Seafood coalition proposes moving Fisheries to Agriculture - The Coastland Times

Seafood coalition proposes moving Fisheries to Agriculture - The Coastland Times

By Jennifer Allen, CoastalReview.org A discussion about a proposal to transfer the Division of Marine Fisheries from the Department of Environmental Quality to the state agriculture department looms large on the list of priorities for a newly formed alliance created to support North Carolina’s commercial fishing industry. During the North Carolina Coastal Counties Fisheries Coalition’s second meeting Sept. 16 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in…