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SH-5-2008 PROCLAMATION RE: 2008 SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the following area WILL OPEN to shrimping and crab trawling, effective at 5:00 P.M., Sunday, August 17, 2008: AREA DESCRIPTION DARE COUNTY Outer Shallowbag Bay- east of a line beginning on the northeast shore at a point 35° 54.6729’N - 75° 39.8099’W; running southerly to the southeast shore to a point 35° 54.1722’N - 75° 39.6806’W (Inner Shallowbag Bay Permanent Nursery Area). 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, and 15A NCAC 3N .0105. 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 harvest of brown shrimp that are present in these areas. D. This proclamation supersedes the portion of Proclamation SH-3-2008, dated May 30, 2008 that pertains to this area. This Special Secondary Nursery Area will close pursuant to 15A NCAC 3N .0105 at midnight on May 14, 2009. August 13, 2008 |