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NORTH CAROLINA: Panel with stakes in clean water adds to coastal habitat plan

September 21, 2021 — Natural solutions, voluntary, incentivize — these are some of the ways suggested by a stakeholder workgroup to enhance and protect North Carolina’s coastal waters.

In all, 10 recommendations in Appendix A from the workgroup have been tacked on to the Coastal Habitat Protection Plan approved for public review by the three regulatory commissions with oversight on coastal issues.

“The goal was to identify and make recommendations on actionable nonregulatory strategies for improving and protecting water quality to safeguard fishery habitats,” said Leda Cunningham, The Pew Charitable Trusts officer.

The proposal of a workgroup was born out of the Jan. 21 meeting of the CHPP Steering Committee when committee chair Martin Posey raised the idea to form a group that would come up with recommendations with a focus on water quality-related issues that could quickly be accomplished, according to the minutes of that meeting.

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NORTH CAROLINA: Correction for Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Meeting

October 6, 2015 — The following was released by the North Carolina Fisheries Association:

CORRECTION

The Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Steering Committee Meeting scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. will be held at the NC Division of Marine Fisheries Central District Office, 5285 Hwy. 70, Morehead City.