BEAUFORT, N.C. — February 24, 2016 — One of the most successful organizations intended to aid commercial fishermen, consumers and the state’s economy will hold its annual summit in Carteret County this year for the first time since 2012.
The N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort will host the summit of N.C. Catch on March 7-8. The nonprofit group works to promote N.C. seafood and works with similar regional groups along the coast.
Things will get rolling on the first night at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island. Dinner from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. will be a clambake and frogmore stew. Free trolley service will be available to the museum from the Beaufort Inn.
Wes Step, owner and head chef of the Red Sky Café in Duck, will be the featured speaker. He is the author of Tastefully Fit, described as “a plan for clean eating.”