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Marine Fisheries - Proclamation FF-29-2019

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FF-29-2019

PROCLAMATION

RE: KING AND SPANISH MACKEREL – COMMERCIAL SPANISH MACKEREL – HARVEST CLOSURE

This proclamation supersedes FF-41-2018 dated November 1, 2018. It closes commercial harvest of Spanish mackerel due to the Northern Zone (North Carolina-New York) commercial quota being met. Please see the following NOAA Fishery Bulletin for more information: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/bulletin/commercial-closure-federal-waters-atlantic-migratory-group-spanish-mackerel-northern-1

Stephen W. Murphey, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Saturday, August 24, 2019, the following restrictions will apply to the King and Spanish Mackerel fisheries:

I. SPANISH MACKEREL

A. It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale Spanish mackerel harvested in or from waters under the jurisdiction of North Carolina or the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

B. It is unlawful to possess more than a recreational bag limit of Spanish mackerel (15 fish per person per day, in accordance with 15A NCAC 03M .0301(a)(2)) while engaged in a commercial fishing operation while the recreational season is open.

II. KING MACKEREL

A. It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale king mackerel harvested by hook-and-line in a commercial fishing operation without a valid Federal Commercial King Mackerel Permit.

B. It is unlawful for charter vessels or headboats with both a valid Federal Atlantic Charter/Headboat Coastal Migratory Pelagics Permit and a valid Federal Commercial King Mackerel Permit to sell or offer for sale king mackerel harvested when fishing with more than three persons (including captain and mate) onboard.

C. It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale king mackerel harvested or possessed under the recreational bag limits unless the vessel owner has been issued a valid Federal Commercial King Mackerel Permit.

D. It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale king mackerel taken with gill nets in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Lookout (34° 37.3000’ N. lat), except in accordance with II. F. listed below.

E. It is unlawful to purchase king mackerel harvested from the Atlantic Ocean by hook-and-line from a vessel that does not have a valid Federal Commercial King Mackerel Permit.

F. It is unlawful for vessels with both a valid Federal Commercial Directed Shark Permit and a valid Federal King Mackerel Permit, when engaged in directed shark fishing with gill nets south of Cape Lookout (34° 37.3000’ N. lat), to possess and sell more than three (3) King Mackerel per crew member.

III. RECREATIONAL TOURNAMENT SALES
King and Spanish mackerel harvested as part of a permitted recreational fishing tournament may be sold in accordance with N.C.G.S. 113-168.4(c) and N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Rule 15A NCAC 03O .0102.

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