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Longer bluefin tuna season raises hopes
For North Carolina fishermen keeping watch for the bluefin tuna, there will be a longer season to make their catch.
 

The National Marine Fisheries has filed a final rule that extends the bluefin tuna season and gives commercial fishermen more opportunity to harvest the highly valuable fish this winter.

Capt. Sonny Davis of Capt. Stacy Fishing Center in Atlantic Beach said the bluefin tuna is unpredictable in its migration; and fishermen never know for sure when they’ll arrive and when they do, it’s not for long

Last year, the season closed in January just as the bluefin were arriving

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