Learn about current issues in coastal management with the information contained in these links.

The Coastal Resources Commission has incorporated updated long-term average annual erosion rates into its oceanfront development rules.

A rule change requires new oceanfront tennis courts and concrete-floored storage sheds to meet setback requirements.

The CRC has guidelines for the installation of sand fences along the oceanfront.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is developing plans that would help protect and restore resources critical to North Carolina's commercial and recreational fisheries.

Coastal Management has undertaken several measures to educate local leaders and the public about the effects of runoff pollution.

A new rule change could help some property owners who want to build houses on storm-affected beaches that are scheduled for nourishment.

The waters off North Carolina's coast are covered by a federal moratorium on East Coast offshore drilling until 2012.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Currituck County landowners who sought to exclude the public from the beach in front of their homes. The plaintiffs have appealed.

To protect coastal water quality, the state requires a 30-foot buffer for new development along coastal shorelines.

The CRC has worked to improve the CAMA land-use planning guidelines.

The rule exempts single-family houses in the High-Hazard Flood Area of Environmental Concern from CAMA permit requirements. This AEC covers coastal areas adjacent to the ocean that are subject to storm flooding.

A team worked to identify potential adverse environmental impacts of salvaging submerged cut logs from the state's waterways, and to develop policy recommendations that would minimize adverse effects to aquatic ecosystems.