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Marine Fisheries - Proclamation M-16-2019

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M-16-2019

PROCLAMATION

RE: GILL NET RESTRICTIONS: INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS – OPENS MANAGEMENT UNIT B (SUBUNITS ONLY), C, D2 AND E TO THE USE OF GILL NETS WITH STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6 ½ INCHES

This proclamation supersedes Proclamation M-14-2019 dated August 30, 2019. This proclamation opens Management Units B (subunits only), C, D2 and E to the use of gill nets with a stretched mesh length of 4 inches through 6 ½ inches (except as described in Section III.) in accordance with Amendment 2 to the N.C. Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan.

Stephen W. Murphey, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:01 A.M., Tuesday, October 1, 2019, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets south of Management Unit A (south of 35° 46.3000’ N latitude):

I. AREA DESCRIPTIONS (See maps):

A. Management Unit B: Internal Coastal Waters, bounded on the north by 35° 46.3000’ N latitude which runs approximately from the north end of Pea Island (old Coast Guard station) westerly to a point on the shore at Point Peter Canal, on the south by 34°48.2700’N latitude which runs approximately from the Club House on Core Banks westerly to a point on the shore at Davis near Marker “1”, and on the west by 76° 30.0000’W longitude.

It is unlawful to use gill nets with a stretched mesh length of 4 inches through 6 ½ inches in Internal Coastal Waters except those described below. Areas not listed below are closed to gill nets (including trammel gill nets) with a stretched mesh length of 4 inches through 6 ½ inches; (except as described in Section III.; SEE SECTION II. FOR ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS):

Subunits in Management Unit B open to gill nets with a stretched mesh length of 4 inches through 6 ½ inches are described below as: Shallow Water Gill Net Restricted Areas (SGNRA1-SGNRA4), Mainland Gill Net Restricted Areas (MGNRA) and Core Sound Gill Net Restricted Areas (CGNRA); all other areas in Management Unit B are closed:
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