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FF-75-2006 RE: SPINY DOGFISH – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M. Sunday., December 24, 2006, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial spiny dogfish fishery: PERMITS A. Finfish dealers may not buy more than 100 pounds of spiny dogfish sharks per day per commercial fishing operation unless the dealer has a valid 2007 Spiny Dogfish Dealer Permit from the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries. Permits will be issued only to those licensed fish dealers holding a valid license as authorized in G.S. 113-169.3. Dealers must abide by all conditions of the 2007 Spiny Dogfish Dealer Permit. B. Dealers possessing a 2007 Spiny Dogfish Dealer Permit shall report daily by noon through FAX transmittal (252-726-3903) to the Division of Marine Fisheries dogfish landings from the Atlantic Ocean for the previous day. GENERAL INFORMATION A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of N.C.G.S. 113-134; 113- 170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221.1; 143B-289.52 and NC Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 3M .0505, 3O .0501 and 3O. 0506. B. It is unlawful to violate the provisions of any proclamation issued by the Fisheries Director under his delegated authority pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3H .0103. C. Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3I .0113 specifies that it is unlawful for any licensee under Chapter 113, Subchapter IV of the General Statutes to refuse to allow the Fisheries Director or his agents to obtain biological data, harvest information, or other statistical data necessary or useful to the conservation and management of marine and estuarine resources from fish in the licensee’s possession. D. The intent of this proclamation is to continue the requirement for a dealer permit and a reporting process for the taking of spiny dogfish sharks from the Atlantic Ocean. This is to assure that the quota established by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is not exceeded. |