Article: Fighting' cultural catastrophe': Tilman Gray, Avon, N.C.(North Carolina)

Tilman Gray, 48, is a Hatterasman, and that sets him apart on introduction.

Avon, N.C., where Gray founded Avon Seafood 18 years ago, where he and his wife, Bonnie, have raised their four children, and where he docks his boat, Miss Jessica G, is near the south end of this long ribbon of sand that keeps the Atlantic Ocean out of the Pamlico Sound. From the mainland, it is not easy to approach by car or truck. Whether from the north on the roads and bridges across the Croatan and Roanoke sounds or from the south by car ferry across the wide Pamlico, the trip takes about three hours.

Outer Banks fishermen have long been on their own, and they like it that ...

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