RE:
SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING
Preston
P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the
following areas WILL OPEN to
shrimping and crab trawling effective at
8:00 A.M., Wednesday October 8, 2003:
NEW HANOVER COUNTY
Carolina
Beach Boat Basin - from ICW Marker #161 to the municipal docks.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY
Carolina Power And
Light By-Pass Channel - dredged canal north of the
Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) from the waterway to the Wildlife boat ramp and the
dredged portion of Piney Point Creek south of the Intracoastal Waterway. ALL
TRIBUTARIES OF THE CANALS WILL REMAIN CLOSED.
Elizabeth River
- main channel only, including Lower Dutchman Creek from the ICW to the Cape
Fear River. All tributaries of
Elizabeth River and Dutchman Creek, that portion of Elizabeth River west of the
ICW Marker #7, and that portion of Dutchman Creek north of the ICW WILL REMAIN CLOSED.
Intracoastal Waterway
– main channel only from Marker #1 at Southport to Marker #16 and main channel
only, from the Ocean Isle Beach bridge to the South Carolina State line.
Calabash River -
south of a line beginning at a point on the south shore at 33° 53.1500’ N - 78°
33.8500' W, running to a point on the north shore at 33° 53.1500' N - 78°
33.6500' W.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
A) This proclamation is issued under the
authority of G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221(e); 143B-289.52 and
N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 3H .0103; 3L .0101 and .0202.
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.
October 3, 2003
8:00 A.M.
SH-27-2003
/sab