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I l,ri,,liil,illlllllliMi'l|ii'"|i'iii|i|>|Ii>i||i.|ii.|l|i|i SHEPHERD PRUDEN LIBRARY 106 W WATER ST EDENTON NC 27932-1854 482-4418 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 50* Is there river herring in our future? BY REGGIE PONDER Editor A local business rooted in the area’s river herring fishing tradition has collected some 5,000 signatures on apetition backing the continuation of fishing - on a limited scale - for river herring in the state’s coastal rivers. Fishery regulators, meanwhile, indicate that it will take a decade or more by the most opti mistic estimates before the river herring might rebound enough to warrant fishing. All sides in this discussion understand that the once bountiful river herring has fallen on hard times - very hard times. But Chris McCaffity, a commercial fish ing activist from Carteret County, met with Ricky Nixon of Murray L Nixon Fishery in Rocky Hock last year and asked Nixon to join McCaffity’s petition drive on behalf of contin- ' ued limited landings of river herring. Nixon said he was glad to participate. McCaffity said he las gathered about 10,000 signatures, including those collected through the Nixon Fishery. The petition opposes planned state action - based on fisheries management plans devel oped through the New Jersey-based Mid-Atlan tic Marine Fisheries Management Council - to step river herring fishing in the state’s rivers altogether. The state has been under a moratorium on river herring fishing, with only strictly limited landings allowed during a very short season, since 2007. Preposed new rules would end even that limited fishing. Nixon said the Chowan River is the historic center of river herring fishing in the state, and customers of his business regularly ask about the fish. , “The local people here are the ones that are missing it,” Nixon said. “This is the area for the herrings. This is a heritage for Chowan County.” The petition reads: “I support allowing the N.C. River Herring fishery to continue as we work to rebuild stocks. Please do not let this be the last year your constituents get to ervjoy an ancient spring tradition that dates back 10,000 years. Thank you for listening to these show their public support for our freedom to See HERRING, 2A Hospital holds grand opening BY REGGIE PONDER Editor Vidant Chowan Hospital last week held a grant open ing for its new, larger behav ioral health center. The Be havioral Health area at the hospital has grown from 600 square feet on the sec ond floor of the hospital to 4,000 square feet in the Administration Building. Jeffery Dial, the hospital’s vice president of operations, said during a brief ceremo ny last Thursday that the behavioral health program ensures adults and senior citizens will have access to services without lengthy travel being necessary. “We have the great plea sure - our team - of making sure that these services are ( See OPENING, 2A 02009 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved .wl ALT0VILLA mOnrn»bhi UsAsWcCMnxt* ST. PAUL S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 5:30 PM CHILDREN’S SERVICE . : To-rWiW % % ,10:30 PM SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MUSIC ST. PAW.-S, CHURCH SX^ ~T,n Rev. Jarnes G. Reed, Interim Rector CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES The Rev. Dr. Rob MacSwain 1 lOiOO AM T X Jr PHOTOCOURTESYENDOLYMPH.BLOGSPOT.COM/ Researchers gather river herring in the Chowan River as part of a scientific study. 'V PHOTO COURTESY NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ' < ' - ■ These photos show adult Alewffe and , Blueback Herring with thelr-sdentifle names. - \ Candle Light Tour Shines STAFF PHOTO BV REGGIE PONDER A large Christmas tree greets guests at Pembroke Hall as they arrive during last weekend’s Candlelight Tour. River Herring ; Commercial Landings * COURTESY ' MID-ATLANTIC -* FISHERIES S MANAGEMENT " COUNCIL « This graph > shows * the steep « decline In commercial landings of > river herring' in East Coast states from I a peak In the late 1950s r> ■■ - ■»- .to a low in 1990 1965 I960 196S 1970 1975 I960 1965 1990 1996 3000 2006 2005. Year Bond connects with neighborhood BY REGGIE PONDER Editor Town Councilman Elton Bond told residents at a meet ing of the North Edenton Community Watch last weelt that he wants them to keep him informed about the neighborhood’s concerns. “Tm just here listening, and I’m being informed of a lot of things that are going on,” Bond said during the meeting, held Thursday night at the Edenton-Chowan Campus of College of The Albemarle. Bond told the group he wants people to call him with their concerns. “Bring your complaints to me and I’ll do everything I can to make sure that your voice is heard,” Bond Said. Bond said it’s good that the neighborhood is concerned. The town wants every neighborhood to be safe and clean, See COUNCILMAN, 3A Council backs car charging station i BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer * The town council voted 5-1 last week to approve the in stallation of an electric car charging station in Edenton. v Councilman Elton Bond Jr. cast the lone “no” vote at the council’s Dec. 8 monthly meeting. ♦ Bond had stated at previous meetings that people in town he was hearing from did not favor the idea He said they had trouble understanding why the town would agree to give away electric power as part of a pilot program lit which it was selected to participate while citizens strug gled to pay their utility bills. In response to a question from Councilman Bob Quinn, Town Manager Anne-Marie Knighton said the double ped estal GE Durastation designed to accommodate two v®* _ - 1 See STATION, 3A
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