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Updated 9/30/20

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FINFISH
FF-43-2020	BLACK SEA BASS – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES - NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS
FF-6-2021	BLUEFISH – COMMERCIAL PURPOSES – TRIP LIMIT REMOVAL
FF-1-2020 Printer friendly	BLUEFISH – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – CREEL LIMITS
FF-3-2021	SCUP - COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC OCEAN- NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS – OPENING OF WINTER I PERIOD
FF-73-2013 Printer friendly	BLACK DRUM - RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL
FF-5-2021	BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS
FF-55-2009 Printer friendly	BLACK SEA BASS
FF-8-2021	COBIA - COASTAL FISHING WATERS – RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL
FF-10-2021	SNAPPER GROUPER COMPLEX – COMMERCIAL – 2021 SEASONS
FF-11-2021	SNAPPER GROUPER COMPLEX – RECREATIONAL – 2021 SEASONS
FF-27-2012 Printer friendly	DOLPHIN FOR-HIRE VESSELS
FF-4-2021	FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC OCEAN
FF-25-2020 Printer friendly FF-25-2020 Map pkg	FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL PURPOSES- INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS AND ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS (GEAR SPECIFIC) - SEASON DATES, SIZE AND GEAR RESTRICTIONS
FF-10-2020 Printer friendly	FLOUNDER – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES- INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS AND ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS- 2020 RECREATIONAL SEASON, SIZE AND CREEL LIMITS
FF-37-2020	KING MACKEREL - RECREATIONAL – INCREASED POSSESSION LIMIT THROUGH MARCH 16, 2021
FF-31-2020 Printer friendly	SPANISH AND KING MACKEREL – COMMERCIAL SPANISH MACKEREL – OPEN HARVEST WITH 500 POUND POSSESSION LIMIT
FF-92-2014 Printer friendly	RED DRUM - COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS
FF-73-2009 Printer friendly	RED PORGY - MINIMUM SIZE
FF-11-2015 Printer friendly	SCUP - RECREATIONAL PURPOSES - ATLANTIC OCEAN
FF-7-2021	COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SHARK HARVEST - OPENING DATE AND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
FF-2-2021	SHAD-COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULES
FF-28-2015 Printer friendly	SHEEPSHEAD - RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL
FF-44-2020	SPINY DOGFISH – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS
FF-24-2018 Printer friendly FF-24-2018 map	SPOTTED SEATROUT – COMMERCIAL- SEASON OPEN
FF-23-2018 Printer friendly	SPOTTED SEATROUT – RECREATIONAL - SEASON OPEN
FF-39-2020 Printer friendly	STRIPED BASS – COMMERCIAL – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA – SEASON OPEN
FF-9-2021	STRIPED BASS – RECREATIONAL – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA – SEASON OPEN
FF-21-2020 Printer friendly	STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL – ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM OCRACOKE INLET NORTH TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA STATE LINE – HARVEST TAGGING AND REPORTING
FF-6-2019 Printer friendly FF-6-2019 map	ESTUARINE STRIPED BASS- RECREATIONAL SEASON CLOSURE- CENTRAL SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT AREA INTERNAL COASTAL FISHING WATERS- INCLUDING CLOSURE OF JOINT WATERS
FF-1-2021	STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL – ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS OF NORTH CAROLINA (CIRCLE HOOK REQUIREMENTS)
FF-54-2019 Printer friendly	STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL – ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS OF NORTH CAROLINA
FF-55-2012 Printer friendly	WEAKFISH COMMERICIAL FISHING OPERATIONS
FF-54-2010 (REVISED)	WEAKFISH - RECREATIONAL

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INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS
M-12-2020 Printer friendly	RULE SUSPENSION – GILL NET RESTRICTIONS FOR GILL NETS WITH A STRETCHED MESH LENGTH LESS THAN 4 INCHES AND ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR GILL NETS WITH A STRETCHED MESH LENGTH LESS THAN 5 INCHES- YARDAGE LIMIT DECREASE IN MANAGEMENT UNIT B
M-6-2019 Printer friendly M-6-2019 map	GILL NETS – GILL NET CLOSURE AND RESTRICTIONS - CENTRAL SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT AREA (CSMA) - WESTERN PAMLICO SOUND AND RIVERS
M-18-2020	GILL NETS - BOGUE BANKS
M-17-2020	STOP NET BEACH SEINE FISHERY - ATLANTIC OCEAN – CARTERET COUNTY
M-3-2021 M-3-2021 Map	GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA – MANAGEMENT UNIT A – RESTRICTING THE USE OF FIXED OR STATIONARY SMALL MESH GILL NETS WITH A STRETCHED MESH OTHER THAN 3 ¼ INCHES
M-20-2020	GILL NET RESTRICTIONS - INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A – CLOSES ALL MANAGEMENT UNITS TO THE USE OF GILL NETS WITH STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6 ½ INCHES
M-24-2014 Printer friendly	PERMIT REQUIREMENT- GILL NETS INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS
OTHER GILL NET
M-26-2016 Printer friendly M-26-2016 map 1	RE: GILL NETS – CURRITUCK SOUND – MARTINS POINT CONFLICT RESOLUTION AREA
M-35-2014 Printer friendly M-35-2014 map	GILL NETS - NEWPORT RIVER
M-8-2019 Printer friendly	GILL NET RESTRICTIONS: ATLANTIC OCEAN WITHIN 100 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE
M-3-2014 Printer friendly	JOINT FISHING WATERS - GILL NET RESTRICTIONS
M-1-2014 Printer friendly	GILL NET MAXIMUM SIZE: INTERNAL COASTAL FISHING WATERS
M-29-2013 Printer friendly M-29-2013 map	GILL NET AND SEINE RESTRICTIONS: DEER AND SCHOOLHOUSE (ROCKY RUN) CREEKS IN CAPE CARTERET

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MISCELLANEOUS
M-1-2021	RULE SUSPENSION - BLUE CRAB FMP AMENDMENT 3 MANAGEMENT MEASURES
M-4-2021	POUND NET SET CLOSURE PERIOD
M-2-2021	HORSESHOE CRABS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS
M-7-2020 Printer friendly M-7-2020 Map pkg. M-7-2020 map 1 M-7-2020 map 2 M-7-2020 map 3 M-7-2020 map 4 M-7-2020 map 5 M-7-2020 map 6 M-7-2020 map 7 M-7-2020 map 8 M-7-2020 map 9 M-7-2020 map 10 M-7-2020 map 11 M-7-2020 map 12 M-7-2020 map 13 M-7-2020 map 14 M-7-2020 map 15 M-7-2020 map 16	RULE SUSPENSION – REVISED CRAB SPAWNING SANCTUARY BOUNDARIES FOR DRUM INLET AND BARDEN INLET, DESIGNATION OF NEW CRAB SPAWNING SANCTUARIES, AND GEAR AND CRAB HARVEST RESTRICTIONS WITHIN CRAB SPAWNING SANCTUARIES
M-10-2007	CHANNEL NETS
M-34-2015 Printer friendly	FLOUNDER POUND NET SET - ESCAPE PANEL REQUIREMENTS

POTS
PT-4-2020 Printer friendly PT-4-2020 Map pkg	POTS OPEN – PROVISIONAL POT AREAS IN PAMLICO SOUND AND PAMLICO, BAY, AND NEUSE RIVERS
PT-3-2020 Printer friendly PT-3-2020 Map pkg. PT-3-2020 map 1 PT-3-2020 map 2 PT-3-2020 map 3 PT-3-2020 map 4 PT-3-2020 map 5 PT-3-2020 map 6 PT-3-2020 map 7 PT-3-2020 map 8	POTS OPEN – ATLANTIC OCEAN AND INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS WEST AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 58 BRIDGE

RESEARCH SANCTUARIES
RS-2-2020 Printer friendly RS-2-2020 Map	RESEARCH SANCTUARY- PINE KNOLL SHORES AQUARIUM
RS-2-2021 RS-2-2021 Map	RESEARCH SANCTUARY- MYRTLE GROVE SOUND - UNC-WILMINGTON
RS-1-2021 RS-1-2021 Map	RESEARCH SANCTUARY- HEWLETT’S CREEK - UNC-WILMINGTON

SHELLFISH
SF-3-2021 SF-3-2021 Map Pkg	BAY SCALLOP SEASON PUBLIC BOTTOM
SF-3-2020 Printer friendly	SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREA – CARTERET COUNTY
SC-3-2001 (REVISED)	2001 CALICO SCALLOP SEASON
SF-2-2021 SF-2-2021 Map Pkg	2020-2021 OYSTER MECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS – CLOSING THE PAMLICO RIVER AREA. MAINTAINING THE CLOSURE OF THE NORTHERN HYDE AND NEUSE RIVER AREAS.
SF-1-2021 SF-1-2021 Map pkg	2020-2021 OYSTER MECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS – CLOSING THE BAYS WITHIN THE PAMLICO RIVER AREA. MAINTAINING THE CLOSURE OF THE NORTHERN HYDE AND NEUSE RIVER AREAS
SF-8-2020 SF-8-2020 Map pkg	2020-2021 OYSTER MECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS – RE-OPENING THE BAYS WITHIN THE PAMLICO RIVER AREA. CLOSURE OF THE NORTHERN HYDE AND NEUSE RIVER AREAS
SF-7-2020 SF-7-2020 Map pkg	2020-2021 MECHANICAL HARVEST OF CLAMS FROM PUBLIC BOTTOM
SF-04-2020 SF-04-2020 Map pkg	2020-2021 OYSTER HAND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
SF-4-2014 Printer friendly	SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREAS (Closures: New River, Alligator Bay)
SF-2-2019 Printer friendly Maps: SF-2-2019 Map pkg SF-2-2019 map 1 SF-2-2019 map 2 SF-2-2019 map 3 SF-2-2019 map 4 SF-2-2019 map 5	SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREA
SF-3-2011	SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREA
SF-2-2007	SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREA

SHELLFISH SANITATION
SS-1-2020 Printer friendly	SHELLFISH TEMPERATURE AND SANITATION CONTROLS
SS-2-2020 Printer friendly	TEMPERATURE AND SANITATION CONTROLS – CLOSED SEASON OYSTER HARVEST

SHRIMP/CRAB TRAWLING
SH-1-2020 Printer friendly SH-1-2020 Map pkg.	CRAB TRAWLING AND TAKING SHRIMP WITH NETS – CENTRAL AND NORTHERN REGIONS BLUE CRAB FMP AMENDMENT 3 CRAB TRAWL CLOSURES IN THE PAMLICO, PUNGO, AND NEUSE RIVERS
SH-3-2020 Printer friendly Maps: SH-3-2020 Map pkg. SH-3-2020 map 1 SH-3-2020 map 2 SH-3-2020 map 3 SH-3-2020 map 4 SH-3-2020 map 5 SH-3-2020 map 6 SH-3-2020 map 7 SH-3-2020 map 8 SH-3-2020 map 9 SH-3-2020 map 10	CRAB TRAWLING AND TAKING SHRIMP WITH NETS – OPENING A PORTION OF NEW RIVER AND STUMP SOUND
SH-2-2020 Printer friendly Maps: SH-2-2020 Map pkg. SH-2-2020 Map 1 SH-2-2020 Map 2 SH-2-2020 Map 3 SH-2-2020 Map 4 SH-2-2020 Map 5 SH-2-2020 Map 6 SH-2-2020 Map 7 SH-2-2020 Map 8 SH-2-2020 Map 9 SH-2-2020 Map 10	CRAB TRAWLING AND TAKING SHRIMP WITH NETS – SOUTHERN REGION
SH-4-2019 Printer friendly	SHRIMP TRAWL BYCATCH REDUCTION DEVICE REQUIREMENTS – CROATAN AND ROANOKE SOUNDS, PORTIONS OF THE PAMLICO, BAY, AND NEUSE RIVERS, CORE SOUND AND SOUTH TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE, AND SKIMMER TRAWLS STATEWIDE
SH-3-2019 Printer friendly SH-3-2019 map	SHRIMP TRAWL BYCATCH REDUCTION DEVICE REQUIREMENTS – PAMLICO SOUND AND PORTIONS OF THE PAMLICO, BAY, AND NEUSE RIVERS

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