PROCLAMATION
RE: Shellfish Management Area
Preston P. Pate, Jr.,
Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the following
Shellfish Management Areas will open
to the taking of clams by hand or hand tongs effective at sunrise, Monday, October 15, 2001:
ONSLOW COUNTY
ALL
SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREAS IN NEW RIVER
with the following exceptions:
The experimental sites
located in West Stones Bay and Courthouse Bay shall remained closed to the taking of clams and oysters. See hatched areas on attached map.
GENERAL INFORMATION
a) This
proclamation is issued under the authority of G.S. 113-182; 113-221(e);
143B-289.52 and implementing N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 3H .0103 and
3K .0103.
b) It is
unlawful to violate the provisions of any proclamation issued by the Fisheries
Director under his delegated authority per 15A NCAC 3H .0103.
c) The
Fisheries Director, may by proclamation, designate Shellfish Management Areas
in accordance with N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3K .0103 effective March
1, 1994. The Fisheries Director may
close Shellfish Management Areas to the taking of oysters or clams in
accordance with N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3K .0103(c).
d) These
areas will close to the taking of clams upon the closing of oyster season in
2002.
October 9, 2001
3:00 P.M.
SF-8-2001/2002
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