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Snapper Grouper Complex Species
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Snappers
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Groupers
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Triggerfish
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Grunts
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Sea Basses
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Blackfin snapper
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Black grouper
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Wreckfish
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Gray triggerfish
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Cottonwick
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Bank sea bass
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Black snapper
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Coney
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Yellowedge grouper
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Ocean triggerfish
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Margate
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Black sea bass
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Cubera snapper
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Gag
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Yellowfin grouper
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Sailors choice
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Rock sea bass
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Dog snapper
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Goliath grouper*
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Yellowmouth grouper
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Jacks
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Tomtate
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Gray snapper
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Graysby
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Almaco jack
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White grunt
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Lane snapper
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Misty grouper
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Porgys
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Banded rudderfish
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Mahogany snapper
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Nassau grouper*
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Jolthead porgy
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Bar jack
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Spadefishes
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Mutton snapper
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Red grouper
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Knobbed porgy
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Greater amberjack
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Spadefish
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Queen snapper
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Red hind
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Longspine porgy
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Lesser amberjack
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Red snapper*
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Rock hind
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Red porgy
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Wrasses
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Schoolmaster
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Scamp
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Saucereye porgy
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Tilefishes
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Hogfish
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Silk snapper
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Speckled hind*
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Scup
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Blueline tilefish
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Vermilion snapper
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Snowy grouper
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Whitebone porgy
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Golden tilefish
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Yellowtail snapper
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Warsaw grouper*
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Sand tilefish
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*Harvest prohibited
XVIII. 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 Commission Rules 15A NCAC 03H .0103, 03M .0506 and 03M .0512.
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 Commission Rule 15A NCAC 03H .0103.
C. The intent of this proclamation is to maintain North Carolina’s compliance with the requirements of amendments to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region. Effective October 1, 2008, the provisions found in this proclamation were eliminated from N.C. Fisheries Commission Rule 15A NCAC 03M .0506 in order to allow the Fisheries Director the latitude to comply with changes that occur in the requirements without suspending portions of the rule.
D. Provisions for multiple day trip possessions for vessels without a valid Federal South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Permit are found in 50 CFR Part §622.187(c).This federal rule states in part that a person aboard a charter vessel or headboat on a trip that spans more than 24 hours may possess no more than two daily bag limits of species other than red porgy. A person aboard a headboat on a trip that spans more than 48 hours and who can document that fishing was conducted on at least three days may possess no more than three bag limits of species other than red porgy. Privately-operated vessels are allowed only one bag limit.
E. Effective January 27, 2014, federal rules are amended to allow captains and crew of for-hire vessels with valid Federal South Atlantic Charter/Headboat Snapper-Grouper Permits to retain bag limit quantities of all snapper-grouper species during the open recreational season.
F. Vessels fishing in or harvesting fish from the EEZ are required to carry the appropriate federal permit when operating as a for-hire vessel. See 50 CFR Part §622.170(b).
G. In accordance with N.C. General Statute 113-221.1(c) all persons who may be affected by proclamations issued by the Fisheries Director are under a duty to keep themselves informed of current proclamations.
H. Contact the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries, P.O. Box 769, Morehead City, NC 28557, phone 252-726-7021 or 800-682-2632 for more information, or visit the division website at http://www.ncmarinefisheries.net.
I. This proclamation supersedes proclamations FF-39-2015, dated August 7, 2015 and FF-43-2015, dated August 20, 2015. It opens the recreational seasons and establishes applicable recreational size limits and bag limits for snapper grouper species on January 1, 2016.
December 18, 2015
12:15 P.M.
FF-71-2015
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