FF-54-2002
PROCLAMATION
RE: SPINY DOGFISH SHARK
Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine
Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, November
28, 2002, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial spiny
dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) fishery:
No person or fishing operation may land or possess aboard a vessel spiny dogfish taken with commercial fishing
equipment or for commercial purposes from the Atlantic Ocean.
GENERAL
INFORMATION
A) This proclamation
is issued under the authority of G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182;
113-221(e); 143B-289.52; and N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 3H .0103 and
3M .0505.
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) This
action is being taken because the spiny dogfish commercial quota for harvest
period II has been reached. This quota is established by the National
Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) for federal waters. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Fishery
Management Plan requires that state waters close when the federal quota is
harvested.
D) This proclamation
supersedes Proclamation FF-48-2002, dated October 29, 2002. Proclamation FF-30-2002,
dated May 16, 2002, remains in effect.
This proclamation establishes commercial and recreational restrictions
for all sharks in state waters and allows the removal of the head and tail of
Atlantic sharpnose and smooth and spiny dogfish, but requires that the fins
remain intact with the carcass to the point of landing.
November 25, 2002
11:45 A.M.
FF-54-2002
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