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| 360 Vodka Donates to CCA NC |
Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina and 360 Vodka has partnered together to conserve, promote and enhance the present and future availability of our coastal resources. CCA NC is pleased to announce in this joint venture, 360 Vodka has donated over a thousand dollars in the first half of 2008 to help fund our efforts. 360 Vodka developed a program in which CCA NC would receive $ 10.00 for every case sold in North Carolina.
Created out of a philosophy for producing products that will protect Earth's resources, 360 Vodka applies advanced eco-friendly production and packing processes unprecedented in the spirits industry.
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| 26 Aug 2008 - 16:21 by CCA North Carolina |
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| CCA NC Applauds Division Proclamation on Red Drum Harvest |
Dr. Louis Daniel, III the Director of the Division of Marine Fisheries has by proclamation set guidelines for the commercial harvest of red drum during the fall season (September to April). While the Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina (CCA NC) is opposed to destructive fishing practices in our state waters, CCA NC believes that these regulations do take positive steps towards ensuring that the red drum fishery is not a species targeted for harvest by commercial fishermen.
CCANC applauds the Division for its attempt at conserving our state fish and is hopeful that these regulations regarding the commercial harvest of red drum will remain in effect throughout the fall season and that steps will be taken to enforce the 100,000 pound cap to commercial fishermen for this period.
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| 22 Aug 2008 - 16:31 by CCA North Carolina |
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| ANGLER LANDS STATE RECORD BLUE MARLIN |
MOREHEAD CITY - A 34-year state record fell Friday with the catch of a 1,228 pound, 8 ounce blue marlin off Oregon Inlet.
Trey Irvine of Weston, Fla., landed the gigantic fish, which measured 179.5 inches total length (tip of the nose to tip of the tail) with a girth of 82 inches.
Irvine caught the fish onboard the Mimi while participating in the Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament in Manteo. The Pirate's Cove Tournament is the final billfish tournament of the year in the N.C. Governor's Cup series.
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| 20 Aug 2008 - 11:43 by CCA North Carolina |
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| Coastal Conservation Association Increases Efforts in NC |
Raleigh, N.C. - The Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina (CCA NC) has named Jim Herold as the Associate Director for the state of North Carolina showing the association's commitment to strengthen the chapters throughout the state.
Jim comes from the outdoor retail industry where he helped bring catalogs to life for companies such as LL Bean, Bass Pro Shops, REI and Orvis.
"My best part of my retail career was working with conservation groups such as CCA to partner our exposure for each other's cause. Now, I get to do that full time, I am thrilled to be a part of and support this great organization of volunteers."
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| 15 Aug 2008 - 11:46 by CCA North Carolina |
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| Your Marine Patrol at Work |
How many times have you been on the water and seen gillnets full of dying or dead fish. From redfish, flounder and trout to entangled birds and turtle...What can you do? What can be done at that moment?
The answer is to call the Marine Patrol. It is illegal and wrong to destroy any net in the water. The responsible action is to first determine if the net is illegal, then call the marine patrol and give them an accurate location with coordinates when possible.
Our marine patrol is one of the best in the country but it is impossible for law officers to see everything on the water all of the time. It is our responsibility to help them when we can. Below are the contacts for the three divisions in North Carolina. Please call! Our coastal resources are counting on you!
Marine Patrol Dispatch- 1-800-682-2632
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| 4 Aug 2008 - 16:31 by CCA North Carolina |
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| New Data Change Summer Flounder Outlook |
A long time ago, someone down in Washington, D.C. said, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The recent summer flounder stock assessment, released in late July, demonstrates that such advice clearly applies to the fisheries management system.
Over the past few years, anglers have certainly heard enough complaining that the fisheries management process is, in fact, broken. Summer flounder have been the species most often used to illustrate the system's problems, and CCA has come in for its share of criticism for supporting the management process and the conclusions of fisheries managers.
Now, with the release of the 2008 summer flounder stock assessment, we find our faith in the system vindicated.
Some might be taken a little aback by that statement. Didn't CCA support the 197 million pound spawning stock biomass rebuilding target? And didn't the newest assessment find that a spawning stock biomass of 132 million pounds would produce maximum sustainable yield?
The answer would be "yes" to both, but that doesn't matter, for what CCA has always supported wasn't the FIGURE of 197 million pounds, but the PROCESS by which such figure was determined to represent the best available science. And that process was just as valid in 2005, when the 197 million pound figure was developed, as it was in 2008, when the 132 million pound figure was devised.
That process represents good science, and science is a living thing that evolves and changes as new information becomes available and more data is added to existing population models.
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| 1 Aug 2008 - 13:46 by CCA North Carolina |
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| PRESIDENT SIGNS CLEAN BOATING ACT LEGISLATION |
ALEXANDRIA, VA, July 30, 2008 - Aboard Air Force One late yesterday, President Bush signed S. 2766, "The Clean Boating Act of 2008," which permanently restores a long-standing exemption for recreational boats from permitting requirements under the Clean Water Act. This signing of the bill is the capstone moment of a two-year campaign to eliminate an onerous permit program for recreational boaters that would have dictated maintenance and operation procedures, potentially subjected boaters to citizen lawsuits, and put recreational boats under a penalty system designed for industrial polluters.
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| 1 Aug 2008 - 09:30 by CCA North Carolina |
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