NC For-Hire Capt. Association

05/21/2026

Jetties a path forward to support North Carolina Inlets White Paper. The below was composed by the Lockwood Inlet Association volunteers. Our members combined real world experience and science to better explain the importance of North Carolinas Inlets. Please like and share with anyone wanting to learn more on this topic from a trusted source.

03/24/2026

Tomorrow night 7 pm join us live on Facebook through the Ollie Raja Charters personal profile as we speak on the big news of the Carolina Long Bay Wind Farm Project we fought diligently against. President Capt John Dosher and Board Member Capt Cane Faircloth take the gloves off as we celebrate the Win. How a local group of Captains and citizens took on a multi billion dollar company and trillion dollar industry and won.

02/19/2026

Feb. 18, 2026

“Lines of Communication” meetings rescheduled

MOREHEAD CITY – The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council has rescheduled the Lines of Communication meetings in North Carolina that were postponed due to inclement weather in early February.

Lines of Communication is a new council initiative to build relationships with fisheries stakeholders and provide an opportunity for mutual sharing of information. The meetings allow attendees to provide their perspectives to local council members, council staff and other fishery participants. The meetings will be held in-person along the South Atlantic coast. Rescheduled North Carolina Lines meeting are follows:

Bolivia | March 23 | 6-8 p.m.
Brunswick County
Sandifer Administration Building
30 Government Center Drive NE
Bolivia, NC 28422

Morehead City | March 24 | 6-8 p.m.
NC Division of Marine Fisheries
Central District Office 5285
Highway 70 West
Morehead City, NC 28557

Hatteras | March 25 | 6-8 p.m.
Hatteras Civic Center
57688 NC- Hatteras Highway
Hatteras, NC 27943

Manteo | March 26 | 6-8 p.m.
Virginia S. Tillett Community Center
950 Marshall C Collins Dr.
Manteo, NC 27954

RSVP here.

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is one of eight regional fishery management councils in the United States that manages fisheries in federal waters. The South Atlantic Council is responsible for the conservation and management of fishery resources in federal waters ranging from 3 to 200 miles off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and east Florida. It manages species such as Dolphin, Wahoo, mackerels, snapper and grouper. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries encourages those interested in these federally managed species to attend one of the Lines of Communication meetings.

For more information, contact Christina Curtis at [email protected] or 843-302-8437.

01/09/2026

Several years ago a concerned group of bi partisan Captains and Recreational anglers started raising awareness about offshore wind farms that were proposed to be built off the NC coast. After lots of research and meetings our Captains Association had voted to oppose and fight Big Wind. Our reasoning and platform came to a lot of the same conclusions as the Trump Administration has today. Those sentiments are echoed in the below article. Thank you to all those who rose up to the occasion. This topic will never go away so we are prepared and ready for any future actions.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climate-lawsuits-6b10dc13839cef525731ec0b86bc998f?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share&fbclid=IwY2xjawPN_OxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFnVWlTdFVWZE5GaVRSZTVIc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvHpGOwl33LN-f_Qnk8V1CL0s2xTbQC8A2jjEfvKeKRAtaFr9xBG74Ay-FU-_aem_KosnHGT6QYYEf_N130s09Q

Offshore wind developers and states are suing the Trump administration over its order to suspend work on five large-scale projects under construction off the East Coast for at least 90 days.