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Maureen Donald

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Maureen Donald is a freelance correspondent for National Fisherman.

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NC crabbers get an early start as hurricane recovery continues

A fisherman uses a gillnet in shallow waters. North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries photo.

NC fisheries commission forces a gillnet ban

71-year-old Peter Darna

Who we are: Peter Darna

N.C. blue crab stocks flourish, but Hurricane Florence wiped out infrastructure

Floodwaters from Hurricane Florence advance on homes in Frisco, N.C. Daniel Pullen photo.

Following Florence: Carolina fishing families assess damages, prepare for fall fishing

Cold snap slows blue crab hauls in North Carolina

define North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries photo. — A trawler in North Carolina. N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries photo.

NC Marine Fisheries Commission faces lawsuit for evading public meeting laws

Steve Murphey, director of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries.

Murphey takes the lead at NC fisheries

define North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries photo. — A trawler in North Carolina. N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries photo.

North Carolina sets rules for defining ‘commercial fisherman’

N.C. crabbers say catches have been mediocre at best