PROCLAMATION
RE:
2003 SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING
Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division
of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the following area WILL
OPEN to shrimping and crab trawling, effective 8:30 A.M., Monday August 18, 2003:
Atlantic Ocean – that area bounded by a line
extending from Bald Head Lighthouse to Cape Fear River ship channel buoy “7”,
then to the Lockwood Folly Inlet Seabuoy, then to the west end of Oak Island,
then following the shoreline eastward to the Oak Island Lighthouse then to the
Bald Head Lighthouse.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of G.S. 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. This action is being taken to allow harvest
of shrimp that are present in this area.
D. This proclamation supersedes portions of SH-12 -2003, issued June 23, 2003, which closed this area.
August 13, 2003
8:30 a.m.
SH-20-2003
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