Fishing guide Capt. Ray Brittain, who has fished the waters around Topsail Island for more than three decades, points to a shellfish lease during a public forum in Surf City April 14. Photo: Trista Talton SURF CITY – Kerri Allen acknowledged early on what was also obvious to her audience. “I do not need to tell anyone in here we have a really high density of leases,” the North Carolina Coastal Federation’s coastal management program director sai…
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