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Contact: Patricia Smith Newsletter Focuses on Fishing Issues Involving Sea Turtles MOREHEAD CITY – One of the biggest challenges facing North Carolina fisheries management is balancing commercial and recreational fishing with the need to protect sea turtles. The Fall 2010 edition of Fish Eye News focuses on several of these issues, with articles that explain the past, present and future of federal government’s strategy for sea turtle conservation and describe some of the research being conducted in our state. One article discusses how hook and line fisheries also sometimes interact with sea turtles. Fish Eye News is a Web-based newsletter issued four times a year by the DMF Public Affairs Section. A link can be found on the division’s Web site at http://www.ncfisheries.net/fisheye/2010FishEyeNews/2010_October_Fisheye.html. The intent of Fish Eye News is to draw attention to issues affecting marine fisheries in North Carolina and to promote a better understanding of agency functions. Publications may reprint articles in whole or part. For more information, contact Patricia Smith, the division’s public information officer, at (252) 808-8025 or [email protected].
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