Map Packages
The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Program at the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) provides mapping and analyses support for DMF projects. The GIS products are used to support many DMF programs, which include fishery rules and proclamations, fishery management plans, enforcement, and habitat plans.
Map products are grouped into the following categories: Rule Map Packages
Fishery rules are identified in the publication N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Rules. Rule map packages were created to assist the public to easily identify the rule boundaries. Rule map packages are available to view (in Adobe PDF format), to download and to print. Links are provided to view and print the rule text, which is available from the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH). |
| Rule Name | View
Maps | Rule Text
(Information from NC OAH website) | | |
| Albemarle Sound/Chowan River Herring Management Areas | Maps | 15A NCAC 03J .0209 | PDF | DOC |
| Crab Trawling | Maps | 15A NCAC 03L .0202 | PDF | DOC |
Descriptive Boundaries for Coastal-
Joint-Inland Waters | Maps | 15A NCAC 03Q .0202 | PDF | DOC |
Sea Turtle Sanctuary | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0101 | PDF | DOC |
Military Danger Zones and Restricted Areas | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0102 | PDF | DOC |
Primary Nursery Areas | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0103 | PDF | DOC |
| The rule maps for Primary Nursery Areas are combined in one map package called Fishery Nursery Areas, which include Primary Nursery Areas, Permanent Secondary Nursery Areas, and Special Secondary Nursery Areas. The Primary Nursery Areas rule is referenced to in 15A NCAC 03N .0104 - PROHIBITED GEAR, PRIMARY NURSERY AREAS. |
Permanent Secondary Nursery Areas | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0104 | PDF | DOC |
| The rule maps for Permanent Secondary Nursery Areas are combined in one map package called Fishery Nursery Areas, which include Primary Nursery Areas, Permanent Secondary Nursery Areas, and Special Secondary Nursery Areas. The Permanent Secondary Nursery Areas rule is referenced to in 15A NCAC 03N .0105 (a) - PROHIBITED GEAR, SECONDARY NURSERY AREAS. |
Special Secondary Nursery Areas | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0105 | PDF | DOC |
| The rule maps for Primary Nursery Areas are combined in one map package called Fishery Nursery Areas, which include Primary Nursery Areas, Permanent Secondary Nursery Areas, and Special Secondary Nursery Areas. The Special Secondary Nursery Areas rule is referenced to in 15A NCAC 03N .0105(b) - PROHIBITED GEAR, SECONDARY NURSERY AREAS. |
Designated Pot Areas | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0107 | PDF | DOC |
Oyster Mechanical Gear Restricted Areas | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0108 | PDF | DOC |
Taking Crabs With Dredges | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0109 | PDF | DOC |
Purse Seines Prohibited | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0111 | PDF | DOC |
Attended Gill Net Areas | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0112 | PDF | DOC |
| The Attend Gill Net Areas rule is reference in 15A NCAC 03J .0103 - GILL NETS, SEINES, IDENTIFICATION, RESTRICTIONS |
Pound Net Set Prohibited Areas | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0113 | PDF | DOC |
| Anadromous Fish Spawning Areas | Maps | | | |
Marine Fisheries Commission
Wildlife Resources Commission | | 15A NCAC 03R .0115
15A NCAC 10C .0603 | PDF
PDF | DOC
DOC |
| The Anadromous Fish Spawning Areas (AFSA) are areas where evidence of spawning of anadromous fish has been documented in Division sampling records through direct observation of spawning, capture of running ripe females, or capture of eggs or early larvae. AFSA are in jurisdictional waters for both the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) and Wildlife Resource Commission (WRC). AFSA rule is referenced by MFC in 15A NCAC 03N .0106 – ANADROMOUS FISH SPAWNING AREA BOUNDARIES, and by WRC in 15A NCAC 10C .0602 - ANADROMOUS FISH SPAWNING AREAS DEFINED. The AFSA maps contain both MFC and WRC rules in one map package. |
| Designated Seed Oyster Management Areas | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R.0116 | PDF | DOC |
Oyster Sanctuaries | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0117 | PDF | DOC |
| Oyster sanctuary rule is referenced in 15A NCAC 03K .0209 - OYSTER SANCTUARIES. |
| Exempted Crab Pot Escape Ring Areas | Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0118 | PDF | DOC |
Striped Bass Management Area
| Maps | 15A NCAC 03R .0201 | PDF | DOC |
