Social and Economic Data
The Division has been collecting social and economic data on North Carolina’s fisheries since 1999. Commercial fishermen are surveyed every year in a different area of the coast, with the goal of revisiting each area every five years. Reports from these surveys are available below. The implementation of the Coastal Recreational Fishing License now allows similar surveys to be conducted with recreational fishermen. Information from these surveys is included in the socioeconomics section of every Fishery Management Plan, as required by the Fisheries Reform Act.
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- A Social And Economic Analysis Of Commercial Fisheries In North Carolina: Shellfish Growers (Stemle and Condon 2018)
- A Social And Economic Analysis Of Commercial Fisheries In North Carolina: Atlantic Ocean (Stemle and Wiegand 2017)
- A Social And Economic Analysis Of Commercial Fisheries In North Carolina: Core Sound To The South Carolina State Line (Stemle and Wiegand 2017)
- Survey of Commercial Fishing License Holders for Personal Consumption of Seafood Caught With Commercial Gear (Hadley 2015)
- An Economic and Social Analysis of Commercial Fisheries in North Carolina: Albemarle Sound and Pamlico Sound (Hadley and Wiegand 2014)
- A Business and Economic Profile of Seafood Dealers in North Carolina (Hadley and Crosson 2010)
- A Social and Economic Analysis of Commercial Fisheries in North Carolina: Beaufort Inlet to the South Carolina State Line (Crosson 2010)
- A Social and Economic Analysis of Commercial Fisheries in North Carolina: Atlantic Ocean (Crosson 2009)
- An Economic Profile Analysis of the Commercial Fishing Industry in North Carolina Including Profiles for Interjurisdictionally-Managed Species (McInerny and Bianchi 2009)
- Trends in North Carolina Seafood Prices (Crosson 2008)
- A Social and Economic Analysis of Commercial Fisheries in North Carolina: Core Sound (Crosson 2007b)
- A Social and Economic Analysis of Commercial Fisheries in North Carolina: Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds (Crosson 2007a)
- Lasting Impacts of Hurricanes on North Carolina’s Commercial Fishermen – Follow-Up Survey (Cheuvront 2005)
- An Economic Profile Analysis of the Commercial Fishing Industry of North Carolina Including Profiles for State-Managed Species (Burgess and Bianchi 2004)
- A Social and Economic Analysis of Snapper Grouper Complex Fisheries in North Carolina South of Cape Hatteras (Cheuvront 2004)
- An Economic Profile Analysis of the Commercial Fishing Industry of North Carolina Including Profiles for State-Managed Species (Burgess and Bianchi 2004)
- A Social and Economic Analysis of Commercial Fisheries in North Carolina: Beaufort Inlet to the South Carolina State Line (Cheuvront 2003)
- An Economic Profile Analysis of the Commercial Fishing Industry of North Carolina Including Profiles for the Coastal Fishing Counties (Bianchi 2003)
- A Social and Economic Analysis of Commercial Fisheries of Core Sound, North Carolina (Cheuvront 2002)
- An Economic Analysis of Commercial Fisheries in the Pamlico Sound Area, North Carolina (Diaby 2001)
- An Economic Analysis of Commercial Fisheries in the Albemarle Sound Management Area, North Carolina (Diaby 2000)
- Socioeconomic Survey of Recreational Saltwater Anglers in North Carolina 2016 (Stemle and Condon 2016)
- An Economic Analysis of Recreational and Commercial Fisheries Occurring in the Middle and Lower Cape Fear River, North Carolina (Hadley 2015)
- A Social and Economic Profile of Ocean Fishing Piers in North Carolina (Hadley 2012)
- Social and Economic Survey of Recreational Saltwater Anglers in North Carolina (Crosson 2010)
In 2007 and 2008, the Marine Fisheries Commission requested a variety of analyses on Limited Access Privilege Programs (LAPPs) and individual transferable quotas (ITQs) for state fisheries. The presentations to the MFC from those investigations are provided below.
- LAPP Options for Striped Bass (Pine Knoll Shores, September 2008)
- LAPP Projections for King Mackerel, Striped Bass, and Southern Flounder (Carolina Beach, January 2008)
- Limited Access Privilege Programs (LAPPs): A Survey of North Carolina Commercial Fishermen (Ocracoke, November 2007)
- Limited Access Privilege Programs (LAPPs) (Raleigh, June 2007)