Quality Counts
Sustainable Fisheries
Autumn is an important Sustainable harvests finfish season along our coast. mean we will enjoy seafood Select fresh finfish with: today and in the future. SM • Firm, elastic flesh Species listed as • Bright red gills, if present North Carolina “Local Catch” Inspiring conservation of • Scales adhering tightly to skin are managed for our aquatic environments. Avoid: long-term viability. www.ncaquariums.com • Cloudy, sunken eyes Through has been refined to target specific species. The • Bruisedgenerations, flesh, dry orfishing browngear edges For more information on: seafood industry continues to work with researchers and government agencies to adapt gear to reduce bycatch, • Slimy skinspecies surfaceand maintain viable habitats. • N.C. marine fisherieslist stock status,species in seafood markets and restaurants in autumn. Ask if these or other choices are “Local Catch.” protect endangered The following highlights • Sour, ammonia-like odor www.ncdmf.net/stocks U.S. sustainable fisheriesCaught efforts,in RawBass: fish should neverinbethe Black Sea Caught •• Flounder (Southern): • Oyster: Wild oysters harvested • Snapper and Grouper: Caught in www.nc-seafood.org SM www.fishwatch.noaa.gov displayed next to cooked fish. ocean using traps (pots) and hooksounds with gill nets and pound nets. with tongs and dredges. Farmthe ocean using hook-and-line gear. • A community seafood program, To find a North Carolina seafood and-line raised available year-round. • Mackerel, King: Caught using • Spot: Caught using gill nets in www.carteretcatch.org market,gear. go to: www.nc-seafood.org.
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Blue Crab (Hard): Caught in rivers and sounds using wire pots and trawl nets.
hook-and-line gear and gill nets. •
Mackerel, Spanish: Caught in
North Carolina Seafood Availability is a poster highlighting many species across the year. the ocean and sounds using gill nets Clam: Harvested from sounds, or Also, Mariner’s Menu: 30 Years of Fresh Seafood Ideas is a seafood resource book and hook-and-line gear. farm-raised shellfish safety growers. withbyhandling, and nutrition information, along with recipes. Order both fromwith NorthgillCarolina or www.ncseagrant.org. • Croaker: Caught nets andSea Grant, 919/515-2454 • Mullet: Caught using gill nets and seine •
trawls, largely in the ocean.
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Sea Trout, Spotted: Caught North Carolina
using gill nets.
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Marine research and outreach link Shrimp: Harvested the universities to coastalfrom communities. ocean, sounds and lower reaches 919/515-2454 • UNC-SG-07-05D www.ncseagrant.org of some rivers, using otter trawls,
sounds and in the ocean. •
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nets, seines and trawls in the
September, October and November ocean and sounds. •
skimmer trawls and channel nets.
nets from ocean beaches and sounds.
Seasonal Choices For
Striped Bass: Caught with gill
Tuna, Yellowfin: Caught offshore using hook-and-line gear.
Local catch: North carolina Seafood availability AUTUMN
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Through generations, fishing gear has been refined to target specific species. The seafood industry continues to work with researchers and government agencies to adapt gear to reduce bycatch, protect endangered species and maintain viable habitats. The following list highlights species in seafood markets and restaurants in autumn. Ask if these or other choices are “Local Catch.” •
Black Sea Bass: Caught in the
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ocean using traps (pots) and hookand-line gear. •
Blue Crab (Hard): Caught in rivers and sounds using wire pots and trawl nets.
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Flounder (Southern): Caught in
with tongs and dredges. Farm-
Mackerel, King: Caught using
raised available year-round.
the ocean and sounds using gill nets
farm-raised by shellfish growers. trawls, largely in the ocean.
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Mackerel, Spanish: Caught in
Clam: Harvested from sounds, or Croaker: Caught with gill nets and
Oyster: Wild oysters harvested
sounds with gill nets and pound nets. hook-and-line gear and gill nets. •
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the ocean using hook-and-line gear. •
Sea Trout, Spotted: Caught using gill nets.
Snapper and Grouper: Caught in Spot: Caught using gill nets in sounds and in the ocean.
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Striped Bass: Caught with gill
Shrimp: Harvested from the
nets, seines and trawls in the
and hook-and-line gear.
ocean, sounds and lower reaches
ocean and sounds.
Mullet: Caught using gill nets and seine
of some rivers, using otter trawls,
nets from ocean beaches and sounds.
skimmer trawls and channel nets.
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Tuna, Yellowfin: Caught offshore using hook-and-line gear.
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