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Dare County chair vows coalition to defend commercial fishing after HB 442 fight
Summary
Chairman Robert "Bob" Woodard told the Board of Commissioners he will convene a North Carolina coastal counties fisheries coalition after lawmakers amended House Bill 442 in ways he and local fishermen regarded as threatening to shrimp trawling. He described outreach to 19 coastal counties and a planned Aug. 5 meeting in Carteret County.
Chairman Robert L. “Bob” Woodard told the Dare County Board of Commissioners on July 4 that he has proposed forming a coalition of North Carolina coastal counties to coordinate a response to recent legislative activity around House Bill 442 and to defend commercial fishing livelihoods.
Woodard said the county and area fishermen successfully opposed an amended version of HB 442 in the House after last-minute changes in the state Senate. He described traveling to Raleigh with fellow commissioners and witnessing large numbers of fishermen and support vehicles outside the Legislative Building. “When I came home from that, witness[ing] the looks on these families’ faces ... really, really touched me,” Woodard said as he explained his effort to organize county chairs.
Woodard read a letter he sent to North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem, calling the late…
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