Oil spill's ripples being felt - Jacksonville Daily News
Local seafood restaurants and fishermen are feeling the effects through supply and demand due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Community Announcements 4.29.10 - Topsail Advertiser
On May 13, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. the Topsail Island Historical Society will be a screening “Wild Caught,” a documentary about the Sneads Ferry Fishing struggles. Matthew Barr of the University of NC at Greensboro (producer of “Wild Caught”) will introduce the screening and answer questions afterward.
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If you have read or know anything about the North Carolina fishing industry and the fishermen, you already know about the downward spiral of their businesses. Recently, I read another important article in the Fayetteville Observer titled Our View: Government can help save our state’s dying fishing industry.
When you think of the support given farmers (another group having a hard time), why does it not make sense to help in similar fashion our state's commercial fishermen? To me, it makes perfect sense to work towards preserving an industry that supports the local economy as well as bring us much better tasting seafood than the imports ever can!
Please take a moment to read the article in the Observer and, if you agree, contact your governmental leaders to state your opinion. The politicians work for us and need to know what we want for our great state.
The choice is yours!
Recently, there is another article speaking about the demise of commercial shrimping and fishing in the Fayetteville Observer titled Sea Change: The demise of N.C. shrimping. If you want to better understand the plight and feelings of today's commercial fisherman, this is an absolutely must read.
Sneads Ferry North Carolina real estate by the waterfront of the New River and the Intracoastal Waterway is going up pricewise almost daily. The commercial fishermen and other workers are having an extremely difficult time raising enough money just to live where they have been for years. Condos, townhouses and expensive waterfront and waterview homes are driving up the cost of living and taxes leaving them no where to go.
