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FF-20-2010 Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 the following restrictions will apply to the harvest of spiny dogfish: I. HARVEST AREAS,TIMES, AND TRIP LIMITS A. BROWNS INLET- SOUTH – No commercial fishing operation, regardless of the number of people involved, may possess more than 500 pounds of spiny dogfish per day west and south of a line beginning at a point 34° 37.0000’N – 77° 15.000’W; running southeasterly to a point 34° 32.0000’N – 77° 10.0000’W. B. It is unlawful to harvest spiny dogfish sharks north and east of Brown’s Inlet. II. GENERAL INFORMATION A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of N.C.G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221.1; 143B-289.52; and N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 03H .0103 and 03M.0512. B. It is unlawful to violate the provisions of any proclamation issued by the Director under his delegated authority pursuant to N.C. Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 03H .0103. D. The NMFS Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan prohibits the use of gill nets, greater than or equal to 7 inch stretched mesh, at night from December 16 through April 14, unless tie downs are used in Atlantic Ocean state waters from the NC/VA border (36° 33’ N) to Cape Lookout (34° 35.4’N). Tie downs shall be spaced not more than 15 feet apart along the float line, not more than 48 inches in length from the point where it connects to the float line to the point where it connects to the lead line. Night is any time one hour after sunset and one hour prior to sunrise. E. The NMFS Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan prohibits the use of gill nets, greater than or equal to 7 inch stretched mesh, at night from December 16 through April 14 in Atlantic Ocean state waters from Cape Lookout (34° 35.4’N) to the NC/SC border and requires that such nets be removed from the water at night. F. The NMFS Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team prohibits the use of gill nets greater than or equal to seven (7) inches stretched mesh to be used from February 1 through February 14 without the use of tie-downs spaced no more than 15 feet apart along the floatline; not more than 48 inches in length from the point where it connects to the floatline to the point where it connects to the leadline. The same plan prohibits all large mesh gill nets from February 15 through March 15. February 1, 2010 |