SH-6-2008

PROCLAMATION

RE: 2008 SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING

Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the following areas WILL OPEN to shrimping and crab trawling, effective at 5:00 P.M., Sunday, August 17, 2008:

AREA DESCRIPTIONS

A. CARTERET/ONSLOW COUNTIES

1. White Oak River – south of a line beginning at a point on the west side of the river at 34° 43.3425’N – 77° 07.2209’W; running northerly to a point 34° 43.6445’N – 77° 07.3177’W above Cahoon’s Slough; running easterly to a point 34° 43.5588’N – 77°06.6206’W at Hancock Point. ALL TRIBUTARIES WILL REMAIN CLOSED. (See Map)
Foster’s Creek - near Intracoastal Waterway Marker #48.
Queens Creek - from the Intracoastal Waterway to N.C. Secondary Highway 1509 Bridge. ALL TRIBUTARIES, INCLUDING PARROTT SWAMP AND DICK'S CREEK, WILL REMAIN CLOSED.
4. Bear Creek - from the Intracoastal Waterway to Willis Landing

II. GENERAL INFORMATION:

A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of N.C.G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221.1; 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 pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3H .0103.

C. This action is being taken to allow the harvest of brown shrimp.

D. This proclamation supersedes the portions of Proclamations SH-2-2008, dated April 25, 2008 that deal with these areas.

August 13, 2008
2:00 P.M.
SH-6-2008
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