{"id":1388,"date":"2014-04-28T11:51:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T15:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=1388"},"modified":"2024-08-29T09:29:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T13:29:25","slug":"the-pamlico-sound-fishing-gem-of-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/the-pamlico-sound-fishing-gem-of-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pamlico Sound: Fishing Gem of North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Habitat \u2014 it’s a word you’ll see often in the North Carolina Coastal Habitat Protection Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does the blue crab have to do with the six major habitats defined by the plan? All are needed during its complex life cycle. Take away a habitat and the state’s number one fishery might be jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, many fish use multiple habitats over the course of a lifetime. Different habitats provide refuge, spawning, foraging and nursery areas for many sea animals during their life cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s why the North Carolina Coastal Habitat Protection Plan, or CHPP, defined the characteristics of these six habitats:<\/p>\n\n\n\n