Lo & Behold Bit & Grain

Twenty-years have passed since the Fisheries Reform Act became law, and much has changed. Today our coast faces serious environmental challenges, and in the final episode of the season, the citizens who helped craft the FRA reflect on the successes and shortcomings of the law and the current state of North Carolina's marine resources.

Thank you for listening to this special series of Lo & Behold: The Fisheries Reform Act, a podcast by Bit & Grain. This series was made possible by the NC Sea Grant Community Collaborative Research Grant Program. Collaborators included Jimmy Johnson of the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, oral historian and archivist Mary Williford, Barbara J. Garrity-Blake of Duke University Marine Lab, Karen Amspacher of Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center, Sandra Davidson, Baxter Miller, and Ryan Stancil of Bit & Grain, and journalist Susan West.

Featuring Discovery Harbor and Downhill Racer by Blue Dot Sessions

The story is told using excerpts from oral history interviews. The interviews, transcripts, and a discussion guide suitable for use in classrooms and public forums are available at https://www.raisingthestory.com/nc-fisheries-reform-act-an-oral-history-perspective/

Passions and tensions were high as a citizen-group of commercial fishermen, sport fishermen and environmentalist traveled around the state seeking public opinion on fishery policy. After 10+ town halls, the group -- often at odds -- drafted recommendations ultimately used by legislators in the Fisheries Reform Act of 1997. In this episode, we learn just how personal the political was to the citizens who helped craft the FRA.

Thank you for listening to this special series of Lo & Behold: The Fisheries Reform Act, a podcast by Bit & Grain. This series was made possible by the NC Sea Grant Community Collaborative Research Grant Program. Collaborators included Jimmy Johnson of the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, oral historian and archivist Mary Williford, Barbara J. Garrity-Blake of Duke University Marine Lab, Karen Amspacher of Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center, Sandra Davidson, Baxter Miller, and Ryan Stancil of Bit & Grain, and journalist Susan West.

Featuring Discovery Harbor, Stilt, The Summit and Downhill Racer by Blue Dot Sessions

The story is told using excerpts from oral history interviews. The interviews, transcripts, and a discussion guide suitable for use in classrooms and public forums are available at https://www.raisingthestory.com/nc-fisheries-reform-act-an-oral-history-perspective/

This special 3-episode Lo & Behold season chronicles the story of the 1997 Fisheries Reform Act (FRA), a bill that dramatically changed the way North Carolina's coast was fished and regulated. Three years prior to the law, the state’s legislature forced a moratorium on the sale of commercial fishing licenses and creation of new fishery policy. Back then rapid development, overfishing and pollution gravely threatened North Carolina’s coastal habitats and communities. In this episode, we hear just how bad things were.

Thank you for listening to this special series of Lo & Behold: The Fisheries Reform Act, a podcast by Bit & Grain. This series was made possible by the NC Sea Grant Community Collaborative Research Grant Program. Collaborators included Jimmy Johnson of the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, oral historian and archivist Mary Williford, Barbara J. Garrity-Blake of Duke University Marine Lab, Karen Amspacher of Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center, Sandra Davidson, Baxter Miller, and Ryan Stancil of Bit & Grain, and journalist Susan West.

Featuring Discovery Harbor and SuzyB by Blue Dot Sessions

The story is told using excerpts from oral history interviews conducted last year. The interviews, transcripts, and a discussion guide suitable for use in classrooms and public forums are available https://www.raisingthestory.com/nc-fisheries-reform-act-an-oral-history-perspective/

In this episode, Bit & Grain hears from the man who made the Outer Banks of North Carolina a sport fishing capital of the world with his boat, the Albatross.

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Welcome to our first episode of Lo and Behold our inaugural podcast! A home for the voices of NC. With Father’s Day right around the corner, this week we’re taking a look at Dads. You’ll hear from a single-parent father who’s made it his life’s mission to work with others in his position. You’ll hear a family reflect on the importance of their dad, and at the end, you’ll hear from our audience who we asked to submit stories about their dads.