NC to Consider Leaving Federal Fisheries Group

An interesting bit of news from the Jacksonville Daily News
The debate is picking up again on whether or not North Carolina should withdraw from a federal interstate fisheries group.

Legislation was drafted in the North Carolina General Assembly in 1996 that would have pulled the state out of what was then a voluntary compact between all the East Coast states. It did not pass…Sen. Stan Bingham, R-Denton, said he would strongly object to such a proposal because it would destroy the whole objective of having the interstate fishery management board.

“The other states would be free to do as they choose, I suppose, and then we would have a mess,” Bingham said Thursday.

About JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.