February 2, 2017 — Outer Banks Catch executive director Sandy Semans Ross presented the group’s position on the proposal by the N.C. Wildlife Federation that could result in major changes to the state’s commercial trawling industry.
Outer Banks Catch is a non-profit group focused on providing fact-based education to consumers about the commercial fishing industry and communities, and the habitat and water quality needed to maintain a robust fishery.
With that mission comes a responsibility to correct erroneous statements whether made in the press or, such as in this case, in petitions for rule-making before the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission.
The petition filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation is based on the work of Jack Travelstead, an employee of the Coastal Conservation Association, and former N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries director, Louis Daniel, now contracted with NCWF.