RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 20 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release:

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Jonathan Howell to lead Division of Marine Fisheries

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RALEIGH - Jonathan Howell will be the new director of the NC Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF). Howell, currently the Deputy Director of the Division of Coastal Management (DCM), will take the helm at DMF Oct. 26.