other than their fall run.