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Marine Fisheries - Proclamation M-03-2020

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M-3-2020

PROCLAMATION

RE: GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA – MANAGEMENT UNIT A

This proclamation supersedes Proclamation M-26-2019 dated December 20, 2019. It opens a portion of Management Unit A to the use of floating gill nets configured for harvesting American shad by removing vertical height restrictions for all gill nets with stretched mesh lengths of 5 ¼ through 6 ½ inches.

Stephen W. Murphey, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 P.M., Monday, March 2, 2020, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the following areas:

I. MANAGEMENT UNIT A: DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFIC AREA RESTRICTIONS

A. Management Unit A: encompasses all Internal Coastal Waters bound on the south by 35° 46.3000’ N latitude, north to the North Carolina-Virginia state line. This includes Albemarle, Currituck, Croatan and Roanoke sounds and their tributaries.

B. Management Unit A-Subunit A1, North of US-64-BYP/US-64: encompasses all Internal Coastal Waters bound on the south by a line beginning at a point 35° 53.1720’ N – 75° 45.6160’ W on the mainland shore near Manns Harbor; running easterly along the south side of the Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge, continuing easterly along the south side of the Washington Baum Bridge to a point ending at 35° 54.3820’ N – 75° 35.9240’ W on the Outer Banks shore, north to the North Carolina-Virginia state line. This includes Albemarle and Currituck sounds and their tributaries, and portions of Croatan and Roanoke sounds.

C. Management Unit A-Subunit A2, South of US-64-BYP/US-64: area described as south of a line beginning at a point 35° 53.1720’ N – 75° 45.6160’ W on the mainland shore near Manns Harbor; running easterly along the south side of the Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge, continuing easterly along the south side of the Washington Baum Bridge to a point ending at 35° 54.3820’ N – 75° 35.9240’ W on the Outer Banks shore, bound on the south by 35° 46.3000’ N latitude.

D. Black Walnut Point to Mackey’s Creek: It is unlawful to use ANY gill nets (including those described in Section V.) in the area southwest of a line from Black Walnut Point 35° 59.3833’ N - 76° 41.0060’ W; running southeasterly to a point 35°56.3333’ N - 76° 36.0333’ W at the mouth of Mackey’s Creek, including Roanoke, Cashie, Middle and Eastmost rivers.
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