February 25, 2019 –Some North Carolina commercial fishermen can receive financial help from the Hurricane Florence Commercial Fishing Assistance Program.
The state Division of Marine Fisheries was to mail packets last week to those that are eligible based on October and November landings. Packets are only being sent to those fishermen who had lower landings in October and/or November 2018 as compared to their average landings from the same months in the previous three years.
The second round of payments from the program, the state legislature appropriated $11.6 million to DMF to help commercial fishermen and shellfish harvesters who suffered income losses from harvest reductions due to Hurricane Florence.