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FF-9-2007 PROCLAMATION RE: FLOUNDER – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, February 8, 2007, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of flounder for recreational purposes from the Atlantic Ocean: I. A. MINIMUM SIZE LIMIT No person may possess flounder less than 14½ inches total length taken from the Atlantic Ocean for recreational purposes. POSSESSION LIMIT It is unlawful to possess more that eight flounder taken in the Atlantic Ocean for recreational purposes per person per day or per trip if a trip occurs on more than one calendar day. The possession limit shall apply to flounder taken in the Atlantic Ocean by all gears, including gigs, if possession is for a recreational purpose. II. GENERAL INFORMATION This proclamation is issued under the authority of G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221.1; 143B-289.52 and N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 3H .0103; 3I .0102, 3M .0503 and 3M .0512. It is unlawful to violate the provisions of any proclamation issued by the Fisheries Director under his delegated authority per 15A NCAC 3H .0103. The intent of this proclamation is to maintain North Carolina’s compliance with the requirements of the joint Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council – Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Summer Flounder Fisheries Management Plan under the authority of N.C. Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3M .0512. The effect of this proclamation is to increase the present size limit of 14 inches to 14 ½ inches in the Atlantic Ocean for recreational purposes. D. This proclamation supersedes Proclamation FF-19-2005, dated March 21, 2005.
February 6, 2007 |