There weren't trucks, trade routes or facilities for in-state seafood distribution – so they made their own. Ryan Speckman explains how his business, Locals Seafood in Raleigh, NC, is working around imported seafood, non-existent trade routes and other issues that keep North Carolinians from consuming true NC catch.

Produced by: Maggie Burns

Broadcast from the Shoresides studio, Hooked explores how commercial fishing, recreational fishing, marine labs and climate change are intersecting in coastal North Carolina.

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Barry Nash, marketing and development expert for North Carolina seafood with NC Sea Grant, sat down with us to explain why seafood in North Carolina doesn't always reach the plates of people who live in our state.

Produced by: Maggie Burns

Broadcast from the Shoresides studio, Hooked explores how commercial fishing, recreational fishing, marine labs and climate change are intersecting in coastal North Carolina.

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Theresa Cantu, a scientist at North Carolina State University, explains the findings of a study on the PFA chemical levels in striped bass in the Cape Fear.

Produced by: Maggie Burns

Broadcast from the Shoresides studio, Hooked explores how commercial fishing, recreational fishing, marine labs and climate change are intersecting in coastal North Carolina.

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A local seafood market in Wrightsville Beach, NC had to rework their business model in the wake of Covid-19. Lambert Long, whose family owns and operates Motts Channel Seafood, tells of both the trials and triumphs the market faced.

Produced by: Maggie Burns

Broadcast from the Shoresides studio, Hooked explores how commercial fishing, recreational fishing, marine labs and climate change are intersecting in coastal North Carolina.

Support the show (https://shoresides.org/support/)