How did North Carolina's commerical fishing industry fare in Hurricane Florence?
Story Date: 10/11/2018

 

Source: Will Michaels, WUNC, 10/9/18


While cleanup crews are getting a good idea of how much the damage Hurricane Florence will cost, it's not yet clear what the storm might have done to North Carolina's fishing industry.  Farmers on land lost more than $1 billion worth of crops in the floodwaters from the hurricane. Jerry Schill of the North Carolina Fisheries Association says, in a way, commercial fishermen lost crops of their own.

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