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. 

2006-2007 NCFA Board of Directors

Officers
Chairman – Billy Carl Tillett
Vice Chairman – Sherrill Styron
President/Corporate Secretary – Sean McKeon
Treasurer – Janice Smith

Area Directors
Area One: Vacant
Area Two: Joey Daniels, Wanchese
Area Three: Tilman Gray, Avon
Area Four: Armistead Perry, Washington
Area Five: Hubert Potter, Hobucken
Area Six: Janice Smith, Atlantic
Area Seven: Danny Hooks, Carolina Beach

Commodity Directors
Shellfish Harvester: Sandra Gaskill, Harkers Island
Shellfish Processor: Doug Cross, Vandemere
Shrimp Harvester: R. Leland Tetterton, Hobucken
Shrimp Processor: Sherrill Styron, Oriental
Crab Harvester: Wesley Potter, New Bern
Crab Processor: Tim Hodges, Belhaven
Finfish Harvester: Carroll Hill, Davis
Finfish Processor: Billy Carl Tillett, Wanchese
Menhaden Harvester: Bobby Martin, Davis
Menhaden Processor: Jule Wheatly, Beaufort

At-Large Directors
Tom Caroon, Oriental
Dewey Hemilright, Wanchese
One At-Large Seat Vacant

Other Directors
Charter Boats: Britton Shackelford, Manteo
Shirley Ireland, Pamlico Auxiliary Chapter President
Dorothy Dunn, Hatteras/Ocracoke Auxiliary Chapter President
John Salter, Carteret County Fisherman’s Association
Terry Pratt, Albemarle Fishermen’s Association President
 

NCFA Staff

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