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North Carolina Fisheries Collapse Ruled Unlawful | Durham News
A North Carolina judge just slammed the state for failing to protect its fisheries, ruling that decades of overfishing and harmful practices like shrimp trawling have nearly wiped out local fish populations — violating the public’s constitutional rights. Experts say these waters were once teeming with life, but now they’re barren due to years of mismanagement by the Division of Marine Fisheries. The court highlighted glaring data gaps and called the state’s management some of the worst in the U.S. Now, the state and plaintiffs have 45 days to propose solutions to restore these vital coastal…
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