Broad and Reel

So this is the third time I’ve heard this mentioned. This past time, a news release was posted on the Yahoo! fishing forum that I belong to. It’s quite an interesting an idea and I’d loved to see it be approved.
There has been mention that an educational type of pier might be built in [...]

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Got word of this when I got to work today.
The Star News has the details on Oak Island’s decision regarding the Yaupon fishing pier.
Photo credit: Al Baird

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After several months, the state of North Carolina has awarded the town of Oak Island a $500,000 grant to put toward purchasing the Yaupon Pier.
How exciting?!?!
The town is required to match the $500,000 grant.
Oak Island Mayor Johnie Vereen says the council has to vote before making any offer to the bank.
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Most fishermen in the Cape Fear area are aware of the boarding up of Yaupon Fishing Pier. But for those of you who don’t know what’s going on…here’s a short recap.
Yaupon Fishing Pier, which has been around for over 50 years, has been caught up in a legal battle for several months now.
Back in October, [...]

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To keep you updated on a previous post…
The NC Division of Marine Fisheries has reopened commercial red drum harvest. There are restrictions and commercial fishermen aren’t allowed to target red drum but fishermen are permitted to keep and sell up to four red drum per boat.
The decision to reopen the season was because fishermen were [...]

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On Wednesday, the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries posted an interesting news release about the decrease in amount of seafood caught by commercial fishermen in North Carolina. But, while the number of catches was down for 2007, the value of the seafood caught was higher than it was in 2006.
Louis Daniel, the director [...]

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