May 10, 2022 — A decision from three N.C. Court of Appeals judges will determine whether a civil suit between the Coastal Conservation Association’s North Carolina branch and state fisheries managers is going forward or is dead in the water.

Appellate Court Judges Hunter Murphy, Tobias Hampson and April Wood received arguments April 26 from attorneys for CCA-NC and from the N.C. Office of the Attorney General. The OAG is appealing a Wade County Superior Court decision to deny a motion to dismiss the civil suit against state fisheries managers. The appellate judges with announce their decision at a date to be determined.

Read the full story at the Carteret County News-Times