FF-25-2010

PROCLAMATION
RE: STRIPED BASS SEASON – OCEAN TRAWL: ATLANTIC OCEAN
Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 P.M., Saturday, February 13, 2010, the following restrictions will apply to the season for the harvest of striped bass with ocean trawls in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina:
I. SEASON CLOSURE
No person may possess, transport, buy, sell, or offer for sale striped bass taken with a trawl from the Atlantic Ocean.

II. GENERAL INFORMATION
A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of N.C.G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-181; 113-182; 113-221.1; 143B-289.52; and N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 03H .0103, 03M .0201; 03M .0204; and 03O .0500 et.seq.

B. It is unlawful to violate the provisions of any proclamation issued by the Director under his delegated authority pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 03H .0103.

C. The intent of this proclamation is to close the commercial harvest season for striped bass with trawls in the Atlantic Ocean because the 160,160 pound portion of the total quota allocated to trawls has been exceeded.

D. This proclamation supersedes Proclamation FF-14-2010, dated January 22, 2010.

February 11, 2010
4:00 P.M.
FF-25-010