SH-13-2005
RE:
2005 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 at 5:00 p.m., Sunday, August
21, 2005:
BRUNSWICK COUNTY
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 33° 57.7167’ N – 77° 56.4000’ W; then running northwesterly to a
point on the north end of Horseshoe Shoal spoil island 33° 58.0667’ N – 77°
57.3333’ W; then running along the eastern edge of the spoil island to a point
on the south end of Horseshoe Shoal spoil island 33° 57.1167’ N – 77° 58.0500’
W; then running southwesterly to the middle of the Pfizer Chemical Company
Pier, 33° 56.0500’ N – 77° 59.1667’ W.
(See Map 1)
Intracoastal
Waterway - from Marker #1 to Marker # 71A.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
A. This proclamation is issued under the
authority of G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221.1; 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 N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule15A NCAC 3H .0103.
C. This action is being taken to protect small
white shrimp.
D. This proclamation supersedes portions of
SH-2 -2005 dated April 27, 2005 and SH-7-2005
dated July 8, 2005 which opened these areas.
August 18, 2005
2:00 P.M.
SH-13-2005
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