III. ATTENDANCE EXEMPTIONS
A. Gill nets set in the following areas are exempt from attendance requirements :
1. Croatan Sound Area - In the area formed by a northern boundary line from Roanoke Marshes Point at 35° 48.3693’N - 75° 43.7232’W, running northeasterly to Beacon “4” on the south point of the Mouth of Baum Creek on Roanoke Island at 35° 50.6000’N – 75° 39.7000’W. The southern boundary is the ASMA line which runs from Roanoke Marshes Point at 35° 48.3693’N - 75° 43.7232’W, running southeasterly to the north point of Eagles Nest Bay at 35° 44.1710’N - 75° 31.0520’W.
2. Roanoke Sound Area – In the area formed by a northern boundary line running along the Highway 264/64 bridge. The southern boundary is the ASMA line which runs from Roanoke Marshes Point 35° 48.3693’N - 75° 43.7232’W, running southeasterly to the north point of Eagles Nest Bay at 35° 44.1710’N - 75° 31.0520’W.
B. ATTENDANCE RESTRICTIONS IN THESE AREAS: From May 14, 2012 through May 31, 2012, all gill nets with a mesh length less than 4 inches that are set within 50 yards of shore must be attended. Gill nets with a mesh length less than 4 inches set farther than 50 yards from shore do not have to be attended during May, 2012.
IV. DRIFT GILL NETS
Drift gill nets may not be used in the Joint Fishing Waters portion of the Roanoke, Middle, Eastmost, Cashie, Chowan and Meherrin rivers and all other joint water tributaries of the Albemarle Sound Management Area.
V. 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 Rule 15A NCAC 03H .0103 and 03J .0103, 03Q .0107(c); 03M 0202 and 03M .0513.
B. It is unlawful to violate provisions of any proclamation issued by the Fisheries Director under his delegated authority pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 03H .0103.
C. "Attended" is defined in Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3I .0101.
D. Attended gill net areas are defined in Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3R.0112.
E. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 03I .0113 specifies that it is unlawful for any licensee under Chapter 113, Subchapter IV of the General Statutes to refuse to allow the Fisheries Director or his agents to obtain biological data, harvest information, or other statistical data necessary or useful to the conservation and management of marine and estuarine resources from fish in the licensee’s possession. The Division of Marine Fisheries has implemented an observer program as an inspection procedure to obtain such data.
F. This proclamation supersedes Proclamation M-20-2012 (REVISED), dated May 16, 2012. The only change is a correction to the reference to the Proclamation in II.B.3.
May 18, 2012
8:20 A.M.
M-24-2012
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