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Marine Fisheries - Proclamation M-05-2020

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M-5-2020

PROCLAMATION

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

This proclamation supersedes Proclamation M-3-2020 dated February 28, 2020. In Management Unit A, it removes gill nets configured for harvesting American shad. It maintains restrictions on the use of fixed, stationary, or unattended gill nets and allows the use of run-around, strike, drop, and trammel gill nets and with a stretched mesh length of 5 ½ inches through 6 ½ inches in portions of Management Unit A.

Stephen W. Murphey, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, March 25, 2020, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the following areas:

I. MANAGEMENT UNIT A: AREA DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFIC AREA RESTRICTIONS
(See Map)

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

B. Management Unit A, Sub-Unit A1: The following coastal waters of the Albemarle Sound and Joint waters of the Perquimans, Little, and Pasquotank rivers are open to the use of gill nets as described in Section II. C.
Albemarle Sound: Coastal waters of the Albemarle Sound west of a line beginning at a point on the north shore 36° 7.513 N - 76° 9.912 W, running due south to a point on the south side 35° 59.605 N - 76° 9.912 W, west to a line beginning at a point on the on the west shore of the Chowan River 36° 02.3162' N - 76° 42.4896' W; running northeasterly to a point on the east shore 36° 03.1013' N - 76° 40.8732' W.
Perquimans River: Joint Waters northwest of a line beginning at a point on the north shore at 36° 05.9669' N - 76° 18.1791' W; running northeasterly to a point on the east shore 36° 06.7655' N - 76° 16.5953' W.
Little River: Joint Waters northwest of a line beginning at a point on the west shore 36° 07.5322' N - 76° 10.6901' W; running southwesterly to a point on the south shore 36° 06.4199' N - 76° 11.6047' W.
Pasquotank River: Joint Waters northwest of a line beginning at a point on the north shore 36° 11.4282' N - 76° 01.2876' W; running southwesterly to a point on the south shore 36° 08.7563' N - 76° 03.6991' W.

C. Black Walnut Point to Mackey’s Creek: It is unlawful to use ANY gill nets 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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