SH-1-2001
PROCLAMATION
RE: PEELER CRAB TRAWLING
Preston P.
Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that
effective at 8:00 A.M., Friday, February
23, 2001, the following areas WILL
OPEN to peeler crab trawling:
I. AREA
DESCRIPTIONS
A. CARTERET COUNTY
1. Waters of Core Sound excluding designated
nursery and shellfish management areas
2. Cedar Island Bay - to the Primary Nursery
Area line
3. Nelson Bay excluding designated nursery and
shellfish management areas
4. Brett Bay
5. Jarretts Bay, Middens Creek and Bell Island
Area to the Primary Nursery Area lines
6. North River - to the Highway 70 Bridge
7. Ward Creek - downstream of the Shellfish
Management Area line
8. Back Sound
B. ONSLOW
COUNTY
Bear Island
(Hammocks Beach) - south of the
Intracoastal Waterway from Bear Creek to West Channel
C. DARE
COUNTY
Waters of
Kitty Hawk Bay, Colington Creek and Buzzard Bay excluding designated nursery
and shellfish management areas
II. GENERAL
INFORMATION
A) This proclamation is issued under the
authority of G.S.113-182; 113-221 (e); 143B-289.52 and N.C. Marine Fisheries
Rules 15A NCAC 3H .0103, 3L .0202 and 3R .0106.
B) It is unlawful to violate the provisions of
any proclamation issued by the Fisheries Director under his delegated authority
per 15A NCAC 3H .0103.
C) This proclamation supersedes all proclamations
affecting peeler crab trawling issued prior to February 23, 2001, and brings
together in one document all areas that are open to peeler crab trawling.
D) Shrimp taken in closed shrimp waters,
incidental to peeler crab harvest activities, must be returned to the waters where taken.
E) In accordance with Rule 15A NCAC 3L .0202, it
is unlawful to use trawls with mesh length less than two inches OR with a
corkline exceeding 25 feet in length for taking soft or Apeeler@ crabs in the above areas.
F) All Primary and Permanent Secondary Nursery
Areas and Shellfish Management Areas remain closed to all trawling activity.
G) All areas currently open to shrimp and crab
trawling are open to peeler crab trawling.
February 21, 2001
8:00 A.M.
SH-1-2001
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