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M-24-2008 PROCLAMATION RE: GILL NETS - ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Monday, December 1, 2008, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA: I. AREA DESCRIPTION: Albemarle Sound Management Area as described in Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 03R.0201 (a). NET RESTRICTIONS: Only gill nets meeting the specified mesh lengths may be used in the following areas identified in I. A. Gill nets with a mesh length of 3 inches and 3 ¼ inches shall not exceed 800 yards in any B. Gill nets with a mesh length less than 3 inches may not be used. C. Gill nets with a mesh length greater than 3 1/4 inches may not be used. 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 Rule 15A NCAC 3H .0103, 3J .0103, and 3Q .0107 (c) and 3M .0202. B. It is unlawful to violate 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. In accordance with 15A NCAC 3J. .0103 (d) (1), it is unlawful to use gill nets within 200 yards of any pound net set with lead and either pound or heart in use, except that from August 15 through December 31 in Albemarle Sound, excluding tributaries, west of a line beginning at a point 36°04.5184’N - 75°47.9095’W on Powell Point; running southerly to a point 35°57.2681’N - 75°48.3999’W on Caroon Point, it is unlawful to use gill nets within 500 yards of any pound net set with lead and either pound or heart in use. D. The intent of this proclamation is to allow directed fisheries for mullet, white perch and other species. This proclamation implements a provision of the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan that seeks to maintain an adequate spawning stock of southern flounder. E. This proclamation supersedes Proclamation M-22-2008 dated November 17, 2008. November 24, 2008 |