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PT-1-2007 PROCLAMATION RE: CRAB, EEL, FISH AND SHRIMP POTS Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the closed pot season will reopen effective at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 25, 2007 in the following area only: I. AREA DESCRIPTION All Coastal and Joint Fishing Waters of the state. 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 3H .0103 and 3J .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 3H .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 is being taken because it has been determined that all state waters are free of pots.
January 23, 2007 |