Record #:

4626

Author(s):

Arrington, Joel

Abstract:

The red drum is North Carolina's state fish. Once a highly prized game fish, overfishing and pollution have reduced its numbers. To restore them, the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries set strict new regulations, including reducing the daily catch from five to one. Arrington compares the red drum's situation now to the way it used to be earlier in the 20th-century.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 8, Aug 1999, p8-11, il

Subject(s):

Channel bass--Outer Banks; Channel bass fisheries--Outer Banks; Channel bass fishing--Outer Banks