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PROCLAMATION CATEGORIES

Updated 9/30/20
FINFISH MISCELLANEOUS POTS RESEARCH SANCTUARIES
SHELLFISH SHELLFISH SANITATION SHRIMP/CRAB TRAWLING  

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FINFISH

FF-23-2020
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 BLACK SEA BASS – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES - NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS

FF-30-2020
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 BLUEFISH – COMMERCIAL PURPOSES – REDUCED POSSESSION LIMIT

FF-1-2020
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 BLUEFISH – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – CREEL LIMITS

FF-36-2020
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 SCUP - COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC OCEAN- NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS – OPENING OF WINTER II HARVEST PERIOD

FF-20-2020
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 SCUP - COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC OCEAN- NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS – OPENING OF SUMMER HARVEST PERIOD

FF-73-2013
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BLACK DRUM - RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL

FF-34-2020
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 BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS

FF-55-2009
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BLACK SEA BASS

FF-15-2020
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 COBIA - COASTAL FISHING WATERS – RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL

FF-28-2020
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 SNAPPER GROUPER COMPLEX – RECREATIONAL – RED SNAPPER – OPEN LIMITED SEASON AND REGULATORY AMENDMENT 29 – REQUIRED GEAR MODIFICATIONS

FF-38-2020
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 SNAPPER GROUPER COMPLEX – COMMERCIAL – VERMILION SNAPPER – INCREASED TRIP LIMIT

FF-35-2020
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SNAPPER GROUPER COMPLEX – COMMERCIAL – RED SNAPPER - CLOSURE

FF-27-2012
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DOLPHIN FOR-HIRE VESSELS

FF-26-2020
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 FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC OCEAN

FF-25-2020
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 FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL PURPOSES- INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS AND ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS (GEAR SPECIFIC) - SEASON DATES, SIZE AND GEAR RESTRICTIONS

FF-10-2020
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 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
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 SPANISH AND KING MACKEREL – COMMERCIAL SPANISH MACKEREL – OPEN HARVEST WITH 500 POUND POSSESSION LIMIT

FF-92-2014
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RED DRUM - COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS

FF-73-2009
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RED PORGY - MINIMUM SIZE

FF-11-2015
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SCUP - RECREATIONAL PURPOSES - ATLANTIC OCEAN

FF-24-2020
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 COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SHARK HARVEST- RECREATIONAL CIRCLE HOOK REQUIREMENTS AND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS

FF-55-2019
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 SHAD-COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULES

FF-28-2015
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SHEEPSHEAD - RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL

FF-24-2018
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 SPOTTED SEATROUT – COMMERCIAL- SEASON OPEN

FF-23-2018
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 SPOTTED SEATROUT – RECREATIONAL - SEASON OPEN

FF-39-2020
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 STRIPED BASS – COMMERCIAL – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA – SEASON OPEN

FF-40-2020
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 STRIPED BASS – RECREATIONAL – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA – SEASON OPEN

FF-21-2020
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 STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL – ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM OCRACOKE INLET NORTH TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA STATE LINE – HARVEST TAGGING AND REPORTING

FF-6-2019
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 ESTUARINE STRIPED BASS- RECREATIONAL SEASON CLOSURE- CENTRAL SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT AREA INTERNAL COASTAL FISHING WATERS- INCLUDING CLOSURE OF JOINT WATERS

FF-54-2019
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 STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL – ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS OF NORTH CAROLINA

FF-55-2012
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WEAKFISH COMMERICIAL FISHING OPERATIONS

FF-54-2010 (REVISED)

WEAKFISH - RECREATIONAL
INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS

M-12-2020
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 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-11-2020
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 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 INCREASE FOR COMMERCIAL SPANISH MACKEREL DRIFT GILL NET FISHERY

M-6-2019
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 GILL NETS – GILL NET CLOSURE AND RESTRICTIONS - CENTRAL SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT AREA (CSMA) - WESTERN PAMLICO SOUND AND RIVERS

M-15-2020
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 GILL NET RESTRICTIONS - INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A – 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.

M-6-2020
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 GILL NET RESTRICTIONS - INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A – FOR GILL NETS WITH A STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6 ½ INCHES – CLOSES MANAGEMENT UNIT C
M-24-2014
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OTHER GILL NET
M-26-2016
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M-26-2016 map 1		 RE: GILL NETS – CURRITUCK SOUND – MARTINS POINT CONFLICT RESOLUTION AREA
M-35-2014
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M-35-2014 map		 GILL NETS - NEWPORT RIVER

M-8-2019
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 GILL NET RESTRICTIONS: ATLANTIC OCEAN WITHIN 100 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE
M-3-2014
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M-1-2014
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M-29-2013
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M-29-2013 map		 GILL NET AND SEINE RESTRICTIONS: DEER AND SCHOOLHOUSE (ROCKY RUN) CREEKS IN CAPE CARTERET

MISCELLANEOUS

M-1-2020
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 POUND NET SET CLOSURE PERIOD

M-25-2019
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 HORSESHOE CRABS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS

M-8-2020
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 RULE SUSPENSION - BLUE CRAB FMP AMENDMENT 3 MANAGEMENT MEASURES

M-7-2020

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 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
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 FLOUNDER POUND NET SET - ESCAPE PANEL REQUIREMENTS

GILL NET PROCLAMATIONS

ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA

M-14-2020

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 GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA – OPENING MANAGEMENT UNIT A TO THE USE OF LARGE MESH GILL NETS WITH OVERNIGHT SOAKS

POTS

PT-4-2020
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 POTS OPEN – PROVISIONAL POT AREAS IN PAMLICO SOUND AND PAMLICO, BAY, AND NEUSE RIVERS

PT-3-2020
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 POTS OPEN – ATLANTIC OCEAN AND INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS WEST AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 58 BRIDGE

PT-2-2020
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 POTS - OPEN - NORTH AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 58 BRIDGE

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

RESEARCH SANCTUARIES

RS-2-2020
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 RESEARCH SANCTUARY- PINE KNOLL SHORES AQUARIUM

RS-4-2019
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 RESEARCH SANCTUARY- MYRTLE GROVE SOUND - UNC-WILMINGTON

RS-3-2019
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 RESEARCH SANCTUARY- HEWLETT’S CREEK - UNC-WILMINGTON

SHELLFISH

SF-3-2020
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 SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREA – CARTERET COUNTY
SC-3-2001 (REVISED) 2001 CALICO SCALLOP SEASON

SF-4-2014
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SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREAS
(Closures: New River, Alligator Bay)

SF-2-2019
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 SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREA

SF-3-2011

SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREA

SF-2-2007

SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREA

SHELLFISH SANITATION

SS-1-2020
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 SHELLFISH TEMPERATURE AND SANITATION CONTROLS

SS-2-2020
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 TEMPERATURE AND SANITATION CONTROLS – CLOSED SEASON OYSTER HARVEST

SHRIMP/CRAB TRAWLING

SH-1-2020
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 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

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 CRAB TRAWLING AND TAKING SHRIMP WITH NETS – OPENING A PORTION OF NEW RIVER AND STUMP SOUND

SH-2-2020
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 CRAB TRAWLING AND TAKING SHRIMP WITH NETS – SOUTHERN REGION

SH-4-2019
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 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
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 SHRIMP TRAWL BYCATCH REDUCTION DEVICE REQUIREMENTS – PAMLICO SOUND AND PORTIONS OF THE PAMLICO, BAY, AND NEUSE RIVERS
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries • 3441 Arendell Street • Morehead City, NC 28557 • 252-726-7021 or 800-682-2632

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