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  • NC Catch
    • Mar 17, 2025 Against All Odds: New Crabbers in Hertford, NC Mar 17, 2025
    • Dec 11, 2024 The Man who Carves 1,000 Pound Tunas Dec 11, 2024
    • Dec 8, 2024 Young Shrimper Carrying on Silver Dollar Road's Tradition Dec 8, 2024
    • Dec 1, 2024 Goldring Satchell: Legendary Crab Picker of Belhaven, NC Dec 1, 2024
    • Oct 27, 2024 The Fish Man: How a 14-Year Old Shrimper Grew Up to be a Worldwide Charterboat Captain Oct 27, 2024
  • Tradewinds
    • Jun 21, 2024 NCDMF Director Steve Murphey to Young Fishermen: Welcome to the Process! Jun 21, 2024
    • Jun 21, 2024 Ryan Bethea: A New Kind of Fisherman Jun 21, 2024
    • Jun 21, 2024 Janet Rose Takes a Stand Jun 21, 2024
    • Jun 21, 2024 Let's Keep this Industry Alive: Chef Ricky Moore, James Beard Winner 2022 Jun 21, 2024
    • Mar 12, 2023 Young People Deserve a Fair Chance: Worth Elliott of Elizabeth City, NC Mar 12, 2023
    • Feb 1, 2023 100 MPH Process: Fisherman Dewey Hemilright of Wanchese, NC on Wind Energy Feb 1, 2023
    • Sep 21, 2022 Last of the Bridge Tenders: Russell Lewis of Harkers Island Sep 21, 2022
    • Jul 26, 2022 This Place was Built on Menhaden Fishing: Willis Baily of Morehead City Jul 26, 2022
    • Jul 6, 2022 Jake Griffin of Wanchese, NC: I Feel Good About the Future Jul 6, 2022
    • Jun 8, 2022 Something Worth Fighting For: Monica Smith on Miss Gina’s Shrimp Stand in Beaufort Jun 8, 2022
    • Mar 29, 2022 Never Thought I'd be Slinging Fish: Pattie Plyler of Ocracoke Seafood Co. Retail Market Mar 29, 2022
    • Mar 21, 2022 Last of the Chowan River Pound Netters: a Chat with Herbert Byrum Mar 21, 2022
    • Mar 7, 2022 Lent is Our Christmas: Bret Blackburn of Blackburn Brothers Seafood Company Mar 7, 2022
    • Oct 26, 2020 We’ll Get Through It: Ryan Speckman of Locals Seafood Company in Raleigh Oct 26, 2020
    • May 17, 2020 We Were the Heroes: Captain Jimmy Ruhl of Wanchese, NC May 17, 2020
    • May 4, 2020 Women in the NC Seafood Industry: Susan West of Hatteras Island, NC May 4, 2020
    • Feb 3, 2020 Tore Up: Storm-Tested Keith Bruno of Oriental, NC Pays it Forward Feb 3, 2020
    • Jan 7, 2020 Little Shrimp Boat in a Ditch: Ed Cross of Vandemere on Pamlico Packing Jan 7, 2020
    • Dec 9, 2019 Baked Fish is Your Prize: Cooking with Sharon Peele Kennedy of Hatteras, NC Dec 9, 2019
    • Nov 18, 2019 Meet Aundrea O'Neal of Beaufort, NC: Defender of Fish and Fowl Nov 18, 2019
    • Oct 28, 2019 We're Not Selling Mattresses Here: Sam Romano of Wilmington Fights for Seafood Producers Oct 28, 2019
    • Sep 30, 2019 It'll be One Big Company Before it's Over: Legendary Captain Joe Rose of Beaufort Sep 30, 2019
    • Sep 22, 2019 These Nets Ain't Gonna Hang Themselves: Down East's James Gordon Salter Sep 22, 2019
    • Aug 11, 2019 We Call them Crying Snappers: Maurice Davis of the Captain Stacy Fishing Center, Atlantic Beach, NC Aug 11, 2019
    • Jul 27, 2019 Everything We Have Comes from the Water: Elbert and Sandy Gaskill of Harkers Island, NC Jul 27, 2019
    • Jul 22, 2019 They Still Call it Christmas Rock: Tim Millis and Buddy Davis, Humble Patriarchs of Sneads Ferry, NC Jul 22, 2019
    • Jul 15, 2019 One of the Young Guns: Crabber Stephen Spruill of Columbia, NC Jul 15, 2019
    • Jul 8, 2019 Your Mouth is Going to Get You Killed: Fisherman and Survivor Lauren Rimmer of Beaufort NC Jul 8, 2019
    • Jun 25, 2019 We're Just the Wee Guys: a Chat with a Scottish Fisherman Jun 25, 2019
    • Jun 18, 2019 How Do I Chum You Up?: Dewey Hemilright, Long Line Fisherman of Wanchese Jun 18, 2019
    • Jun 10, 2019 I've Had a Thrill at Fishing: Henry Daniels, Veteran Tarheel Fisherman Jun 10, 2019
    • Jun 3, 2019 She Jumped Like a Rabbit and Throwed Me Over: Rex O'Neal of Ocracoke Jun 3, 2019
    • May 28, 2019 Fish have a Notion to Thunder: Leroy Cox, Menhaden Fisherman May 28, 2019
  • Fish House Opera
    • Mar 28, 2022 A Simple Clammer Mar 28, 2022
    • Mar 28, 2022 Boom Truck Heaven Mar 28, 2022
    • Mar 19, 2020 Turtle Stew Mar 19, 2020
  • Oral History
    • Dec 13, 2021 They Made their Net from String: Heidi Roberts of Atlantic, NC Carries on the Craft Dec 13, 2021
    • Sep 14, 2021 Them Fish Were Firing the Water: Bill Lewis of Beaufort recalls Menhaden Fishing Sep 14, 2021
    • Mar 8, 2020 A Bluebird Day: Milton Styron Recalls the Charlie Mason Menhaden Steamer Mar 8, 2020
    • Nov 6, 2019 Wild Gangs Slept Along the Surf: Cyrus Gray of Buxton Recalls the Days of Livestock Nov 6, 2019
    • Aug 3, 2019 NOAA's Voices Oral History Archives Aug 3, 2019
    • Jun 30, 2019 He Threw His Gun Overboard: Margaret Willis of Frisco, NC Jun 30, 2019
    • Jun 29, 2019 We Found a Lifeboat with Two Bodies: Anderson Midgett of Rodanthe, NC Recalls the Manteo-Hatteras Bus Line Jun 29, 2019
    • Jul 14, 2017 Reeling in History: Documenting the 1997 Fisheries Reform Act Jul 14, 2017
    • May 6, 2017 Radio Program Features Oral History Project Interviewees May 6, 2017
    • May 4, 2017 Haint Blue: The 1997 NC Fisheries Reform Act May 4, 2017
    • Apr 24, 2017 West to Speak at Friends of Outer Banks History Center Annual Meeting Apr 24, 2017
    • Apr 21, 2017 New Podcast Explores History of North Carolina’s 1997 Fisheries Reform Act Apr 21, 2017
    • Apr 13, 2017 Telling the Story of the Fisheries Reform Act Apr 13, 2017
    • Mar 1, 2017 The Power of Story: The Linking Generations Project Mar 1, 2017
    • Feb 14, 2017 Coastal Voices Features NC Fisheries Reform Act Collection Feb 14, 2017
    • Feb 13, 2017 1997 NC Fisheries Reform Act Collection Available Feb 13, 2017
    • Jan 21, 2017 The 1997 NC Fisheries Reform Act: An Oral History Perspective Jan 21, 2017
    • Jan 21, 2017 Kinnakeet Adventure Jan 21, 2017
    • Jan 21, 2017 Port Light Jan 21, 2017
    • Jan 21, 2017 Coastal Voices Jan 21, 2017
  • Stories
    • Sep 23, 2021 New Links in the Sea-to-Table Chain: The North Carolina Local Food Council Responds in the Pandemic’s Darkest Hour Sep 23, 2021
    • Mar 26, 2021 In the Wake of Storms Mar 26, 2021
    • Dec 9, 2019 Baked Fish is Your Prize: Cooking with Sharon Peele Kennedy of Hatteras, NC Dec 9, 2019
    • Nov 6, 2019 Wild Gangs Slept Along the Surf: Cyrus Gray of Buxton Recalls the Days of Livestock Nov 6, 2019
    • Oct 21, 2019 The Sea Oar House: Memories of a Unique Industry of Old Kinnakeet, North Carolina Oct 21, 2019
    • Sep 16, 2019 When the Sound and Ocean Met: Ocracoke Villagers Recall the '44 Storm Sep 16, 2019
    • Aug 26, 2019 The Last to Know the Names of Creeks: The Hoopers of Salvo, NC Aug 26, 2019
    • Aug 6, 2019 My Father the Pepsi Cola Man: Rudy Gray Recalls Growing up in Waves, NC in the 1950s Aug 6, 2019
    • Jul 27, 2019 Everything We Have Comes from the Water: Elbert and Sandy Gaskill of Harkers Island, NC Jul 27, 2019
    • Jun 30, 2019 He Threw His Gun Overboard: Margaret Willis of Frisco, NC Jun 30, 2019
    • Jun 29, 2019 We Found a Lifeboat with Two Bodies: Anderson Midgett of Rodanthe, NC Recalls the Manteo-Hatteras Bus Line Jun 29, 2019
    • Jun 10, 2019 I've Had a Thrill at Fishing: Henry Daniels, Veteran Tarheel Fisherman Jun 10, 2019
    • Jun 3, 2019 She Jumped Like a Rabbit and Throwed Me Over: Rex O'Neal of Ocracoke Jun 3, 2019
    • Jan 3, 2019 In Search of Old Buck: Old Christmas on the Outer Banks Jan 3, 2019
    • Mar 1, 2017 The Power of Story: The Linking Generations Project Mar 1, 2017
    • Mar 1, 2017 Eph O'Neal - a true Hatterasman Mar 1, 2017
    • Jan 27, 2017 Locking Horns with the Future Jan 27, 2017
    • Jan 27, 2017 Business As Usual: Fishing for a Living Jan 27, 2017
    • Jan 21, 2017 On the Horizon: Emerging Trends in North Carolina’s Seafood Industry Jan 21, 2017
  • Sponsorship
    • Dec 11, 2019 Gratitude Dec 11, 2019
  • Thereby Hangs A Tale
    • Jun 20, 2019 Thereby Hangs A Tale Jun 20, 2019
  • Next Generation
    • May 29, 2018 Charting The Course May 29, 2018
    • Jul 11, 2017 Next Generation Jul 11, 2017
  • Fisheries Reform Act
    • Aug 9, 2017 Fisheries Reform Act Summit Set for September 27, 2017 Aug 9, 2017
    • Jul 14, 2017 Reeling in History: Documenting the 1997 Fisheries Reform Act Jul 14, 2017
    • May 6, 2017 Radio Program Features Oral History Project Interviewees May 6, 2017
    • May 4, 2017 Haint Blue: The 1997 NC Fisheries Reform Act May 4, 2017
    • Apr 21, 2017 New Podcast Explores History of North Carolina’s 1997 Fisheries Reform Act Apr 21, 2017
    • Apr 13, 2017 Telling the Story of the Fisheries Reform Act Apr 13, 2017
    • Mar 18, 2017 Fisheries Reform Act Podcast: Part Three Mar 18, 2017
    • Mar 18, 2017 Fisheries Reform Act Podcast: Part Two Mar 18, 2017
    • Mar 18, 2017 Fisheries Reform Act Podcast: Part One Mar 18, 2017
    • Feb 14, 2017 Coastal Voices Features NC Fisheries Reform Act Collection Feb 14, 2017
    • Feb 13, 2017 1997 NC Fisheries Reform Act Collection Available Feb 13, 2017
    • Feb 7, 2017 Podcast Preview: 1997 Fisheries Reform Act Feb 7, 2017
    • Jan 21, 2017 The 1997 NC Fisheries Reform Act: An Oral History Perspective Jan 21, 2017
  • Forums
    • Aug 9, 2017 Fisheries Reform Act Summit Set for September 27, 2017 Aug 9, 2017
    • Jan 21, 2017 Talk of the Villages Jan 21, 2017
  • Podcasts
    • May 6, 2017 Radio Program Features Oral History Project Interviewees May 6, 2017
    • May 4, 2017 Haint Blue: The 1997 NC Fisheries Reform Act May 4, 2017
    • Apr 21, 2017 New Podcast Explores History of North Carolina’s 1997 Fisheries Reform Act Apr 21, 2017
    • Apr 13, 2017 Telling the Story of the Fisheries Reform Act Apr 13, 2017
    • Mar 18, 2017 Fisheries Reform Act Podcast: Part Three Mar 18, 2017
    • Mar 18, 2017 Fisheries Reform Act Podcast: Part Two Mar 18, 2017
    • Mar 18, 2017 Fisheries Reform Act Podcast: Part One Mar 18, 2017
    • Feb 7, 2017 Podcast Preview: 1997 Fisheries Reform Act Feb 7, 2017
    • Jan 21, 2017 The 1997 NC Fisheries Reform Act: An Oral History Perspective Jan 21, 2017
  • Books
    • Jan 21, 2017 Fish House Opera Jan 21, 2017