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NEWS
| Press Release |
Coastal Conservation Association
On Wednesday April 15, 2008 The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) voted to allow commercial fishermen to harvest of four (4) red drum per day. This is changed from the seven (7) fish limit for commercial fishermen. Commercial fishermen were allocated a total catch of 250,000 pounds during the 2008 calendar year. Evidence showed that commercial fishermen in the Wanchese area targeted schools of Red Drum during the winter months and harvested so many red drum that the 250,000 pound cap for all commercial fishermen in North Carolina for 2008 has already been exceeded according to some estimates. This means that all red drum harvested by commercial fishermen for the more than seven remaining months of 2008 will be in excess of the 250,000 pounds. The four fish limit recognizes that there will be Red Drum caught as by-catch while fishing for other species such as trout and flounder and that it would be better for those fish to be used than be thrown back into the water dead.
At the request of the Red Drum Advisory Committee, which is largely dominated by CCA members, the MFC established a
'Fall" season which will extend from September 1 through May 1 and a
"Summer" season which will extend from May 1 to September 1. Commercial fishermen will have a fall cap of 150,000 pounds as an allowable catch and will have a summer cap of 100,000 pounds. The poundage of Red Drum caught under the cap set for the fall or the poundage of Red Drum caught over the cap set for the Fall will be added or deleted from the Summer allocation as needed so that the 250,000 pound total allowable catch will not be exceeded.
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| 21 May 2008 - 11:34 by CCA North Carolina |
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