It’s the curse of mark basnight !

Contacted legislators in randolph county. Neal Jackson supports what we are wanting.

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

Can I get your name and email to go with that? If you don't wanna post it here just email or text me. Stbbrewster@gmail.com 910-581-4415. Thank you!

Being that I live out of state, I signed the public comments. Really glad to see that WRC is helping. In Virginia, we’re fighting to reduce netting for menhaden in the Chesapeake.

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

Omega Protein is a CANADIAN company!! I've seen the videos of what they do, and it doesnt look sustainable, and its wildly wasteful. Saw one video of a river of big reds floating behind one of those ships. Nobody will have to worry about overharvest of all the big predators if you wipe out their primary food source.

@auggyboy284

Ай бұрын

@@FishingwithBrewski Exactly, a foreign company destroying an American resource. Basically, all of the bycatch isn’t counted because they leave those fish in the nets and release it. The law states a bycatch is a fish that is boated and later released. It’s broken and needs to be fixed

I contacted Tim Longest NC House District 34 and have a phone call scheduled to voice support for a recreational flounder season.

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

Thank you! If the people of NC actually get involved, we can sort out all these issues pretty quickly. Please get back with me and let me know the result. This weeks video is going to be a condensed argument/overview that will help strengthen your argument and also provide specific solutions to our current issues.

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

Make sure to reach out to your Senator as well as we will need their help also.

Nice reporting in the movie clip , Spazz

I am a lifelong angler here in coastal SE NC, The Southern Flounder has always been my favorite fish to hunt for. Back When I was younger, I didn't think much about conservation and as I got older I started to see that the population of these southern flounder were not as prevalent as they were in the early 80's. What really set me off was I knew it and as I found out the state of NC knew it as well but did nothing to correct it or try to save it. From the feedback I get on my channel it seems people have given up and just blame the politicians. I try to explain the science behind southern flounder migration and how it works, and I get the "I'm catching more flounder than I ever have" I am as well but I know why! Thanks so much for your videos and your dedication to this fishery, I have shared your videos with many people. Good thing is my rep lives about a mile from me and I went to school with him. I'll let you know when I contact him!

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

I'm trying to work the next video now. It will be the most condensed version I can manage of the big picture and should help a lot with presenting the argument to our officials. Thank you for help!

Count me in. Craven county.

“Trawling our estuaries is good for the environment.” T/F …. Enough said

Great video. Thanks for the good work. I emailed Representative Lofton and Senator Salvador in my districts.

@FishingwithBrewski

26 күн бұрын

Thank you! Let me know if they get back to you.

@davidbelk893

15 күн бұрын

@@FishingwithBrewski No response from either yet

Ì appreciate your channel. Thank you

We all know the Whiting are a better food fish anyway !! 🐟

I'm all in, but I need more direction. Who is the "us" we want them to meet with? What/who is the "Angler's Alliance" to which you refer? Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

"Us" is any citizen of NC who feels like the current management is failing us. The Anglers Rights Alliance is just a FB group. No particular organization at this point from any legal perspective or otherwise. It was originally intended to become a PAC, but there wasn't enough public buy-in from a $ perspective, so now it's just a place for individuals to share information that can help each individual know how to apply pressure or cast votes I a way that will help to bring change to our states fisheries management.

Contacted Congressman US House Greg Murphy-District 3, and NC House Rep Celeste Cairns District 13

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

If you have some time, please shoot me a text with your name so I have a point of contact to check back and see if you've gotten any response. (910) 581-4415. Thank you!

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

Thank you. The congressman doesn't have any decision-making power when it comes to fisheries in NC. You should have one rep from the house and one from the senate. Those are the ones we're trying to reach.

@MattC42678

Ай бұрын

@@FishingwithBrewski yeah, realized after I sent it.

I contacted Renee Price, district 23, and received a reply, but it was only an explanation of why the DMF closed the rec flounder season. She also said the rec flounder quota was going up to 40% in 2025 an 50% in 2026. I replied to her that had nothing to do with why we have a flounder problem. I mentioned the ravaging of the Pamlico sound nursery by large shrimp trawlers. The lack of enough DMF officers to patrol the beaches, boat ramps and on the water patrols. I said the DMF needs to be revamped. Keep Raleigh out of the mix and put marine biologists on the commission to do a scientific study of our fisheries. I will contact district senate rep, Greg Meyer.

@michaelkohan2149

Ай бұрын

.I meant wildlife officers, not DMF officers.

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

You must know quite a lot about this to recommend that solution. I agree that we must allow science to guide our decisions as opposed to feelings and politics. It's worth noting that 50/50 might sound fair until you realize that comm fishing accounts for .2% of the people who buy licenses that support the management of these fish. It's also worth noting that back in 2018 when we had a real season, the rec sector generated 250 million in sales and we only took 10% of the flounder. Comm took 90% of the flounder and generated 18 million in sales. The math makes absolutely no sense. Make sure to note that making these changes don't end all seafood in NC either. Currently 90% of the seafood consumed in NC is imported. This is the result of overfishing and wasteful practices for decades. These practices have only continued due to political contributions and very good professional lobbying.

Herring? Tell me how big was Oregon inlet then and come pair today. We have a water problem. Our water quality has done the same thing. We don't have the water exchange.

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

I've heard a lot of commercial folks tell me the same and I went down that road to try and see what we could do to fix it. I'm not just here to point the finger and complain like it may seem and if I could find areas where rec and comm could work together we could get any legislation passed in the blink of an eye. What I found was that the rivers are in wildly better shape than they were 50 years ago. I know that sounds crazy but call DEQ or WRC and ask them. Before we had an EPA the water was pretty extremely polluted. Nowadays the nitrate and nitrite levels from run off are managed well and stay within acceptable parameters. I truly wish what you are saying was the cause man. That would be so much easier than having to fight y'all.

how did you find the link to "public comments for WRC"? I cant find anything about this survey on the NCWRC site?

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

It's posted all over Facebook.

Also. How does mark Robinson stand with this

@ggw7948

Ай бұрын

He was supposed to meet with a group at ocean isle fishing center last weekend. I do not know how that went.

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

I've been threatened by some commercial guys about what's going to happen if he gets elected. A Dare County commissioner made similar comments at a fisheries meeting as well. Basically, they're saying he's going to pull the pro-conservation votes off the MFC and take care of the commercial guys. I have no idea if this is accurate or not but based off what they've said, I get the feeling he's been making some promises.

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

@@ggw7948 please let us know if you hear anything on that.

@ggw7948

27 күн бұрын

@@FishingwithBrewski so far what ive heard is not good for rec guys from mark robinson. Seems as if he is more inclined to stand with the big business seafood guys. Wanted to vote for him but will not now.

I have contacted Senator Kandi Smith, Representative Chris Humphries and Representative Timothy Reeder but have received no acknowledgement that I was heard.

@FishingwithBrewski

8 күн бұрын

I find that calling their phones is more effective than emails. Tim Reeder is definitely aware of the situation.

Contacted my Brunswick County Legislators....no response as of yet

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

How do I get the list of candidates that will be on the ballot that is on the recreational side

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

I need you to help out with compiling that list! Contact your reps, post here or on FB your name and e-mail or phone number and the rep you contacted. We will check back in each week with updates on specific districts and candidates who are willing to support or sponsor bills to get the changes that we need.

@Jake-ky9ed

Ай бұрын

Take it as the incumbents are liars? They had their chance and no one in the legislature republican or democrat has helped - this is not a party thing. Take a hard look at who is running against the incumbent, if they seem decent vote or them? Give them a chance, what is there is certainly not going to help you. If you call them and ask them are you for recreational fishing? Do you believe it’s a public trust resource? Of course they’re gonna lie to appease you. Cooper did this to the recs with this big pamphlet how he was gonna reform fisheries management and manage the waters as what they are, a public trust resource??? Yeah he lied through his teeth -

Contacted my elcted employees and got no response.......All incumbents out in November.....

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

Don't go burning any bridges just yet. It's much easier to appeal to the reps that are already appointed than to replace them all with friendly votes. We're likely to make new enemies if we try to do so actually. If you would list your house and senate reps, their names, and what district they come from, we can try and organize more people to contact them until we get a response.

The supposed purpose of this legislation is based on "math that doesn't math". Data and statistics are only valuable when they tell a true story. Commercial by-catch has no relation to and therefore should not be considered for recreational limits nor seasonal restrictions. The flounder do not observe state lines; while neighboring states have reasonable seasons and limits for both commercial and recreational fishermen.

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

I felt exactly the same way years ago before I really dug into all this. You might be surprised by this, but a very high percentage of the flounder tagged in NC, are recaptured in NC. The mixing comes after spawn. Most of the large flounder barely even move more than a few hundred yards through the year except to move for the spawn.

@imlaggingbad7451

Ай бұрын

Not sure how by-catch has no effect. I've been a SMALL shrimp boat in NC. I couldn't believe the number of baby flounder killed that night. After that, I will never be convinced that commercial netting is not the most destructive thing there is.

@claymcarthur8586

15 күн бұрын

Tongue fish are not baby flounder you obviously don't know what your talking about.

@claymcarthur8586

15 күн бұрын

You do know there is more than one species of flounder right. They migrate. For you people who don't understand there are multiplie species of flounder for us in NC in summer time there are flounders with alot of spots and fall/winter they don't have spots. That is as basic as I can get.

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The issue is very simple. NC accounts for 98.5% of the Flounder harvested for sale. SC GA and FL account for 2.5%. Until this number changes. Catch regulations and seasonal no flounder harvests allowed do exactly nothing to replenish the stock. Flounder is no longer a NC natural resource. It is a commodity that is too valuable for NC Recreational Fishermen rods and reel guys to keep. They must be sold for profit of a few.

@FishingwithBrewski

15 күн бұрын

The craziest thing is that the rec fishery is worth far, far more than the comm fishery. The only difference is that profits from the rec fishery aren't finding their way into political coffers.

I have contacted Steve Jarvis NC Senate District 30 and Julia Howard NC House District 77. I am awaiting a return phone call. I’m also on the CCA lawsuit.

@FishingwithBrewski

8 күн бұрын

Thank you!

It is commercial vs rec any law imposed on business over Rec will cause the commercial fisherman to not be able to fish I am not a commercial fisherman but I do sympathize with a dying ability to live with what they are allowed to catch and they have been fishing for generations to support families so stop saying it’s not a vs situation it boils down to just that

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

There are a lot of commercial fishermen who think the trawls should be gone. The real argument is conservation and restoration vs. short-term greed. This is not a unique rec or commercial idea. The first time I ever spoke at an MFC meeting was in 2015. The gentleman who spoke before me said the same thing I did, and he was full-time commercial. We both saw this coming back then and back then, the MFC made empathetic decisions to try and not hurt anyone and here we are.

@secretjourney4815

Ай бұрын

I would agree with that statement, but, commercial guys to the north and south of us do just fine. So I won’t worry

"The Anglers Rights Alliance".... associated with CCA?

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

No but I do recommend that people support the CCA lawsuit. The lawsuit won't put CCA in charge in any way but it will require our legislators to get involved and come up with some new ways for us to run fisheries. It's clear to anybody involved that what we're doing right now isn't working out for anybody. All the lawsuit says is that the mismanagement of our fish stocks has resulted in the people of NC losing their right to harvest the public resource. Don't think anybody can argue the truth in that.

Such corruption

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

I can't blame business owners for trying to protect what they've built, but when they decide to steal what little scraps they've left behind from the people of NC, I absolutely cannot sit idly by and watch it happen.

Basically, you are forced buy your flat fish now or don't eat them. No more supplying food for your family. I grew up in NC 20 years. I now live in Hawaii fishing is a right here and a part of hawaiian culture. No beach can be private or off limits to fishing. You can probably claim religious and cultural rights to fish them and get an exemption. Same as other cultures can hunt sea turtle, seals, ect.

@FishingwithBrewski

26 күн бұрын

Yep. Businesses own the "public" resources here in NC. The eights to hunt the turtles, etc are only reserved for indigenous peoples. Those are exceptions made as a way of saying "we're sorry for taking all of your land."

@timlaws7034

26 күн бұрын

@FishingwithBrewski except culture is not a race it is a way of life. Anyone can claim it is your cultural and religious practices. You don't need to be indigenous. It's a mindset, not ethnicity.

Fish for flounder all year ,Catch Me if you can...That's what the Flounder would Say...That's the Facts Jack....

@FishingwithBrewski

15 күн бұрын

You can take that stance and many people will, but if you don't speak up and stop whats happening, the actual stock issues will get worse when they could be getting better. Eventually, they won't be there to catch if we all take your approach

Imagine what fishing would be like if we stopped wiping out the bottom of the food web. Everyone, recs and comms, would do better.

"Baby flounder special" - Cringeworthy. I wonder If they dredge those up from our sounds?

Don't waste your money hunting and fishing in NC

IDont wear a seat belt ,And they say it the law what a Joke...

@FishingwithBrewski

15 күн бұрын

Huh?

You started your video with an entire minute of straight lies, not even gonna be watching the rest. They didn’t side with commercial fishermen, they never do, they aren’t getting rich off of commercial fishing. Ncwrc is taking this side because they ARE corrupt, I know the ncwrc commissioners, they’re all rich recreational fishermen who are pissed there isn’t a flounder season 🤣

@swamptosoundadventures8337

Ай бұрын

The citizens right to eat fresh fish in their restaurants is just as important as some weekend warriors right to catch one flounder for his dinner table

@FishingwithBrewski

Ай бұрын

We live in the most commercial friendly state in the country. You know those big trawls hurt your future just as much as they do mine. The fish house owners have controlled this system to keep them inside to the detriment of everyone. When it comes down to it, we have more people wanting to catch/keep fish than there are fish to keep. Surely, you can see just how much preferential treatment the comm side gets when there are 1.3 million licensed anglers in the state, and less than 1% of them are comm, but yall get 70% of the allocation. The evidence is everywhere. Let me give you another example here. If I find an illegal set up the back of one of our New river creeks and grab the net to see what's in it, I've just committed a felony. But the dude who set the net illegally faces a 35$ fine. Look at the states around us. VA is pretty comm friendly, and their trout limit is 30lb/day. Our comm limit on them is set so high that you'll rarely even get your limit. What's worse is that your job isn't the only one impacted. Speckled trout revenue alone on the rec side is worth more than the entire comm fishery combined. There are a lot of people who have jobs that depend on that revenue. Don't get this twisted man, you can have my fish but that has to come with the agreement that we all back off enough for the stocks to rebuild and that's just not the direction we've been headed.

@swamptosoundadventures8337

Ай бұрын

@@FishingwithBrewski they don’t side with the commercial, name one instance….you can’t, why do you think we have 10% of the drum and 10% of speckled trout? Complaining that we get seventy percent when y’all have “more anglers” is a pretty low iq thing to do, we’re feeding the state/country….not our own mouth and no one else.

@swamptosoundadventures8337

Ай бұрын

@@FishingwithBrewski they don’t side with the commercial, name one instance….you can’t, why do you think we have 10% of the drum and 10% of speckled trout? Complaining that we get seventy percent when y’all have “more anglers” is a pretty low iq thing to do, we’re feeding the state/country….not our own mouth and no one else.

@claymcarthur8586

15 күн бұрын

First off when I was a kid early 90's there was alot of commercial fishing pressure but now not even a fraction of the pressure. If you want to know what's going on get off that freaking chair and out behind that microphone and fish with a commercial fisherman.

I phone Celeste Cairns office and they seem open minded to our problem. I think I have your home number but not your mobile number so when I tried to text you, it failed. It also appears I have an incorrect email address for you. Please give me the correct contact information. Thank you for all your work on this subject.

@FishingwithBrewski

Күн бұрын

910-581-4415 is my cell. stbbrewster@gmail.com