Bill Hitchcock of Saltwater Catch Radio interviews Dr. Loius daniel, Director of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries about the upcoming gill net closure and turtle interactions in NC coastal waters. The radio program broadcast from 94.1FM WNBU but can be heard anytime online at the Saltwater Catchweb site. Listen to this half hour special now in the Message Board/Forums!

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is proposing a seven-month closure of large-mesh gill net fishing this coming summer and fall in most inshore waters of the state south of Oregon Inlet to eliminate unauthorized interactions with sea turtles. This action is in response to a notification from the National Marine Fisheries Service that high levels of unauthorized takes of threatened and endangered sea turtles have been observed in the large mesh gill net fishery in state waters.

Listen to the half hour radio interview online at Saltwater Catch in the Message Boards/Forums