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PT-2-2010 PROCLAMATION RE: CRAB, EEL, FISH AND SHRIMP POTS Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the closed pot season will reopen effective at 12:00 Noon on Sunday, January 31, 2010 in the following areas: I. AREA DESCRIPTION All Coastal and Joint Fishing Waters north and east of a line in Pamlico Sound running southeasterly between Roos Point at 35° 22.3000’N – 76°28.2666’W and a point on the north shore of the entrance to Silver Lake at Ocracoke at 35°06.8833’N – 75° 59.3333’W. II. GENERAL INFORMATION A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of N.C.G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-183; 113-221.1; 143B-289.52 and N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 03H .0103 and 03J .0301 (a)(1). B. It is unlawful to violate the provisions of any proclamation issued by the Fisheries Director under his delegated authority pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 03H .0103. C. Pots may not be set in any marked navigation channel, in any turning basin marked and maintained by the N.C. Ferry Division, in the middle third of any other channel, or in any other location where they may constitute a hazard to navigation. D. This action opens the remainder of the coastal and joint fishing waters of the state to the setting of crab pots. January 29, 2010 |