PROCLAMATION
RE:
SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING
Preston P.
Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the
following areas will close to
shrimping and crab trawling effective
one hour before sunset Sunday, June 2, 2002:
NEW HANOVER/BRUNSWICK COUNTY
Carolina Beach Boat Basin - from
Intracoastal Waterway Marker #161 to the Municipal Docks. (No Map)
Cape Fear River - north of a
line beginning at a point on the east shore of the Cape Fear River at the Fort
Fisher Slip 33E 57' 43"
N - 77E 56' 24"
W; then running 300E M to a point
on the north end of Horseshoe Shoal spoil island 33E 58' 04" N - 77E 57' 20" W; then running along the
eastern edge of the spoil island to a point on the south end of Horseshoe Shoal
spoil island 33E 57' 07"
N - 77E 58' 03"
W; then running 228E M to the
middle of the Pfizer Chemical Company Pier, 33E
56' 03" N - 77E 59' 10"
W. (See Map)
Intracoastal Waterway - main
channel only, from Marker #1 at Southport to the South Carolina State
line. (No Map)
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; 3L .0101 and .0202.
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) Hatched areas on the attached map indicate areas closed to shrimping and crab trawling.
May 30, 2002
12:00 P.M.
SH-3-2002
/sab