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FF-70-2008 PROCLAMATION RE: BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:00 Noon, Friday, October 31, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery: !. PERMITS A. Finfish dealers may not buy more than 100 pounds of black sea bass caught north of Cape Hatteras per day per commercial fishing operation unless the dealer has a valid 2008 Black Sea Bass-North of Cape Hatteras 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 2008 Black Sea Bass- North of Cape Hatteras Dealer Permit. B. Dealers possessing a 2008 Black Sea Bass-North of Cape Hatteras Dealer Permit shall report daily by noon through FAX transmittal (252-726-3903) to the Division of Marine Fisheries black sea bass landings from the Atlantic Ocean for the previous day. II. 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 .0512, 3O .0500 et seq. 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. N.C. Marine 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 establish the requirement for a dealer permit and a reporting process for the taking of black sea bass from the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Hatteras. This is to assure that the quota allocated to North Carolina in the joint Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Fishery Management Plan for Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass is not exceeded. F. This proclamation supersedes Proclamation FF-53-2006, dated November 21, 2006 and continues the requirement for the dealer permit.
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