Tradewinds Oct-Nov 2016

Tradewinds free publication

October/November 2016

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Celebrating the Rich Heritage North Carolina’s Fishing Families

30 years celebrating seafood

Also inside:

Captain’s Spotlight, Where I’m From Dock Talk

In Honor and Memory of Kendalyn Rose Lewis.

Board of Directors The North Carolina Board of Directors is comprised of members representing all of the State’s coastal regions as well as the many facets of the industry gear type, targeted species, and commodity groups. The association elects its board members and officers annually.

Tradewinds A publication of the North Carolina Fisheries Association Tradewinds have been used by captains of sailing ships to cross the world’s oceans for centuries. The captain of a sailing ship would seek a course along which the winds could be expected to blow in the direction of travel.

Tradewinds were important in the development of trade and provided a means of transportation and communications to isolated coast communities We are still isolated in a since even with our modern ships, aircraft, telecommunications and the internet.

We need a connection from island.to island, person to person…and to the rest of the world.

We hope that this Tradewinds will become as important to you.as the Tradewinds were to our ancestors, not only to in-landers wanting to know more about the coast, but coastal people learning about other coastal people.

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October/Novermber 2016

A Word from Jerry.............4 The Role of Science in Fisheries Management.....6 Where I’m From................8 Carteret Catch – Featured Chef.................10 30 Years Celebrating ]Seafood..........................12

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Core Sound Waterfowl Museum Harkers Island is the Place to be................................16 Captain’s Spotlight..........18 Salter Path Continues its Mullet Fishing.................. 20

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Dock Talk......................................22 Fishermen Sue over Southern Flounder Supplement................. 23

On the Cover:

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2016 Blessing of the Fleet ‘aboard the F/V Lynda Lewis’, owner/ operator Kenny Lewis Jr., of Gloucester, NC. Photo by Aundrea O’Neal.

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advertisers: Ace Marine.............................................5 Atlantic Seafood.....................................9 B&J Seafood........................................19 Barbour’s Marine Supply Co................17 Beaufort Inlet Seafood.........................19 Blue Ocean Market................................5 Capt. Jim’s Seafood.............................17 Carteret Catch......................................11 Carteret County Fisherman’s Association.......................................14

Chadwick Tire .......................................9 The Clement Companies.....................15 Hardison Tire ......................................15 Homer Smith Seafood...........................4 J & J Marine and Machine.....................9 J.M. Davis Industries, Inc. ..................23 Locals Seafood....................................18 Murray L. Nixon Fishery, Inc. ..............17 NC Catch..............................................14

N.C. Dept. of Agriculture.......Back Cover North River Seafood & Bait Co............15 O’neal’s Sea Harvest.............................7 Outer Banks Seafood..........................11 Powell Brothers Maintenance................5 R.E. Mayo Seafood..............................23 Ted & Todd’s Marine Services.............23 Wheatley, Wheatley, Weeks, Lupton & Massie............................................5

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NCFA President, Jerry Schill

A word from Jerry ...

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here is so much going on in the seafood industry that I feel like we’ve been through a hurricane.

With meetings, workshops, Fishermen’s Village at the Seafood Festival, Blessing of the Fleet and a little lawsuit, life seems like a blur. Then there’s Matthew.

At the moment, we’re working with the Emergency Management folks to get bulk ice to those who are still without power so they can use it to keep food from spoiling while they deal with power outages and other storm related issues. We are hopeful that we can use the seafood industry’s large ice making capabilities to help storm victims like we did many years ago when the flood waters hit from Hurricane Floyd. We don’t have near the number of fish houses compared to 20 years ago, but hopeful that we have enough to make a difference for quite a few families.

Our biologist, David Bush, has been very busy attending meetings of the South Atlantic and Mid Atlantic Councils and an upcoming meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Those meetings are all several days in length, but in between he has been meeting with fishermen and regulatory staff to help mitigate the negative effects of closures for one reason or another. He has worked for hours upon hours in getting information together for the southern flounder lawsuit, working with our attorneys and Jess Hawkins to assure that the information provided is complete and accurate. He does all of this along with his National Guard duties.

Jess Hawkins has put in a tremendous amount of time on gathering the facts needed for his affidavit regarding the lawsuit, and he was called to the stand to offer testimony. His 30 years of experience with the Division of Marine Fisheries was very valuable to our success in the lawsuit thus far. What success, you ask?

Superior Court Judge John Nobles issued a Temporary Restraining Order on our behalf two weeks ago, and last week Superior Court Judge John Jolly issued an Injunction, so the scheduled recreational and commercial closure for southern flounder does not go into effect, and neither does the quota on pound nets and daily reporting. A huge victory!

The Fishermen’s Village and Blessing of the Fleet are featured in this issue. Both were very successful, held in conjunction with the Seafood Festival in Morehead City. Thanks to all of those who helped pull it all together.

And of course, this issue of Tradewinds is the first in a new format and we hope ya’ll enjoy it and help support it as the “newsletter” of the North Carolina Fisheries Association and also a tool that we can use to educate legislators and consumers!

What does all of this “stuff” have in common? Well, a lot of challenges to be sure, but none of it can happen without unity! The seafood industry and supporters all working together to educate, inform and assure that our citizens can enjoy SEAFOOD, the public trust resource that belongs to us all!

Speaking of unity…we sincerely appreciate all of the fishermen

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who have supported NCFA, the Southern Flounder Fund, attend the meetings and offer their moral support and prayers. We encourage those fishermen or dealers who are not part of NCFA to join us in a unified effort to protect and enhance your ability to make a living through commercial fishing.

And finally, special kudos to Aundrea O’Neal, for taking on the task of putting this special issue of Tradewinds together, while doing her duties for Beaufort Inlet Seafood and keeping our website up to date and doing our Facebook page, and driving us all nuts!

God bless!

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NCFA Fisheries Biologist, David Bush

The Role of Science in Fisheries Management

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ontrary to what many think, science does not rule management. It is, however, the backbone of the decision making process. Or is supposed to be. Fisheries scientists make every attempt to establish stock abundance, but that only informs decision makers. The real challenge is incorporating this information into regulations that allow for a sustainable fishery for all user groups that participate in the fishery.

One of the primary concerns when determining management strategies, is how will it affect each of the groups that participate.

The goal is to maintain a healthy population while allowing harvest by each group in a fair manner. Unfortunately, management strategies that benefit one group, does not always benefit the other.

For example, a fishery that is heavily relied on by commercial fishermen needs to have a high level of productivity so that when fish are removed, they are quickly replaced. In a recreational based fishery, management strategies would aim for a high number of interactions for anglers. In this case, you would want the population level to be at its maximum. For the sake of understanding this

concept, we can use southern flounder as our case study.

Southern flounder fits this category in lifespan and reproduction strategies, and are valued by both commercial and recreational fishermen. Strategies for these two options are quite different, and each can negatively impact the other. To increase the number of fish spawned, the stock needs to be fished well below its peak capacity. To increase interactions, harvest needs to be minimized.

With either option, we must protect reproduction, but is that by protecting first-time spawners over the older better spawning fish as current regulations do? We have to ask, is it wise to concentrate all fishing pressure on the spawners with the most impact? It is in the best interest of both groups to get to the bottom of questions such as these.

So, where does that leave us? We must determine if the fishery will be managed primarily for commercial or recreational purposes, or if we will combine both. This is where managers have the most difficult decisions to make. They must weigh the consequences of one strategy against the next, as every item that helps one, may well hurt the other. It is no front page news that southern flounder is at the center of controversy in NC. Is this because of general disagreements on how to properly manage the stock? Yes, but not completely. There are arguments on whether or not the science

University of North Carolina Wilmington Prof. Fred Scharf, signals the goal of obtaining southern flounder of the correct size for tagging has been reached. NCFA Fisheries Biologist, David Bush (front left) works with Dr. Scharf and fellow UNCW Fisheries Biology students to remove, anesthetize specimens, and surgically implant transmitters, before releasing them. Photo by Savannah Sage

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November 2016 NCMFC Board meeting. The primary agenda item for this meeting was the potential reductions on southern flounder harvest and the questionable use of a management tool that many felt was inappropriate and devastating to use. Photo by David Bush

is valid or at least if the data is properly interpreted, which user group is most valuable and what constitutes that value, and if the strategies used are appropriate and fair.

This science can be a huge point of contention. Having the years of data NC has collected on southern flounder, you would think management would be simple. Unfortunately, our state’s biologists have realized that with every new piece of information comes ten new questions. Then the cycle is repeated, more information, more questions. We are concerned now with the question of migration from our state’s waters. It is slowly becoming apparent that many southern flounder that leave our waters, never return. They stay out to sea, or move into more southern waters where they are harvested by other states. So, do we conserve flounder for other states to harvest?

The second argument concerning economic benefit is important, especially as the fish belong to the citizens of NC. It does; however, need to be validated and weighted appropriately.

Managers must also keep in mind how many, or how few will absorb the impact of regulations as well. Reductions in harvest can be devastating, so they must be sufficiently justified. Additionally, the commercial industry feels that it speaks for the average consumer, whether they fish or not. Without a commercial entity to harvest this stock, folks who do not fish would not have access at all.

Finally, those managers, in our case, the NC Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC), must take this and all other pertinent information into consideration when making their decision. The MFC is made up 3 commercial representatives, 3 recreational representatives, 2 at-large seats, and 1 scientist, all appointed by the governor. It is vital that the commissioners perform their assigned duties as fair and honestly as possible, taking everything into consideration. We would expect the commercial representatives to champion strategies favorable to the commercial industry, and the same with the recreational representatives.

The remaining three members must be as impartial as possible, knowledgeable and well-informed, and not swayed by special interest groups. The validity of the science and impartiality of the three seats are paramount. In the case of southern flounder, fishermen have had substantial measures over the years restricting their effort to achieve a reduction in harvest. In some areas, this

has resulted in a 97% reduction in commercial fishing effort. Yet he somehow, the landings have remained steady and many feel that this is due to the stock being in much better shape than assessed.

Even the impartial peer reviewers that did not approve the most recent stock assessment questioned why there is a claim of excess fishing pressure over such a long period of time, even though there have been substantial reductions in effort, furthermore questioning why we are still landing the same amount of fish. The reviewers expressed that something is missing from the assessment due to the data and subsequent opinions contradicting each other.

Finding a compromise will never be easy, so the integration of sound science into the decisions, needs to be transparent and fair.

There is a lot of contradictory evidence out there, and managers owe it to everyone to get to the bottom of it before any more restrictions are placed on any user group.

While it is encouraging that NC commercial fishermen continue to push for better science as well as management strategies that take benefit all user groups, the decisions made will ultimately be determined by who management favors, if they are not impartial.

They simply need to remember that the average commercial and recreational fishermen want fair management based on solid science.

The role of science in management should be paramount in fisheries management, but as you can see, even that presents more questions.

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Where I’m From

by Ava Susanne Taylor

My name is Ava Susanne Taylor and this year I am in the twelfth grade at East Carteret High School. I live in Sea Level, NC along with my sister, and my parents: Harry Taylor Jr and Danielle Taylor.

Our neighbors consist of my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and my vast array of Taylor cousins.

Fishing runs strong in the veins of the Taylor family. My grandfather, Harry Taylor Sr., has shared with me many details of his life as the son of Tilmon A. Taylor, Sr., who depended entirely on the water.

In 1937, my great grandfather, Tilmon, opened a seafood business where he corned mullets and spots. For a number of years, he purchased clams for Campbell Soup Co. At times he would have 30­40 employees heading shrimp, shucking oysters, and processing mullets. I love hearing the tales of how each morning, he’d ride down the road honking the horn, and you could see the people exiting their house to head to work.

In 1966, my great grandfather died and the responsibility of managing the company was given to my grandfather, Harry Taylor, and my great uncle, Tilmon A. Taylor Jr. My grandfather decided to purchase tractor trailers to deliver seafood to FL, SC, GA, and to the Gulf.

Now, Harry Sr. has three sons that help him operate the company. My father, Harry Taylor Jr., and my two uncles, Tilmon and William. Of course, I cannot fail to mention the beautiful secretary you see each time you walk into the office, my grandmother Deanna.

T.A. Taylor and Sons Seafood Inc. was begun as a family business and has remained that way for 79 years. My family is still dependent on the waters off the coast of NC for its wonderful seafood. In the summers, even I go to the fish house each day to witness the definition of hard work. The lessons learned and memories made each summer, whether it be in the office with my grandpa, or fishing pound nets with my father, are things I will carry with me forever. These precious moments, along with pride in my heritage, are what inspired me to write this poem about this beautiful area I call home.

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“Where I’m From”

By: Susanne Taylor

I am from white rubber boots on a fish house dock, from Diet Mountain Dew and peanut butter nabs as a mid­day snack.

I am from the corner of Nelson Neck and Shell Hill Rd, just a golf carts ride from those I love.

I am from long legs and short tempers.

I am from the back seat of my grandparents’ Cadillac, riding with my cousins to gospel singings.

I am from “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,” from loud preachers and even louder congregations.

I am from a firm faith in hard work and Jesus Christ.

I am from “Fight like a Girl,” and “I wear Pink for my Grandma.”

I am from T.A. Taylor and Sons Seafood, From rushing to the dock when my Daddy has a big catch. I am from commercial fishing and living off of the water, from a place desperately clinging to its heritage.

I am from blue crabs and red drum, From a working man with a hard head, but soft heart.

I am from the dripping sweat and rugged clothes of my provider, From the cleansing blood and nail scarred hands of my Savior.

I am from the sweet but strong South, From “Y’all come back!” but “Don’t Tread on Me.” I am from “You talk funny!” and “I like your accent!”

From a small coastal town where everyone knows who you are, a community that sticks together during the hard times.

From a place many want to leave, but most plant their roots and stay.

I am from high school sports and county rivalries, from booming chants of “Who’s Side? “East Side!” and “Who’s Side?” “West Side!”

I am from straight stretches with marsh on either side, from “the end of the Earth” or as I call it, “the beginning of paradise.”

I am from white sandy beaches with roaming wild ponies, from a diamond covered lighthouse known as “The Cape,” Where just one day can take your worries away.

I am from a water­colored painted sky setting over Nelson Bay. I am from every tourist’s’ wonderland, from the top of your bucket list.

I am from the Outer Banks which will always have a special place inside my heart.

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he Bistro-by-the-Sea Restaurant and Private Banquet Facility is owned and operated by the husband and wife team of Chef Tim Coyne, and General Manager Libby Eaton. Together they strive to serve and promote the bounties of our waters.

Chef Tim Coyne grew up in Detroit, Michigan where began washing dishes in his uncle’s Italian restaurant when he was just 14. After years of being in the kitchen, he started helping on the food line. This inspired him to further his culinary love at the local community college, Schoolcraft, in Livonia, MI. In 1992, Chef Coyne moved to Florence, SC, to escape the hard winters and bad economy in Detroit. From Florence, he moved in Atlantic Beach, NC to become the Chef at the Sheraton Atlantic Beach Oceanfront Hotel.

Chef Coyne entered the inaugural North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s “Best Dish in NC” competition and was runner up with his signature dish, “Baked Carteret Catch’s Grouper & Scallops with Chablis Dill Sauce”. Some of his other specialties include Japanese Benito Box with his Carteret Catch Seared Tuna and the 10

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Chef Coyne and wife Libby buy local seafood from B&J Seafood in James City, NC., as well as Blue Ocean Seafood Market in Morehead City, NC. He advises that fresh fish will not have a “fishy” smell and you can always tell by the eyes whether or not a fish is fresh.

“At the Bistro-by-the-Sea we believe in fresh, sustainable, traceable seafood.” People really want to buy and eat local seafood. When asked if he tried to educate his customers about seasonality of NC Seafood, Chef Tim Coyne replied, “All the time. Why don’t you have this and that? One time I put all the congressman’s emails and telephone numbers on my daily feature sheets and told them to call the ones who make the laws. I don’t!”

At the Bistro-by-the-Sea, no microwave or speed cooking

techniques are used, you may have to wait a little longer for your food, but it is prepared to order by a professional kitchen staff.

“Good Food Takes Time.”

Chef Tim Coyne has generously supplied us with his signature recipe and when asked what was unique about the recipe that he is providing, he replied, “It is Carteret Catch Grouper with our signature sauce.”

Bistro’s Chablis Wine Dill Sauce w/Carteret Catch Grouper & Sea Scallops

Ingredients: 6-10 count Carteret Catch Sea Scallops (buy @ C.C. retailer) 2-5 oz. grouper fillets 3 Large size shallots finely chopped 2 bay leaf 2 T. crushed black peppercorns 1 T. clove of fresh garlic chopped Thyme Leaf Sprigs 2 leaves of fresh basil 1 T. Chopped Garlic 3 cups of Chablis 2 cups of cider vinegar 3 cups heavy cream 1/2 cup fresh finely chopped dill 2 T. Clam Base or reduced Clam Juice 1 Lemon cut into wedges 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter (optional) Seasoned Salt (Kosher Salt, Grounded Blk. Pepper & Granulated Garlic) Paprika

Preparation of Chablis Dill Sauce:

1. In medium sauce pan over high heat, add all ingredients except dill and cream and butter.

2. Bring mixture to broil.

3. Reduce until almost all liquid is evaporated making sure the mixture does not scorch.

4. Add the cream and bring to broil over medium heat.

5. Reduce heat too low and simmer for 10 minutes.

6. Remove from heat and strain sauce into another sauce pan using a wire mesh strainer for a smooth texture.

7. Return sauce to low heat and simmer additional 5 minutes.

8. Add dill to sauce.

9. Remove from heat and blend in butter softened at room temperature with wire whip prior to serving. (Optional.)

10. Pour over Carteret Catch Sea Scallops

Preparation of Carteret Catch Sea Scallops:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2. On buttered cookie sheet, place Carteret Catch Grouper & Sea Scallops 3. Sprinkle seasoned salt* & Paprika 4. Bake for 5-8 minutes. (Make sure oven is @ 450 degrees) 5. Place Grouper & Sea Scallops on plate & cover w/Chablis Dill Sauce

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When town leaders began talking about a festival for Morehead City in 1986 it did not take long to realize that seafood would be the perfect cause to celebrate!

And so it was that the first weekend of October with October being National Seafood Month and the fall being the prime time for local fishing crews, leaders realized it was the perfect time to celebrate an industry that had been the economic mainstay of coastal North Carolina for generations.

Along the coast, seafood became part of the tourism appeal for visitors coming to experience the beach and its beauty. “We wanted to expose people that were really not knowledgeable to the wide variety of seafood that is produced here,” founding board member and former seafood dealer, Doug Brady explained. “It is what we are known for.”

And so it was that the North Carolina Seafood Festival was born, an event to promote the area and celebrate the seafood industry’s vital role in the coast’s history and economy.

From its beginning 30 years ago this event has grown to be the state’s largest gathering of seafood seekers with an ever-growing list of events, activities, entertainment features and food vendors to offer a full weekend of fun experiences for the entire family. The festival’s current tag-line “where seafood and sea-fun meet” is an accurate description of this combination festival-fair-food event.

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The Festival’s Purpose

Today the North Carolina Seafood Festival is a non-profit organization with a mission focused on the industry and the community as outlined in its mission statement:

Promote the positive social and economic impact of the seafood industry on the citizens of North Carolina; Educate the public about seafood and its importance to the state economy; Publicize the wide variety of seafood indigenous to North Carolina and provide the opportunity for people to enjoy it; Boost tourism and recreation in eastern North Carolina in the non-summer months; Establish a scholarship program for educational pursuits related to the seafood industry; Provide the opportunity for North Carolina non-profit, civic, church and educational organizations to raise funds through participation in the festival.

Over that 30 years, educating consumers to the value of the seafood industry has been a continuing goal of partners and volunteers working with the Festival. Carteret Catch and the NC Fisheries Association has been involved throughout the festival’s history in bringing the industry to the forefront of this event.

Today, the “Got to Be NC Seafood” division of the NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services takes a leadership role in making sure festival attendees have access to North Carolina’s fresh local seafood throughout the festival weekend.

Chef’s Tent

Chefs from across North Carolina come together at the NC Seafood Festival to compete, as well as educate consumers, during two-days of cooking demonstrations and tasting events held each year in the “Cooking with the Chef’s” tent. Restaurants from Manteo to Brunswick County share recipes, cooking techniques and experiences with a hungry audience of seafood lovers, offering foodies of all ages, and experience levels, the chance to taste North Carolina’s fresh local seafood and sample the work of many of our state’s most beloved chefs.

Fishermen’s Village: “Spend a Day in the Life of a Commercial Fisherman” Thanks to Jeff and Keri McCann’s deep support for the commercial fishing industry, The Fisherman’s Village began in 2014 as a place where the commercial fishermen, their wives and the organizations that support them could come together to share their story. For a day, Jack’s Waterfront Bar is home to the working men and women of North Carolina’s seafood industry.

“The Industry in partnership with the Catch groups has been actively working to get the NC Seafood Festival back to its original mission statement. It is sad that seafood festivals across the state have lost vision of what a seafood festival should represent to the citizens of North Carolina. Through the Fisherman’s Village, we have been able to educate consumers and the general public on methods of harvest, regulation and conservation by the industry to produce sustainable seafood for all.” Brent Fulcher, Chairman, North Carolina Fisheries Association. The centerpiece of this area is the working trawler provided by B & J Seafood where festivalgoers can step about, talk with the fishermen and learn how the gear is designed to harvest and protect the resource. Docked on

organizations such as NC Sea Grant and Watermen United.

Commercial fishing families provide cooking demonstrations

and seafood samples for visitors to “taste the flavor” of FRESH. LOCAL. SEAFOOD. Special guests, the Southern Captains of the hit TV show “Wicked Tuna” visit with folks from across the state and beyond.

Blessing of the Fleet

the working waterfront of Morehead City, this beautiful vessel has become the centerpiece of the festival.

Led by Carteret Catch, the Carteret County Fisherman’s

Association and the NC Fisheries Association, this area provides trawler tours and educational displays, activities and demonstrations by partnering

2016 marked the 19th year of the Blessing of the Fleet. Once again, the industry and their families, came together to give thanks and ask God’s blessing on the fishermen who work the water.

As always, it was a deeply moving experience for all who participated.

The sun shined on the unusually calm waters of Beaufort Inlet as hundreds gathered to honor the fishing families of North Carolina and beyond. Couched between a week of rain and an impending hurricane, this year’s Blessing of the Fleet held an extraordinary reverence.

Speakers included Clark Jenkins, Chairman of the 2016 Seafood Festival, Jess Hawkins and Rodney Kemp, along with fishing family members Charlie Tyler and Farrah Crumbacker Books. Music was shared by Tracy Merkley, Connie Mason, Deborah Booth and the Men’s Choir of the Davis First Baptist Church. And the message was brought by Rev. Bill Hitchcock, a lifelong advocate for the commercial fishermen of North Carolina, who declared, “If there is (Continued on page 14)

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ever one word that describes a commercial fisherman, it is faith. He heads out of the harbor each and every morning, not guaranteed a catch, but he does go out in total faith.”

Fifty-five workboats (one of the largest showing since the Blessing’s beginning) made their way around the docks of NC State Port to remember crew members, family and friends with the throwing of memorial wreaths as their names were called by Jerry Schill, President of the NC Fisheries Association and Sandy Gaskill of the Carteret County Fisherman’s Association.

The morning’s beautiful skies, the old hymns of the sea, scripture readings, prayer and the morning’s message brought attendees together in worship and respect for one of our nation’s most dangerous, yet more important, industries.

The spirit of the morning service is reflected in Jonathan Robinson’ welcome.

Welcome

Each and every one of you on behalf of some of the most creative and ingenious people ... the North Carolina Commercial Fishermen.

Thank you for sharing with us this special time when we pause to ask for God’s continued blessing on our fishing industry ...

A time when we stop to give thanks for the abundant natural resources that God, the Creator, has provided us.

This is also a time of remembrance, a time to remember those fishermen, fathers, grandfathers, brothers who have gone before.

They were the ones who built the courthouses, built the schools, built the churches along the coast.

The North Carolina fishing industry has played an important role in North Carolina’s history ... and will settle for nothing less than the same role in the future.

Never has the commercial fishing community been as united as it is now.

We thank you for being here and being a part of this service today.

We are all going to be richly blessed.

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Harkers Island is the Place to Be!!!

The First Weekend of December!

Harkers Island opens all the doors for the Core Sound Decoy Festival at Harkers Island School and Waterfowl Weekend at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center “at the end of the road.” What began as a small group of decoy carvers buying and selling decoys is now a weekend island celebration of heritage, traditions and Down East pride!

“Harkers Island is the place and the first weekend of December is the time, but the story of waterfowling, decoy carving and all the other heritage crafts of Core Sound goes generations back and encompasses the entire region – from Ocracoke to Harkers Island,” explains Karen Willis Amspacher, director – CSWM&HC. The Decoy Festival at Harkers Island Elementary School, Waterfowl Weekend at the Museum and crafters, model boatbuilders, church dinners, yard sales and nonprofit fundraisers turn Harkers Island into a five-mile stretch of local seafood, arts and crafts and community spirit.

For those folks who attended that first decoy festival 29 years ago, the transformation has been a lesson in what a small community can do to provide economic opportunities by celebrating who and where they are. The Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild (formed 1986) created the first step with the Core Sound Decoy Festival (1987) and from that beginning a year-round effort to preserve Down East’s cultural traditions and community spirit has been established.

Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center Today, the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center “at the end of the road” operates year round as a museum, educational facility, regional archive, meeting place for the community and a destination for heritage tourism travelers.

celebration,” reflected Pam Davis Morris, Community Resources Coordinator for the Core Sound Museum.

“The Decoy Festival at the school remains the starting place for the weekend, but the Museum gives visitors the opportunity to experience the entire community and our history and traditions including boatbuilding, traditional music, quilting and community exhibits.”

Waterfowl Weekend runs Dec. 3-4 and includes the “Core Sound Story” Exhibition Grand Opening, carving demonstrations, boatbuilding, educational displays from regional partners, community exhibitions, retriever demonstrations, music and more.

Shuttles run from Harkers Island School to the Museum throughout both days.

Waterfowl Weekend Highlights Friday, Dec. 2 6:30pm – Core Sound Waterfowl Weekend Preview Gala The Wild Game and Seafood Extravaganza will be followed by a dessert party with specialty coffees, live music, silent auction and a preview of more than 60 of the region’s most talented artists, carvers and crafters.

Saturday, Dec 3 9am – Doors open More than 75 carvers, artists, model boat builders and crafters of all kinds will fill the education hall, the tent, porches and outside areas with a wide selection of collectibles. Lunch menu includes scallop fritters, stewed shrimp, fried shrimp and hot dogs along w/ Core Sound’s original sweet puppies.

5pm – Core Sound Heritage Auction Sunday, Dec 4 8am – Church with Rev. Kerry Willis

In 2017 as the 25-year mark approaches, the need for preserving Down East history, honoring traditions and sharing our stories is more important than ever.

Core Sound’s commitment to the region continues to grow and strengthen through the daily celebration of our living traditions and the safekeeping of our community treasures and stories, interpreted by the local community in the context of placebased science education for learners of all ages.

“Waterfowl Weekend adds all the other elements of our heritage to the weekend

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Core Sound Decoy Festival Saturday, Dec. 3 9am – Doors Open, competition registration begins, youth archery.

10am – Competition judging, auction preview begins 11am – Retriever demonstration 1pm – Decoy auction 2pm – Retriever demonstration 5pm – Show Closes Sunday, Dec. 4 10am – Doors Open, competition judging begins 1pm – Head carving contest 1pm – Retriever demonstration 3pm – Youth prize drawing (ages 6-17) 3:30pm – Awards Presentation, announce 2017 featured carver/bird and raffle drawing winners for the shotgun, decoy and print.

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anchese, N.C., is a town known for its fishing heritage.

The small village on the Southern end of Roanoke Island has born and bred countless sea worthy fishermen who love the sea and crave their catch every day. We think in winds and tidal patterns, and sea temperatures, wave heights, and fish. We think fish.

This lifestyle is an uncommon one by more modern standards, but for some of us, this lifestyle comes as naturally as waves to the sea.

It comes naturally because it’s all we’ve ever known. I’m one of the lucky ones who can’t imagine life without fishing.

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My grandfather, Captain Charles Bailey Daniels was a renowned long-netter from Wanchese. His name still rings a bell along the docks of Hatteras and Frisco. He passed the love of fishing on to my dad, Captain Steve Daniels, who has caught scallops, flounder, and shrimp all along the east coast.

My brother and I began fishing long nets in the summer with them when we were just 5 and 6 years old. When we got a little older, we would split a share and take a deckhand spot on the boat. The lessons I learned in those early morning coasts down the sound have been ingrained in me for a lifetime.

My grandad had the God-given ability to calculate in his mind what we now rely on technology to do. His innate ability to understand the water has always inspired me and fueled my passion for the fishing industry.

Now, more than two decades have passed since I was a 5-yearold boy on that haul net rig, but the anticipation of what the Atlantic will bring us that day is the same as it was then.

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Captain Boo Daniels with daughter Elbie

beings how she’s solid fiberglass, she’s as seaworthy as ever. She was purchased in 2012 by my supportive mentor and grandfather Kenny Daniels, from local fisherman Tommy Danchise. In 2014, I became the sole owner.

We spend September through April gillnetting for everything from Spanish/King Mackerel in the fall, Croaker and bluefish in the winter months, and Spanish again in the Spring. In the summer months, we bottom longline for Blueline tilefish, occasionally running the F/V Handful up to northern states to be able to get a catch.

Regardless of the fishery, the weather, or the trip duration, the F/V Handful has been easily modified for every type of fishing that I’ve pursued and has been compatible with everything we’ve gone out to do.

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salter path Mullet Fishing continues their

The settlers at Salter Path got their living from fishing at Bogue Sound on the north side of the island, and from the Atlantic Ocean on the south side. Paths were made from the ocean to the sound and fish were transported by hand to boats on the sound side and carried to Morehead City for sale or trading. Each fishermen made his own path on the island. Riley Salter had one path called “Salter’s Path” and that became the name of this fishing village.

In late summer, when the mullet would run in big black schools out in the ocean, some of the settlers from the small villages on Bogue Banks would come to the beach near Riley’s home. They would encircle the mullet with the long nets the women had made and hundreds of pounds of mullet would be brought to the shore. All day long, the women would sit with their “sitting up babies” between their legs and split and gut fish. The mullets were placed in big baskets and taken to the ocean to be washed. The fish were then salted down in wooden barrels and left on the beach until such time as the boat from Hyde County would come loaded with sweet potatoes and corn to be traded for the salt mullet.

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The men got the barrels of salted fish from the sea to the sound by typing a rope around the barrel. Two men would get a long pole and put it through the rope and place the pole on their shoulders. They would carry the barrels down a path that had been gradually worn down and led from the ocean to the sound.

They then put the barrels of fish in their skiffs and took them out to the boat from Hyde County which was anchored in deep water.

From: The Heritage of Carteret County, Vol I Carteret Historical Research Association, Beaufort, NC 1982 Editors: Pat Dula Davis and Kathy Hill Hamilton

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Salter Path’s Mullet History

As sure as the mullets run in fall so will the mullet fishermen of Salter Path return to the beach to fish.

Back in the 30s, there were seven beach seine crews on Bogue Banks with 10 to 15 men for each crew.

They worked the stop nets by hand in those days, then carried hundreds of pounds of fish across the island along “tote paths” to the run boats on the sound side that would take the fish to Morehead fish houses. There they’d sell for money to buy kerosene for the winter, or trade for other necessary items. It was a necessary part of their livelihood for this island community before roads and bridges brought a tourist trade to the western end of Bogue Banks.

By the 50s and 60s life changed on Salter Path. Paved roads, construction, bridges to the east and west brought people and new economic opportunities for the men of this fishing community, but they still did not give up their mullet fishing.

New beach seine equipment allowed the fishermen to catch even more fish, catching thousands of pounds of roe mullet for a growing market. Most significant was using a tractor to pull the nets, giving the fishermen the ability to catch thousands of pounds of fish a day. For decades the beach seine operation dominated the roe mullet fishery.

Joey Frost told a reporter, “In 1974, the mullet were so thick that you could see the fish two miles up the beach …

We have a hundred yards of bunt and before we got to the beach, one tractor got pulled to sea. That kinda scared us but we kept working against the high tide. We estimated that we got over 100,000 pounds that day. When the tide fell, the fish were still thigh thick in the water.”

During the 1980s, the size of the mullet grew smaller

according to Henry Frost, but the price per pound increased. “When I first started fishing, the mullet were larger,” says Henry Frost. “In 1980s, a lot of Florida fishermen started coming up here to fish for mullet after they banned gill nets there.”

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Henry Frost, Salter Path Fisherman –The fishermen explain, “It’s not for money, it’s a heritage thing” they all said. “We love to do it.” There’s only one crew left on Salter Path, but when the mullets run, they will be there.

–“I’ve been doing this 60 years .. This is how we made our living … We didn’t have no money but things were better then.

We had everything. In the fall of the year we’d salt the spots and mullets and carry them to Newport and trade it for meat.

They were farmers over there, they wanted the fish and we traded,” Henry Frost explained for a documentary in 2011.

(From left, Henry Frost, Tom Guthrie and Phil Guthrie are maintaining a century-old tradition of netting jumping mullet from the beaches of Bogue Banks)

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Today’s Mullet Tradition

Today the mullet fishing continues with the one remaining crew still preparing for the striped mullet runs. September will find boats and nets piled and readied for the October northeast to northwest wind known as a “mullet blow” by the locals.

Where else but on Salter Path would a rusty tractor be a symbol of commercial fishing but on Salter Path? Today, that tractor on its homemade trailer and the beach dories are welcome signs of fall and a cherished reminder of the days when fishing was the provider for the people of Salter Path and other villages along the coast of North Carolina.

The process is still labor intensive but the younger men join with the older men and the work gets done, setting the nets from a dory and using an anchor to set the stop net. The nets are carried just offshore in a white flat-bottom 20-foot dory with a small engine. The motor is in an open

well close to the bow, allowing the nets to slide off the stern and giving the fisherman working the boat to maneuver the dory along the shallow waters along the beach to the stop net can be set to catch the fish running down the beach.

“We may set a net for three or four days and not catch anything,” says Joey Frost. “It takes seven to eight people to set a stop net. When they do strike, the fish are so tight it is like wall-to-wall fish. You can get 60,000 pounds in one day.”

The stop nets require 10-12 strong experienced men standing in the breaking waves, usually waist deep. The fishing process has not changed over the years and neither has the excitement of hauling in thousands of pounds of fish.

The nets are cleared by hand, packed in baskets for market and the catch is divided among the crew. The financial gain varies from year to year, but the meaning of this tradition does not waiver. Today they hold onto that tradition as a sacred homage to the generations of fishing before them.

Those early Salter Path families started a tradition of mullet fishing on Bogue Banks that has been going on for over 100 years. Greatgrandfathers, grandfathers, fathers and sons have stood together pulling the nets, feeling the chilling north wind of a mullet blow on the back of their necks. They don’t do it for the money, because it is humble at best.

The goal is to break even, hope to make a little money and pray not to lose any. It is family, community, camaraderie, tradition and heritage that keep them mending the nets, repairing the tractors and boats and waiting. Waiting for another day when the north wind blows cold, the ocean lays flat and the mullet run thick to teach another generation the pride of their ancestors.

Sam Bland, Coastal Review Online, September 23, 2014

Color Pics: Sam Bland, 2014 B&W Photos: Photography by Roy Hardee, from the David Murrill Collection – Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center

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—“If I can help them feel better then I feel better,” he reflected. photos by: Aundrea O’Neal~ 2016

“I’m blessed for a reason,” said 84 year-old Mr. Leroy Cox of Beaufort, NC. Missing half a thumb, Mr. Cox manages to be the top shrimp-header at Beaufort Inlet Seafood, producing as much as 1,026 pounds of tail weight in one day.

“He can out-head the younger people here by hundreds of pounds,” noted Aundrea O’Neal, office manager at Beaufort Inlet Seafood.

Leroy Cox lost his thumb in a fishing accident while serving as a crewman on a menhaden boat in 1951. He’s a lifelong menhaden fishermen, having chased “shad” from coastal North Carolina to Sabine, Texas.

He recalled the days when Beaufort was thick with the steam of cooking fish, as numerous factories processed the oily, boney menhaden into fish meal and oil. Throughout the hey-day years from the 1940s through the 1960s, Front Street in Beaufort was bustling with grocery stores, hardware stores, and fuel docks serving dozens of menhaden vessels.

“Everybody was making money,” said Mr. Cox. Factories such as Beaufort Fisheries, Standard Products, and the Fish Meal Company – run by Harvey Smith – ran ‘round the clock during the height of the fall fishing season. When the wind was right, the town reeked of the smell of menhaden.

“Harvey Smith always said ‘That’s money you smell!’” laughed Mr. Cox. During his 45-year career on a menhaden boat, Mr. Cox saw whales, sharks, flying fish, water spouts, and even the Fountain of Youth, just offshore of St. Augustine, Florida. “A great wide place, fresh water bubbling up, just as beautiful and clear as you ever seen!”

He recounted many life-threatening moments, such as the time he and his crewmen were in the two small purse boats “hardening” a very heavy set of menhaden. The mother vessel came beside them, and they were preparing to bail the fish into the hold when the hundreds of thousands of fish in the net “thundered.”

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nick of time, as the great school of fish dragged the purse boats underwater.

His most harrowing story involved riding out Hurricane Audrey in Cameron, Louisiana in 1957. Some townspeople were unable to evacuate in time, so they were brought aboard the menhaden vessel. They anchored in a cut, keeping the engines running and the bow in the wind. They watched as houses, fuel tanks, and the carcasses of cows and horses floated by. After the storm they helped retrieve bodies from the marshes, as the storm killed some 500 people. “We loaded thirty-two dead people and put them in the hold,” he recalled. “It was refrigerated.” They carried the bodies to Lake Charles to be identified by loved ones.

Leroy Cox’s career spanned from the days of raising nets to the rhythm of song to later years when a hydraulic net-pulling device, known as the power block, made work easier and marked the death of the “chantey.”

“We sang chanteys together, one singing bass, one tenor, one lead.” He opened a spiral notebook that contained a list of chanteys. I’m Gonna Roll Here. Help Me to Raise Them. Got a Girl in Georgia. Jack of Diamonds. “Jack of diamonds laying down dead on the bottom - Jack of Diamonds means your money’s down there and you got to bring it up!” he explained.

Mr. Cox was a member of the Menhaden Chanteymen, a group of retired and active fishermen who performed the work songs until 2012. They traveled to New York in 1990 and made Beaufort proud by performing at Carnegie Hall. “It was wonderful, we were treated nice,” he said. “We were chauffeured around, the Harlem Club, Yankee Stadium, different places.”

Although in his eighties, Leroy Cox, when not working at the fish house, spends time taking care of the elderly. “If I can get some hog fish – they love fish – I cook it and bring it to old folks in rest homes from Down East to New Bern on Sundays.” He added that his reward was putting a smile on people’s faces, as he hated to see old people laying there with nobody to come see them.

“If I can help them feel better then I feel better,” he reflected. He considered his many experiences aboard a menhaden boat and added, “I’m just glad God spared me to be here.”

FISHERMEN SUE OVER SOUTHERN FLOUNDER SUPPLEMENT Judge rules in fishermen’s favor and issues injunction The North Carolina Fisheries Association, Carteret County Fisherman’s Association, and the Counties of Hyde, Carteret and Dare filed a lawsuit against the state regarding the Supplement of the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan that the Marine Fisheries Commission adopted in November 2015.

At a hearing in the Superior Courtroom at the Carteret County Courthouse in Beaufort on September 28th, Judge John Nobles issued a Temporary Restraining Order on our behalf. The following week, on Thursday, October 6th, Judge John Jolly issued an Injunction on our behalf after 2 hours of testimony from our attorneys and the state’s attorney. Jess Hawkins, who retired from the Division of Marine Fisheries, testified on our behalf.

As a result, there will be no closure for southern flounder that was scheduled to begin on October 16th for recreational and commercial fishermen for this season. Also set aside was the proposed quota for southern flounder caught in a pound net, as well as daily reporting for those catches.

The minimum size of 15 inches remains in effect, as does the escape panels for pound nets and the 6 inch minimum mesh for gillnets.

“This has been some great news for fishermen at a very difficult time”, said NCFA Chairman Brent Fulcher. “But it has been very expensive and we are asking commercial and recreational fishermen to help us pay for this lawsuit. To date, we still have unpaid legal bills and anticipate more expense with this case during the full hearing in the coming months.”

NCFA President Jerry Schill agreed, “While we are very grateful for what we’ve accomplished so far, this case has not yet been settled. The injunction is in effect until the full hearing on the issue can be held, which will probably be in 2017. In the meantime, we still have to pay our attorneys for what they’ve done so far, and prepare for the next round.”

Checks can be made payable to: NCFA Southern Flounder Fund 2807 Neuse Blvd.; Suite 11 New Bern, NC 28562

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