PROCLAMATION
RE: 2005 SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING
Preston P. Pate, Jr.,
Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the following
restrictions will apply to shrimping and crab trawling effective at 12:00 Noon, Friday, July 1, 2005:
The portion of the N.C.
Fisheries Rules for Coastal Waters 15A NCAC 3R .0103 (15) (d), which reads
Mallard Bay Area, all waters northwest of the IWW from Beacon No. 93, 34° 23
54N 77° 36 43W; to Beacon No. 96 34° 22 34N 77° 38 48W. remains suspended.
II. PENDER
COUNTY
The following portion of the
ICW contained in the description above will
remain open effective at 12:00 Noon,
Friday, July 1, 2005: That area west of the ICW Channel from Marker #93 to
Marker #96, from the ICW channel to the marsh line bordering the ICW. All bays, creeks, and tributaries,
including dredged canals will remain closed.
III. GENERAL INFORMATION:
A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221.1(b); 143B-289.52 and N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 3H .0103, 3I .0102, 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. Fisheries Rule15A NCAC 3H .0103.
C. This action is being taken to enable the reopening of an area that has been designated as a nursery area, but has been routinely opened since 1984. A process to remove that designation, which is no longer valid, is underway. This proclamation supersedes portions of Proclamation SH-2-2005, dated April 27, 2005 that pertain to the areas described above and SH-4-2005, dated June 24, 2005.
June 29, 2005
12:00 Noon
SH-6-2005
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