Save Our Fisheries

Save Our Fisheries

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September 9, 2022
Signatures: 1,078Next Goal: 1,500
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Why this petition matters

Started by David Sneed

For generations, North Carolina enjoyed a nationwide reputation among the fishing public for the extraordinary abundance of our coastal sounds and river estuaries. Today, due to decades of mismanagement and wasteful overharvesting, our once abundant inshore fisheries resources are in shocking decline. 

Your voice is needed. Please join us in our mission to Save Our Fisheries.

Every North Carolinian will benefit ecologically, economically and culturally from the restoration of our coastal fisheries. While the specific solutions to restore our fisheries falls to the state as the resource trustee, those solutions must address the problems outlined in the CCA NC lawsuit against the state:

1) Reform coastal fisheries management policies.

2) Adequately protect estuarine finfish nursery areas.

3) Minimize undue wastage of the resource.

4) Prioritize the resource over harvest.

5) Use the right management data.

As a citizen of North Carolina whose legal rights have been infringed by the state's decades long mismanagement of our coastal fisheries, the one thing you cannot do is accept the status quo. Each of us is responsible for the resource legacy we leave our children and grandchildren.

Join us in this campaign to hold the state accountable.

Can we ever go back to those days of resource abundance? The answer is a resounding, yes! With your help, we can rebuild, reform and restore our coastal fisheries, leaving a legacy that will benefit all North Carolinians for generations to come.

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Signatures: 1,078Next Goal: 1,500
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