About NCFA
The North Carolina Fisheries Association, Inc. (NCFA) is a non-profit trade association created by
commercial fishermen in 1952, to facilitate the promotion of North Carolina families, heritage and
seafood through accessible data about the ever-changing commercial fishing industry. NCFA activities
are carried out by staff professionals and volunteers but are orchestrated and monitored by a board of
directors representing all of the State’s coastal regions and every facet of the industry including gear
type. In an effort to celebrate and preserve commercial fishing families, heritage, and seafood, NCFA
actively lobbies Local, State, and Federal legislators while engaging in a wide scope of public awareness
projects.
NCFA is committed to presenting an accurate portrait of the industry and the hardworking people
comprising it, however controversial; and it stands behind the certainty that the commercial fishing
industry begins and ends with families – from seafood-harvesting families to seafood-consuming
families.
2009-2011 NCFA Board of Directors
Officers
Chairman: Billy Carl Tillett
Vice Chairman: Sherrill Styron
President: Sean McKeon
Treasurer: Mark Vrablic
Area Directors
Area One: Ricky Nixon - Edenton
Area Two: Joey Daniels - Wanchese
Area Three: Tillman Gray – Avon and Jeffrey Aiken – Cape Hatteras
Area Four: Tim Hodges - Belhaven
Area Five: Jeff Styron - Oriental
Area Six: Janice Smith, Beaufort
Area Seven: Joe Blackburn - Carolina Beach
Commodity Directors
Shellfish Harvester: Sandra Gaskill - Harkers Island
Shrimp Harvester: R. Leland Tetterton - Hobucken
Shrimp Processor: Sherrill Styron - Oriental
Crab Harvester: Wesley Potter - New Bern
Crab Processor: Benny O’Neal - Wanchese
Finfish Harvester: Craig Tillet - Wanchese
Finfish Processor: Billy Carl Tillett - Wanchese
Menhaden Harvester: Jim Fletcher - Wanchese
Menhaden Processor: Ryan Tillett - Wanchese
At-Large Directors
Mark Vrablic - Wanchese
Leslie Daniels - Beaufort
Dewey Hemilright - Wanchese
Janice Smith - Atlantic
Other Directors
Charter Boats: Britton Shackelford - Manteo
Shirley Ireland: Pamlico Auxiliary Chapter President
John Salter: Carteret County Fisherman’s Association
Terry Pratt: Albemarle Fishermen’s Association President
Governor’s Appointee: Dr. Louis Daniel
Board Emeritus
Tom Caroon – Oriental
Danny Hooks – Carolina Beach
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