SH-6-2007
PROCLAMATION

RE: 2007 SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING

Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the following areas WILL OPEN to shrimping and crab trawling, effective at 5:00 P.M., Sunday, July 22, 2007:

AREA DESCRIPTIONS

A. CARTERET COUNTY

West Bay-Long Bay- (Map 1)

B. ONSLOW COUNTY

1. Foster’s Creek - near Intracoastal Waterway Marker #48. (Map 2)
2. Queens Creek - from the Intracoastal Waterway to N.C. Secondary Highway 1509 Bridge. ALL TRIBUTARIES, INCLUDING PARROTT SWAMP AND DICK'S CREEK, WILL REMAIN CLOSED. (Map 2)
3. Bear Creek - from the Intracoastal Waterway to Willis Landing. (Map 2)

II. GENERAL INFORMATION:

A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of N.C.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 pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3H .0103.

C. This action is being taken to allow the harvest of brown shrimp.

D. This proclamation supersedes the portions of Proclamations SH-3-2007, dated April 26, 2007 and SH-4-2007, dated June 13, 2007 that deal with these areas.

July 19, 2006
11:00 A.M.
SH-6-2007
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