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Updated 1/28/20

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FINFISH
FF-1-2020 Printer friendly	BLUEFISH – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – CREEL LIMITS
FF-49-2019 Printer friendly	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-51-2019 Printer friendly	BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS
FF-55-2009 Printer friendly	BLACK SEA BASS
FF-52-2019 Printer friendly	COBIA - COASTAL FISHING WATERS – RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL
FF-58-2019 Printer friendly	SNAPPER GROUPER COMPLEX – RECREATIONAL – 2020 SEASONS
FF-57-2019 Printer friendly	SNAPPER GROUPER COMPLEX – COMMERCIAL – 2020 SEASONS
FF-27-2012 Printer friendly	DOLPHIN FOR-HIRE VESSELS
FF-50-2019 Printer friendly	FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC OCEAN
FF-34-2019 Printer friendly FF-34-2019 Map pkg	FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL PURPOSES- INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS AND ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS (GEAR SPECIFIC) - SEASON DATES, SIZE AND GEAR RESTRICTIONS
FF-17-2019 Printer friendly	BLACK SEA BASS – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES - NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS
FF-32-2019 Printer friendly	FLOUNDER – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES- INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS AND ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS- SEASON CLOSURE
FF-38-2019 Printer friendly	KING AND SPANISH MACKEREL – COMMERCIAL SPANISH MACKEREL – OPEN HARVEST WITH 500 POUND DAILY TRIP 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-56-2020 Printer friendly	COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SHARK HARVEST- OPENING DATE AND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
FF-55-2019 Printer friendly	SHAD-COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULES
FF-12-2019 Printer friendly	AMERICAN SHAD AND HICKORY SHAD - COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL RESTRICTIONS AND TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULES
F-28-2015 Printer friendly	SHEEPSHEAD - RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL
FF-46-2019 Printer friendly	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-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-53-2019 Printer friendly	STRIPED BASS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA – RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL – COMMERCIAL OPENING
FF-47-2019 Printer friendly	STRIPED BASS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA – RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL – COMMERCIAL CLOSURE
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-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-19-2019 Printer friendly	STOP NETS – BEACH SEINE FISHERY - ATLANTIC OCEAN – CARTERET COUNTY
M-18-2019 Printer friendly	GILL NETS - BOGUE BANKS
M-22-2019 Printer friendly M-22-2019 Map pkg	GILL NET RESTRICTIONS: INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS – CLOSES ALL MANAGEMENT UNITS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A TO THE USE OF GILL NETS WITH STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6½ 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-1-2020 Printer friendly	POUND NET SET CLOSURE PERIOD
M-25-2019 Printer friendly	HORSESHOE CRABS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS
M-11-2016 Printer friendly	RULE SUSPENSION - BLUE CRAB ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT MEASURES
M-10-2007	CHANNEL NETS
M-34-2015 Printer friendly	FLOUNDER POUND NET SET - ESCAPE PANEL REQUIREMENTS
GILL NET PROCLAMATIONS
ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA
M-26-2019 Printer friendly M-26-2019 Map	GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA – MANAGEMENT UNIT A – RESTRICTING THE USE OF SMALL MESH GILL NETS TO A MINIMUM STRETCHED MESH OF 3 ¼ INCHES
M-24-2019 Printer friendly M-24-2019 Map	GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA – MANAGEMENT UNIT A – REMOVING ANCHORED SMALL MESH GILL NET ATTENDANCE
M-15-2018 Printer friendly	GILL NETS – ATLANTIC OCEAN – SEASONAL MAXIMUM MESH SIZE EXCEPTIONS

POTS
PT-1-2020 Printer friendly	POTS- OPEN-SOUTH AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 58 BRIDGE

RESEARCH SANCTUARIES
RS-4-2019 Printer friendly RS-4-2019 map	RESEARCH SANCTUARY- MYRTLE GROVE SOUND - UNC-WILMINGTON
RS-3-2019 Printer friendly RS-3-2019 map	RESEARCH SANCTUARY- HEWLETT’S CREEK - UNC-WILMINGTON
RS-1-2019 Printer friendly RS-1-2019 map	RESEARCH SANCTUARY- BACK SOUND - UNC-INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE

SHELLFISH
SF-4-2019 Printer friendly SF-4-2019 Map pkg.	2019-2020 OYSTER HAND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
SC-3-2001 (REVISED)	2001 CALICO SCALLOP SEASON
SF-6-2019 Printer friendly SF-6-2019 Map pkg	2019-2020 MECHANICAL HARVEST OF CLAMS FROM PUBLIC BOTTOM
SF-1-2020 Printer friendly	2019-2020 OYSTER MECHANICAL HARVEST CLOSURE
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-2-2019 Printer friendly	TEMPERATURE AND SANITATION CONTROLS – CLOSED SEASON OYSTER HARVEST
SS-1-2019 Printer friendly	SHELLFISH TEMPERATURE AND SANITATION CONTROLS

SHRIMP/CRAB TRAWLING
SH-5-2019 Printer friendly Maps: SH-5-2019 Map pkg. SH-5-2019 Index SH-5-2019 map 1 SH-5-2019 map 2 SH-5-2019 map 3 SH-5-2019 map 4 SH-5-2019 map 5 SH-5-2019 map 6 SH-5-2019 map 7 SH-5-2019 map 8 SH-5-2019 map 9 SH-5-2019 map 10 SH-5-2019 map 11	CRAB TRAWLING AND TAKING SHRIMP WITH NETS – CENTRAL AND NORTHERN REGIONS
SH-7-2019 Printer friendly Map package	CRAB TRAWLING AND TAKING SHRIMP WITH NETS – OPENING A PORTION OF STUMP SOUND AND NEW RIVER
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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