Community-supported program helps NC fishermen post-Florence
Story Date: 12/18/2018

 

Source: WRAL, 12/17/18

 
The state's seafood industry was among those hardest hit by Hurricane Florence last September. The "Walking Fish" cooperative program, an idea born at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment almost 10 years ago, is one way fishermen like Paul Russell of Beaufort are recovering. For 10 weeks in the spring and 12 weeks in the fall, Russell drives his refrigerated truck full of fresh seafood from his home in Beaufort to stops leading as far as Duke's campus. This fall, sales season was cut by two weeks due to Florence.

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