PROCLAMATION
RE:
SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING
Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine
Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:00 Noon, Tuesday, June 1, 2004, shrimping and crab trawling will
be allowed in the following areas. This
proclamation brings together in one document all areas that are NOW OPEN until changed by subsequent
proclamations.
I. AREA DESCRIPTIONS - NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
DISTRICTS:
A. ATLANTIC OCEAN - except inside Athe hook@ at Cape Lookout
B. ROANOKE SOUND/CROATAN SOUND
1. Shallowbag Bay (Map 1)
2. Broad Creek (Map 1)
3. Kitty Hawk Bay (Map 1)
4. Colington Creek (Map 1)
5. Buzzard Bay (Map 1)
C. PAMLICO SOUND
1. Eastern Pamlico Sound (Maps 8
& 9)
2. Western Pamlico Sound (Maps 2
& 3)
3. West Bay – north of a line
beginning at a point on the west shore at 35° 02.0500’ N - 76° 26.1000’ W,
running east through Markers “A”, “4WB”, and “5WB” to a point on the east shore
at 35° 02.1000’ N - 76°21.8666 W. (Map 8)
4. North Bay - (Map 8)
D. ROSE
BAY – south of a line beginning on Long Point at a point 35° 23.3404’ N
– 76° 26.2491’W, running southeasterly to Drum Point 35° 22.4891’ N – 76°
25.2012’ W. (Maps 3 & 4)
E. SPENCER BAY – southwest of a
line beginning on Roos Point at a point 35° 22.3866’ N – 76° 27.9225’ W running
northeasterly to Long Point 35° 23.3404’ N – 76° 26.2491’ W. (Map 4)
F. SWANQUARTER – south of a line
beginning at The Narrows at a point 35° 20.9500’ N – 76° 20.6409’W, running
easterly to a point on the east shore 35° 21.5959’ N – 76° 18.3580’W. (Map 3)
G. JUNIPER
BAY-CUNNING HARBOR – south of a line beginning on the west shore of
Juniper Bay at a point 35° 20.6217’ N – 76° 15.5447’ W, running easterly to a
point 35° 20.4372 N – 76° 13.2697’W, running easterly to the east shore of
Cunning Harbor 35° 20.3413’ N – 76° 12.3378’ W. (Map 3)
H. PUNGO RIVER - All tributaries
will remain closed. (Map 4)
I. PAMLICO RIVER (Maps 4 & 5)
1. South Creek - (Map 4)
2. North Creek - (Map 4)
3. Goose Creek - All tributaries will
remain closed. (Map 4)
J.
BAY RIVER
- All tributaries will remain closed. (Map 7)
K.
NEUSE RIVER
– (Maps 6 & 7)
1. Clubfoot Creek – north of a line beginning on the west shore at a point
34° 54.5424’ N – 76° 45.7252’ W, running easterly to the east shore 34° 54.4853’
N – 76° 45.4022’ W. (Map 7)
2. Adams Creek – from Highway 101 Bridge north. (Map 7)
3. South River – All tributaries will remain closed. (Map 7)
L.
CORE SOUND TRIBUTARIES
- except those areas as shown on Maps 8
and 10.
1. Rumley Bay - southeast of a line beginning at a point 34E 55.7833’ N - 76E 17.0666’ W; running northeasterly to a point 34E 56.1833’ N - 76E 17.1833’ W. (Map 8)
2. Thorofare Bay - Barry Bay -
southeast of a line beginning on Lookout Point at a point 34E 55 .4000’ N - 76E 17.8000’ W, running southwesterly to Hall Point 34E 54.4500’ N - 76E 18.8166’ W. (Map 8)
3. Nelson Bay - southeast of a line
beginning on the west shore of Nelson Bay at a point 34° 51 .1353’ N - 76°
24 .5866’ W, running northeasterly to Drum Point 34° 51 .6417’ N - 76°
23.7620’ W. (Map 8)
4. Oyster
Creek – southeast of a line running across the mouth through Beacon #2.
(Map 10)
5. Jarrett Bay – south of a line
beginning at the east side of Spit Bay at 34° 45.7833’ N – 76° 28.7666’ W;
running to a point on the southern tip of Davis Island at 34° 45.2497’ N – 76°
29.1800’ W; then running through the offshore range marker to a point on the
west shore at 34° 44.4364’ N – 76° 30.0703’ W.
(Map 10)
M. CORE/BACK SOUND – except that
area bounded by a line beginning at a point 34° 50.4333’ N – 76° 20.2000’ W on
Core Banks near Drum Inlet; running northwesterly to a point 34° 51.0617’ N –
76° 21.0449’ W; running southwesterly to a point 34° 48.3137’ N – 76° 24.3717’
W; running southwesterly to a point 34° 46.3739’ N – 76° 26.1526’ W; running
southwesterly to a point 34° 44.5795’ N – 76° 27.5136’ W; running southwesterly
to a point 34° 43.4895’ N – 76° 28.9411’ W near Beacon “37A”; running
southwesterly to a point 34° 40.4500’ N – 76° 30.6833’ W; running westerly to a
point 34° 41.3178’ N – 76° 33.8092’ W near Buoy “3”; running southwesterly to a
point 34° 39.6601’ N – 76° 34.4078’ W on Shackleford Banks; running easterly
and northeasterly along the shoreline and across Barden Inlet following the
COLREGS Demarcation line to the point of beginning. (Maps 8 & 10)
N. BEAUFORT INLET AREA:
1. North River - south of a line
beginning on the west shore at a point 34° 46.0383’ N – 76° 37.0633’ W; running
easterly to a point on the east shore 34° 46 .2667’ N – 76° 35.4933’ W. (Map 11)
2. Ward Creek - west of a line
beginning on the north shore at a point 34° 46.2667’ N – 76° 35.4933 W; running
southerly to the south shore to a point 34° 45 .4517’ N – 76° 35.1767’ W. (Map
11)
3. Newport River - east of a line
beginning near Penn Point on the south shore at a point 34 °45.6960’ N – 76°
43.5180’ W; running northeasterly to a point on the north shore near Hardesty
Farms subdivision 34° 46.5733’ N – 76° 42.6350’ W. (Map 11)
4. Core Creek – All tributaries will
remain closed. (Map 11)
O.
Bogue Sound
- except that area on the north side of the Intracoastal Waterway from Marker
#7 to Guthrie Point and the area bounded by a line beginning at Intracoastal
Waterway Marker #31; running southerly to a point on Long Island 34E 40.9000’ N - 76E 58.6666’ W; running westerly to a point on Piney Island 34E 40.8666’ N - 77E 00.6500’ W; running westerly to a point 34E 41.1666’ N - 77E 00.7000’ W on the spoil island near Green Flasher #37;
running in a northeasterly direction along the south side of the spoil islands
to the point of beginning. Archers and
Hoop Pole creeks, Pine Knoll Shores Canal, Coral Bay and Tar Landing Bay are
closed to trawling across their mouths.
(Map 12)
II. GENERAL INFORMATION:
A.
This proclamation is
issued under the authority of G.S. 113-182; 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-221(e);
143B-289.52 and N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 3H .0103; 3J .0104; 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. It
is unlawful to use any bottom disturbing fishing gear on any shellfish lease or
franchise unless it has been duly authorized by the Fisheries Director
according to 15A NCAC 3O .0211 and according to 15A NCAC 3O .0204(f), the
Division has no duty to protect any shellfish bottom lease, franchise, or water
column lease not marked according to 15A NCAC 3O .0204(a).
D. Hatched and
blackened areas on the attached maps indicate those areas closed to shrimping
and crab trawling.
E.
The Division of
Marine Fisheries will mark the areas to be opened with signs insofar as may be
practical. No unauthorized removal or
relocation of any such sign shall have the effect of changing the area opened,
nor shall any such unauthorized removal or relocation or the absence of any
sign affect the applicability of this proclamation. Where there is conflict between signs and maps, maps shall
prevail.
F. Proclamation
SH-3-2001, dated May 22, 2001, describes required Bycatch Reduction Devices
(BRDs) to be used in shrimp trawls.
Section II.D. of proclamation FF-27-2003, dated March 20, 2003 limits
the amount of weakfish that can be taken with shrimp or crab trawls.
G. This proclamation supersedes all
proclamations affecting shrimping and crab trawling north of Bogue Inlet issued
prior to June 1, 2004. This includes
Proclamation M-9-97, dated June 26, 1997 which states that all coastal waters
(with two exceptions) are open to fixed nets and channel nets.
May 28, 2004
2:00 P.M.
SH-8-2004
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