North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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Authorized Gears with a Recreational Commercial Gear License
Gill Nets | Pots | Shrimp Trawls/Skimmer Trawls | Shrimp Pound | Trotlines | Seines | Buoy Requirements, etc.
Seines:

Length Limit - 30 feet to 100 feet. Mechanical methods for retrieving seines are prohibited. A seine cannot be deployed or retrieved from a vessel.

Mesh Size - Not less than 2½ inches stretch mesh. If taking shrimp, the minimum size is 1 1/4 inches stretch mesh. Seines may not be used to take shrimp from an area closed to trawling.

Marking Requirements - One solid hot pink buoy must be attached to the corkline (see Buoy Requirements).

Trotlines:

Length Limit – A multiple hook or multiple bait trotline cannot exceed 100 feet.
Marking Requirements – One solid hot pink buoy on the end of trotline (see Buoy Requirements). See Notes on Shellfish and other details

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