North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES
Subchapter R - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES
Section .0100 - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES
Section 03R .0107 - DESIGNATED POT AREAS
Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 03R .0107
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The pot areas referenced in 15A NCAC 03J .0301(a)(2)(A) are delineated in the following Coastal Fishing Waters:
(1) In Albemarle and Currituck sounds and
tributaries.
(2) In Roanoke Sound
and tributaries.
(3) In Croatan
Sound and tributaries.
(4) In
Pamlico Sound and tributaries, except areas further described in Subparagraphs
(a)(5), (a)(7), and (a)(8) of this Rule. Pots shall not be set within the
following area described by lines:
(A)
Striking Bay - beginning on shore at a point 35° 23.7003' N - 76°
26.6951' W; running southeasterly to shore at a point 35° 23.3580' N -
76° 26.3777' W; running easterly along shore to Long Point to a point
35° 23.3380' N - 76° 26.2540' W; running southeasterly to Drum Point to
a point 35° 22.4830' N - 76° 25.1930' W; running southerly along shore
to Point of Narrows to a point 35° 21.9240' N - 76° 25.4080' W; running
northwesterly near Marker "2" to a point 35° 22.4166' N - 76° 26.4833'
W; running westerly to a point 35° 22.3833' N - 76° 27.0000' W; running
northerly to Short Point to a point 35° 23.3831' N - 76° 26.9922' W;
running northerly along shore to a point 35° 23.5000' N - 76° 26.9666'
W; running northeasterly to the beginning point.
(5) In the Pamlico River and its tributaries
west of a line beginning on Willow Point at a point 35° 22.3741' N -
76° 28.6905' W; running southerly to Pamlico Point to a point 35°
18.5882' N - 76° 28.9625' W; pots may be used in Coastal Fishing Waters
within an area bound by the shoreline to the depth of six feet. Pots shall not
be used in areas listed in Paragraph (b) of this Rule, unless opened to the use
of pots by proclamation; and pots shall not be set within the following areas
described by lines:
(A) Long Point - beginning
on shore at a point 35° 22.4833' N - 76° 43.4167' W; running
northwesterly to a point 35° 22.6500' N - 76° 43.4333' W; running
easterly along the six foot depth to a point 35° 22.7333' N - 76°
42.7333' W; running to shore to a point 35° 22.4000' N - 76° 43.0833'
W; running westerly along shore to the beginning point.
(B) Pamlico River Mainstream Channel -
beginning at a point 250 yards north of Marker "7" at a point 35° 27.2953'
N - 76° 55.1351' W; running westerly to a point near Marker "8" at a point
35° 27.4217' N - 76° 56.0917' W; running westerly along the north side
of the marked channel to a point 100 yards north of Marker "9" at a point
35° 27.7472' N - 76° 57.5392' W; running westerly along the north side
of the marked channel to a point near Marker "16", north of Whichard Beach at a
point 35° 30.4750' N - 77° 01.2217' W; running southwesterly across the
channel to a point 35° 30.4373' N - 77° 01.2614' W; running
southeasterly along the south side of the marked channel at a distance of 100
yards from the north side of the marked channel to a point near Marker "7" at a
point 35° 27.1722' N - 76° 55.1380' W; running northerly to the
beginning point.
(C) Chocowinity
Bay Channel - beginning at a point near the Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC)
red marker in Chocowinity Bay at a point 35° 29.5501' N - 77° 01.4335'
W; running easterly to the south side of the marked navigation channel in
Pamlico River, at a point 35° 29.0408' N - 76° 59.5437' W; running
southeasterly to a point 35° 28.9236' N - 76° 59.3109' W; running
westerly to the WRC green buoy in Chocowinity Bay at a point 35° 29.5004' N
- 77° 01.4339' W; running northerly to the beginning point.
(D) Whichard Beach Channel - beginning on
shore at a point 35° 30.2364' N - 77° 01.3679' W; running easterly to
the south side of the marked navigation channel in Pamlico River at a point
35° 30.1952' N - 77° 01.0252' W; running southeasterly to a point
35° 30.1373' N - 77° 00.9685' W; running westerly to shore at a point
35° 30.2002' N - 77° 01.4518' W, running northeasterly to the beginning
point.
(E) Broad Creek Channel -
beginning near Marker "3" in Broad Creek at a point 35° 29.0733' N -
76° 57.2417' W; running southwesterly near Marker "1" at a point 35°
28.8591' N - 76° 57.3823' W; running southerly to the marked navigation
channel in Pamlico River at a point 35° 27.8083' N - 76° 57.6250' W;
running southeasterly to a point 35° 27.7344' N - 76° 57.4822' W;
running northerly to the six foot depth at a point 35° 28.5779' N - 76°
57.2924' W; running northerly to the six foot depth at a point 35° 28.7781'
N - 76° 57.3508' W; running northerly along the six foot depth to a point
near Marker "4" at a point 35° 29.0933' N - 76° 57.1967' W; running
southwesterly to the beginning point.
(F) Blounts Bay - from June 1 through
September 15, on the south side of Pamlico River beginning near Marker "7" at a
point 35° 27.1722' N - 76° 55.1381' W; running westerly and along the
south side of the marked navigation channel to a point near Marker "9" at a
point 35° 27.7070' N - 76° 57.5739' W; running northwesterly along the
south side of the marked channel to the intersection of the Chocowinity Bay
Channel at a point 35° 28.9236' N - 76° 59.3109' W; running westerly
along the south side of the Chocowinity Bay Channel to a point 35° 29.0206'
N - 76° 59.6678' W; running southerly to the eight foot depth at a point
35° 28.6667' N - 76° 59.6667' W; running southeasterly along the eight
foot depth to a point 35° 27.0833' N - 76° 55.1667' W; running
northerly to the beginning point.
(6) In the Pamlico River and its tributaries
west of a line beginning on Willow Point at a point 35° 22.3741' N -
76° 28.6905' W; running southerly to Pamlico Point to a point 35°
18.5882' N - 76° 28.9625' W; pots may be used in Coastal Fishing Waters
within an area bound by the shoreline to the depth of six feet. Pots shall not
be used in areas listed in Paragraph (b) of this Rule, unless opened to the use
of pots by proclamation; and except pots may be set within the following areas
described by lines:
(A) Durants Point and
South Shore, upper Pungo River - beginning on Durants Point at a point 35°
30.5197' N - 76° 35.1521' W; running northwesterly to a point 35°
31.1333' N - 76° 35.5833' W; running northeasterly 200 yards south of
Marker "10" to a point 35° 31.2032' N - 76° 35.5558' W; running
easterly parallel to the marked navigation channel at a distance of 200 yards
to the shore south of Wilkerson Creek to a point 35° 33.0493' N - 76°
27.2752' W; running southerly and westerly along the shoreline and following
the Inland/Coastal lines of Horse Island, Tarklin, Scranton, and Smith Creeks
to the beginning point.
(B) Tooleys
Point and North Shore, upper Pungo River - beginning at the "Breakwater" 200
yards northeast of Beacon "6", at a point 35° 31.7833' N - 76° 36.8500'
W; running southeasterly to a point 200 yards from Marker "4" at a point
35° 31.5167' N - 76° 36.3500' W; running easterly parallel to the
marked navigation channel at a distance of 200 yards to the north shore of
Wilkerson Creek to a point 35° 33.2339' N - 76° 27.5449' W; running
northwesterly along the shoreline to the east end of the US 264 bridge; running
westerly along the south side of the bridge and following the Inland/Coastal
line to the western shore; running southerly and westerly along the shoreline
and following the Inland/Coastal lines of Upper Dowry Creek and Lower Dowry
Creek; running westerly and along the shoreline of Battalina and Tooleys
creeks; running along the river shore to the "Breakwater" to a point 35°
31.9908' N - 76° 36.6105' W; running southwesterly along the "Breakwater"
to the beginning point.
(C) Pungo
Creek - beginning on Windmill Point at a point 35° 30.7444' N - 76°
38.2869' W; running northeasterly to a point 200 yards west of Marker "3" to a
point 35° 31.3500' N - 76° 36.6167' W; running northwesterly to the
"Breakwater" to a point 35° 31.6296' N - 76° 37.1201' W; running
westerly along the "Breakwater" to shore to a point 35° 31.5653' N -
76° 37.3832' W; running westerly along shore and into Pungo Creek following
the shoreline and the Inland/Coastal lines of Vale, Scott, and Smith creeks to
the north end of the NC 92 bridge over Pungo Creek; running southerly along the
bridge and following the Inland/Coastal line to the southern shore; running
easterly along shore to the beginning point.
(D) Upper Pamlico - in Coastal Fishing Waters
west of a line beginning on the north shore of Gum Point at a point 35°
25.1699' N - 76° 45.5251' W; running southwesterly to a point on the south
shore of Pamlico River to a point 35° 23.4453' N - 76° 46.4346' W,
except as described in Paragraph (a)(5)(B) through (F) of this Rule.
(E) North Side Pamlico - beginning on the
north shore of Gum Point at a point 35° 25.1699' N - 76° 45.5251' W;
running southwesterly 500 yards from shore to a point 35° 24.9339' N -
76° 45.6495' W; running easterly parallel to the shoreline at a distance of
500 yards near Adams Point to a point 35° 23.3949' N - 76° 35.8089' W;
running northerly to shore at a point 35° 23.1754' N - 76° 35.9619' W;
running westerly along shore to the beginning point.
(F) South Creek - in Coastal Fishing Waters
of South Creek and tributaries west of a line beginning on Hickory Point at a
point 35° 21.7385' N - 76° 41.5907' W; running southerly to Fork Point
to a point 35° 20.7534' N - 76° 41.7870' W.
(7) In Bay River west of a line beginning on
Bay Point at a point 35° 11.0750' N - 76° 31.6080' W; running southerly
to Maw Point to a point 35° 09.0407' N - 76° 32.2348' W; pots may be
used in Coastal Fishing Waters within an area bound by the shoreline to the
depth of six feet. Pots shall not be used in areas listed in Paragraph (b) of
this Rule, unless opened to the use of pots by proclamation; and pots shall not
be set within the following areas described by lines:
(A) Vandemere - beginning on the west shore
of Vandemere Creek at a point 35° 11.2280' N - 76° 39.6046' W; running
southeasterly to the east shore to a point 35° 11.0920' N - 76°
39.3240' W; running southerly to a point 35° 10.9390' N - 76° 39.4426'
W; running southwesterly to a point 35° 10.8567' N - 76° 39.6212' W;
running northwesterly to shore west of Vandemere Creek to a point 35°
10.8983' N - 76° 39.7307' W; running northerly along shore to the beginning
point.
(B) Moore Bay - beginning on
shore west of Bell Point at a point 35° 09.6712' N - 76° 39.9651' W;
running northwesterly to a point 35° 09.7331' N - 76° 40.0928' W;
running southerly along the six foot depth to a point 35° 09.0045' N -
76° 40.3141' W; running southeasterly to the north shore of Moore Creek to
a point 35° 08.9640' N - 76° 40.2000' W; running northerly along shore
to the beginning point.
(8) In the Neuse River and Point of Marsh
area south and west of a line beginning on Maw Point at a point 35°
09.0407' N - 76° 32.2348' W; running southeasterly near the Maw Point Shoal
Marker "2" to a point 35° 08.1250' N - 76° 30.8532' W; running
southeasterly near the Neuse River Entrance Marker "NR" to a point 35°
06.6212' N - 76° 28.5383' W; running southeasterly to a point 35°
04.7670' N - 76° 25.7920' W; running southwesterly to shore to a point
35° 03.9387' N - 76° 27.0466' W; pots may be used in Coastal Fishing
Waters within an area bound by the shoreline to the depth of six feet. Pots
shall not be used in areas listed in Paragraph (b) of this Rule, unless opened
to the use of pots by proclamation; and pots shall not be set within the
following areas described by lines:
(A)
Oriental - in that area including Greens Creek and tributaries downstream of
the bridge on State Secondary Road 1308, and Whittaker Creek north of a line
beginning on the west shore at the Whittaker Creek primary nursery area (PNA)
line; running easterly along the Whittaker Creek PNA line to the east shore;
running southerly to a point 35° 01.3833' N - 76° 40.9500' W; running
westerly following the six foot depth to a point 35° 01.1666' N - 76°
41.8833' W; running southerly across the channel to a point 35° 01.1339' N
- 76° 41.9589' W; running westerly to Windmill Point to the south shore of
the Shop Gut Creek PNA line; running northerly along the Shop Gut Creek PNA
line to the north shore of the Shop Gut Creek PNA line.
(B) Greens Creek - more than 75 yards from
shore in the area beginning on the south shore of Greens Creek primary nursery
area (PNA) line; following the PNA lines of Greens Creek and Kershaw Creek to
the east shore of Kershaw Creek; running easterly along the shore of Greens
Creek, and running along the shore of Smith Creek and its tributaries to the
bridge on State Secondary Road 1308; running southwesterly along the bridge to
the south shore of Greens Creek; running westerly along the shore to the
beginning point.
(C) Dawson Creek -
beginning on the west shore at a point 34° 59.5920' N - 76° 45.4620' W;
running easterly along the bridge on State Secondary Road 1302 to shore at a
point 34° 59.5800' N - 76° 45.4140' W; running northerly and easterly
along the shore to the primary nursery area (PNA) line of the southeastern
tributary; running northerly along the PNA line to shore; running northerly
along shore to the PNA line of the unnamed northeastern tributary; running
northwesterly along the PNA line to shore; running northwesterly along shore to
the Inland/Coastal line on Tarklin Creek; running westerly along the
Inland/Coastal line to shore; running southwesterly along shore to the
Inland/Coastal line on Dawson Creek; running southerly along the Inland/Coastal
line to the shore; running easterly and then southerly along shore to the
beginning point.
(D) Wilkerson
Point - beginning on the west side of the Minnesott Beach Yacht Basin Channel
at a point 34° 58.2682' N - 76° 49.1903' W; running southerly to a
point 34° 58.1403' N - 76° 49.2253' W; running easterly along the six
foot depth to a point 34° 58.4000' N - 76° 46.5667' W; running
northerly to shore to a point 34° 58.5333' N - 76° 46.6333' W; running
westerly along shore to the beginning point.
(E) Beard Creek - beginning on shore west of
Beard Creek at a point 35° 00.1902' N - 76° 52.2176' W; running
southerly to a point 34° 59.8883' N - 76° 52.3594' W; running easterly
along the six foot depth to a point 34° 59.4167' N - 76° 51.2333' W;
running northeasterly to shore to a point 34° 59.5989' N - 76° 51.0781'
W; running westerly along shore to the Beard Creek tributary primary nursery
area (PNA) line; running northeasterly along the PNA line to the Inland/Coastal
line in Beards Creek; running westerly along the Inland/Coastal line to the
western shore; running southerly along shore to the beginning point.
(F) Clubfoot Creek - more than 50 yards from
shore in the area south of a line beginning at a point 34° 54.9327' N -
76° 45.6506' W on the west shore; running northerly to a point 34°
55.1501' N - 76° 45.6221' W; running northeasterly to a point 34°
55.1812' N - 76° 45.5172' W near Marker "5"; running northeasterly to a
point 34° 55.2994' N - 76° 45.1180' W on the east shore and north of
line beginning at a point on the west shore 34° 54.5424' N - 76°
45.7252' W; running easterly to a point 34° 54.4853' N - 76° 45.4022' W
on the east shore.
(G) Lower Broad
Creek - beginning on the north shore at a point 35° 05.8314' N - 76°
35.3845' W; running southwesterly along the secondary nursery area line to the
six foot depth at 35° 05.7321' N - 76° 35.5046' W; running southerly
following the six foot depth near Marker "2A" to a point 35° 05.5442' N -
76° 35.2886' W; running northerly to a point 35° 05.7446' N - 76°
35.2980' W; running westerly along the shore to the point of
beginning.
(9) In the
Neuse River and Point of Marsh area south and west of a line beginning on Maw
Point at a point 35° 09.0407' N - 76° 32.2348' W; running southeasterly
near the Maw Point Shoal Marker "2" to a point 35° 08.1250' N - 76°
30.8532' W; running southeasterly near the Neuse River Entrance Marker "NR" to
a point 35° 06.6212' N - 76° 28.5383' W; running southeasterly to a
point 35° 04.7670' N - 76° 25.7920' W; running southwesterly to shore
to a point 35° 03.9387' N - 76° 27.0466' W; pots may be used in Coastal
Fishing Waters within an area bound by the shoreline to the depth of six feet.
Pots shall not be used in areas listed in Paragraph (b) of this Rule, unless
opened to the use of pots by proclamation; and except pots may be set in
Coastal Fishing Waters west of a line beginning on shore west of Beards Creek
at a point 35° 00.1902' N - 76° 52.2176' W; running southwesterly to
shore west of Slocum Creek to a point 34° 57.0333' N - 76° 53.7252'
W.
(10) In the West Bay and Long
Bay area south and west of a line beginning on shore at a point 35°
03.9387' N - 76° 27.0466' W; running northeasterly to a point 35°
04.7670' N - 76° 25.7920' W; running southeasterly to the eastern shore of
West Bay to a point 35° 02.1203' N - 76° 21.8122' W; areas described by
lines:
(A) Raccoon Island, northern shore -
beginning at the western point at a point 35° 04.3696' N - 76° 26.1815'
W; running southeasterly along the north shore to a point 35° 03.9814' N -
76° 25.5862' W; running easterly 150 yards to a point 35° 03.9777' N -
76° 25.4910' W; running northwesterly at a distance of 150 yards from shore
to a point 35° 04.4417' N - 76° 26.2150' W; running easterly to the
beginning point.
(B) Raccoon
Island, southern shore - beginning at the western point at a point 35°
04.3696' N - 76° 26.1815' W; running southeasterly along the south shore to
a point 35° 03.9814' N - 76° 25.5862' W; running easterly 50 yards to a
point 35° 03.9800' N - 76° 25.5513' W; running westerly at a distance
of 50 yards from shore to a point 35° 04.3955' N - 76° 26.1934' W;
running easterly to the beginning point.
(C) West Bay: Point of the Narrows -
beginning on shore at a point 35° 03.5421' N - 76° 26.3909' W; running
northeasterly to a point 35° 03.5980' N - 76° 26.3894' W; running
southeasterly parallel to shore at a distance of 100 yards to a point 35°
02.4740' N - 76° 26.1280' W; running northwesterly to shore to a point
35° 02.5440' N - 76° 26.1486' W; running northerly along shore to the
beginning point.
(D) West Bay:
Point of Island Bay, Dowdy Bay - beginning on shore at a point 35° 01.5271'
N - 76° 26.2836' W; running southeasterly to a point 35° 01.4684' N -
76° 26.2450' W; running southeasterly parallel to shore at a distance of
100 yards to a point 35° 00.0701' N - 76° 25.4414' W; running southerly
to a point 35° 00.0620' N - 76° 25.5074' W on Dowdy Point; running
westerly and northerly along shore to the beginning point.
(E) West Bay - beginning on Dowdy Point at a
point 35° 00.0620' N - 76° 25.5074' W; running easterly to a point
35° 00.1000' N - 76° 25.2000' W; running southerly to a point 34°
58.7500' N - 76° 24.7000' W; running westerly to Jack's Bay Point to a
point 34° 58.6886' N - 76° 25.3683' W; running northerly along shore to
the beginning point.
(F) Long Bay:
Jack's Bay, Stump Bay - beginning on Jack's Bay Point at a point 34°
58.6886' N - 76° 25.3683' W; running southwesterly to a point 34°
57.6500' N - 76° 25.8500' W; running westerly to shore to a point 34°
57.2089' N - 76° 27.2292' W; running northerly along shore to the boundary
of the military restricted area (having its center at a point 34° 58.8000'
N - 76° 26.2000' W) in Jack's Bay to a point 34° 58.4208' N - 76°
25.9417' W; running northeasterly along the boundary of the military restricted
area to a point 34° 58.7746' N - 76° 25.6733' W; running easterly along
shore to the beginning point.
(G)
Long Bay - beginning on the east point of the southern shore of Stump Bay at a
point 34° 57.2089' N - 76° 27.2292' W; running southeasterly to
Swimming Point to a point 34° 56.7619' N - 76° 26.3838' W; running
southerly along shore to the head of Long Bay; running northerly along the west
shore to the beginning point.
(H)
Long Bay: Owens Bay - beginning on Swimming Point at a point 34° 56.7619' N
- 76° 26.3838' W; running northwesterly to a point 34° 56.8470' N -
76° 26.5363' W; running northeasterly parallel to shore at a distance of
300 yards to a point 34° 57.9394' N - 76° 24.1326' W; running
southwesterly to Long Bay Point at a point 34° 57.7863' N - 76°
24.1837' W; running southwesterly along shore to the beginning point.
(I) West Thorofare Bay, Merkle Bay -
beginning on Long Bay Point at a point 34° 57.7863' N - 76° 24.1837' W;
running northeasterly near Marker "8WB" to a point 34° 58.4600' N - 76°
23.9600' W; running easterly to Tump Point to a point 34° 58.7000' N -
76° 22.8166' W; running southerly along the shore of Merkle Bay and West
Thorofare Bay back to the beginning point.
(J) West Bay, North Bay - beginning on the
eastern shore of West Bay at a point 35° 02.1203' N - 76° 21.8122' W;
running northwesterly to a point 35° 02.5412' N - 76° 22.4445' W;
running southwesterly near Marker "5WB" to a point 35° 02.0798' N - 76°
22.8729' W; running southerly to a point 35° 00.5666' N - 76° 21.8333'
W; running southerly to Deep Bend Point to a point 34° 58.5923' N - 76°
21.7325' W; running easterly and northerly along shore to the beginning
point.
(11) Core Sound,
Back Sound, and the Straits and their tributaries.
(12) North River:
(A) Goose Bay - beginning on shore west of
South Leopard Creek at a point 34° 45.4517' N - 76° 35.1767' W; running
northerly to a point 34° 45.6409' N - 76° 35.2503' W; running
southwesterly to a point 34° 45.3333' N - 76° 35.7500' W; running
southerly to a point 34° 43.4667' N - 76° 35.2333' W; running easterly
to shore at a point 34° 43.5833' N - 76° 34.9167' W; running northerly
along shore to the beginning point.
(B) Ward Creek - Coastal Fishing Waters north
and east of a line beginning on the north shore at a point 34° 46.2667' N -
76° 35.4933' W; running southerly to south shore to a point 34°
45.4517' N - 76° 35.1767' W.
(C) Upper North River - Coastal Fishing
Waters north of a line beginning on the west shore at a point 34° 46.0383'
N - 76° 37.0633' W; running easterly to shore to a point 34° 46.2667' N
- 76° 35.4933' W.
(D) Newby
Creek, Gibbs Creek - beginning on Marsh Hen Point at a point 34° 45.2004' N
- 76° 37.0639' W; running southwesterly to a point 34° 44.5833' N -
76° 36.6000' W; running southeasterly to shore near Holland's Rocks to a
point 34° 43.6667' N - 76° 37.3333' W; running northerly along shore to
the beginning point.
(E) North
River Marshes - beginning near Marker "6" at a point 34° 43.4833' N -
76° 37.3500' W; running northeasterly to a point 34° 44.1333' N -
76° 36.8667' W; running southeasterly to a point 34° 43.8000' N -
76° 36.1333' W; running southeasterly to a point 34° 43.5000' N -
76° 35.7833' W; running southerly near Marker "56"to a point 34°
42.2391' N - 76° 35.8498' W; running westerly to a point 34° 42.2333' N
- 76° 36.7167' W; running northerly to a point 34° 42.7500' N - 76°
36.9667' W; running northerly to a point 34° 43.2333' N - 76° 36.9667'
W; running northwesterly to the beginning point.
(13) Newport River:
(A) Lower portion - beginning on shore east
of Penn Point at a point 34° 45.4397' N - 76° 43.0638' W; running
northeasterly to shore east of Oyster Creek to a point 34° 46.5480' N -
76° 41.9910' W; running easterly along shore to a point on the western
shore of Core Creek to a point 34° 47.0816' N - 76° 41.2605' W; running
easterly to the eastern shore at a point 34° 46.9867' N - 76° 41.0437'
W; running southerly along shore to Gallant Point to a point 34° 43.9911' N
- 76° 40.2762' W; running westerly near Marker "2" to a point 34°
44.0031' N - 76° 40.5038' W; running southeasterly near Marker "4" to a
point 34° 43.7064' N - 76° 40.1627' W; running southerly to the west
side of Gallant's Channel at the drawbridge to a point 34° 43.3500' N -
76° 40.1833' W; running westerly along the US 70 and the US 70 bridge to
its terminus at the State Port Terminal; running westerly and northerly along
the western shore of Newport River and its tributaries to the beginning
point.
(B) Upper portion - the
Coastal Fishing Waters west of a line beginning on shore east of Harlowe Creek
at a point 34° 46.5730' N - 76° 42.6350' W; running southerly to shore
east of Penn Point to a point 34° 45.6970' N - 76° 43.5180'
W.
(14) Bogue Sound:
(A) South of the Intracoastal Waterway -
beginning on the south shore at the NC 58 bridge at a point 34° 40.0585' N
- 77° 03.8005' W; running northerly along the bridge to the south side of
the IWW channel to a point 34° 40.4464' N - 77° 03.9155' W; running
easterly along the south side of the IWW channel to the Atlantic Beach bridge
to a point 34° 43.0320' N - 76° 44.1300' W; running easterly to the
northeastern shore of Tar Landing Bay to a point 34° 42.5000' N - 76°
42.2000' W; running easterly along shore to a point 34° 42.1990' N -
76° 41.3873' W; running southeasterly to a point 34° 42.1631' N -
76° 41.3491' W; running southeasterly and westerly along shore to the
beginning point.
(B) North of the
Intracoastal Waterway - beginning on the north shore at the NC 58 bridge at a
point 34° 40.7780' N - 77° 04.0010' W; running southerly along the
bridge to the north side of the IWW channel to a point 34° 40.4640' N -
77° 03.9090' W; running easterly along the north side of the IWW channel to
the Atlantic Beach bridge to a point 34° 43.0620' N - 76° 44.1240' W;
running northerly along the bridge to shore to a point 34° 43.2780' N -
76° 44.0700' W; running westerly along shore to the beginning
point.
(15) Designated
primary nursery areas in all Coastal Fishing Waters which are listed in
15A NCAC
03R .0103, except Burton Creek off Lower
Broad Creek in Pamlico County.
(b) The pot areas referenced in 15A NCAC 03J .0301(a)(2)(B) to be opened by proclamation are delineated in the following Coastal Fishing Waters:
(1) Wysocking Bay:
(A) Lone Tree Creek - beginning on shore at a
point 35° 25.9705' N - 76° 02.7799' W; running easterly along the
shoreline to the primary nursery area (PNA) line on the north shore of Lone
Tree Creek; running southeasterly along the PNA line to the south shore;
running southwesterly to a point 35° 24.7666' N - 76° 02.5333' W;
running northwesterly to a point 35° 25.7000' N - 76° 03.2666' W;
running northeasterly to the beginning point.
(B) Mt. Pleasant Bay - beginning on shore
west of Green Point at a point 35° 24.6160' N - 76° 03.9690' W; running
easterly to a point 35° 24.4500' N - 76° 03.2000' W; running southerly
to a point 35° 23.2833' N - 76° 03.5333' W; running southwesterly to
shore to a point 35° 23.1166' N - 76° 04.2000' W; running westerly and
northerly along shore to the primary nursery area (PNA) line on the western
shore of Hickory Creek Bay; running northeasterly along the PNA line to Browns
Island; running along the eastern shore of Browns Island to the PNA line on the
south shore of Old Hill Bay; running northerly along the PNA line to shore;
running northeasterly along shore to the beginning point.
(2) Juniper Bay - beginning on shore at a
point 35° 21.7957' N - 76° 14.3545' W; running southeasterly along
shore to the primary nursery area (PNA) line on the western shore of Buck
Creek; running southeasterly along the PNA line to the eastern shore; running
southeasterly along shore to the PNA line on the north shore of Laurel Creek;
running southerly to the south shore; running southerly along shore to Juniper
Bay Point to a point 35° 20.4420' N - 76° 13.2680' W; running westerly
to a point 35° 20.2500' N - 76° 14.7500' W; running northerly near
Marker "3" to a point 35° 21.5360' N - 76° 14.8040' W; running
northeasterly to the beginning point.
(3) Swanquarter Bay - beginning in Caffee Bay
on the north shore at a point 35° 21.9928' N - 76° 17.6720' W; running
southerly to the south shore at a point 35° 21.5240' N - 76° 17.8130'
W; running westerly along shore to Drum Point to a point 35° 21.5920' N -
76° 18.3560' W; running westerly to a point 35° 21.2833' N - 76°
19.0500' W; running northwesterly to a point 35° 21.8500' N - 76°
19.4500' W; running easterly to Sandy Point to a point 35° 22.1080' N -
76° 18.7440' W; running easterly along shore and following the PNA line of
the northern tributary in Caffee Bay to the beginning point.
(4) Deep Cove - beginning on the north shore
at a point 35° 21.5784' N - 76° 22.7505' W; running easterly along
shore to a point 35° 21.5002' N - 76° 22.1112' W; running southerly to
shore to a point 35° 20.6851' N - 76° 22.0524' W; running westerly
along shore to a point 35° 20.5390' N - 76° 22.7790' W; running
northerly to the beginning point.
(5) Rose Bay - beginning on shore south of
Swan Point at a point 35° 23.9650' N - 76° 23.5530' W; running
southeasterly along shore to a point 35° 23.5060' N - 76° 23.2090' W;
running westerly to a point 35° 23.3166' N - 76° 24.0666' W; running
northwesterly to a point 35° 24.0500' N - 76° 24.5500' W; running
easterly to the beginning point.
(6) Spencer Bay - beginning on Roos Point at
a point 35° 22.3590' N - 76° 28.1850' W; running northeasterly to a
point 35° 22.9500' N - 76° 27.2166' W; running northwesterly to a point
35° 23.4166' N - 76° 27.9500' W; running southwesterly to shore to a
point 35° 23.0209' N - 76° 28.5060' W; running southeasterly along
shore and the primary nursery area line of the unnamed western tributary of
Spencer Bay to the beginning point.
(7) Pamlico River:
(A) Lee Creek - beginning on shore at a point
35° 22.8779' N - 76° 45.7149' W; running northerly to a point 35°
23.1011' N - 76° 45.7371' W; running easterly along the six foot depth to a
point 35° 22.9450' N - 76° 44.8403' W; running southwesterly to shore
to a point 35° 22.7667' N - 76° 45.2333' W; running westerly along
shore to the beginning point.
(B)
Huddy Gut - beginning on shore at a point 35° 22.5000' N - 76° 44.4500'
W; running northerly to a point 35° 22.7166' N - 76° 44.5000' W;
running easterly along the six foot depth to a point 35° 22.7170' N -
76° 43.9500' W; running southwesterly to shore to a point 35° 22.4657'
N - 76° 44.0536' W; running westerly along shore to the beginning
point.
(C) Indian Island -
beginning on shore at the west end of Indian Island at a point 35° 21.6240'
N - 76° 39.4090' W; running westerly to a point 35° 21.7667' N -
76° 40.2667' W; running easterly along the six foot depth to a point
35° 21.6107' N - 76° 38.2202' W; running westerly to the east end of
Indian Island to a point 35° 21.6100' N - 76° 38.6290' W; running
westerly along the northern shore to the beginning point.
(D) Old Field Point, Goose Creek - beginning
on shore at a point 35° 20.2297' N - 76° 37.3456' W; running
southeasterly to a point 35° 20.1500' N - 76° 37.1000' W; running
southerly along the six foot depth to a point 35° 19.9031' N - 76°
37.2308' W; running westerly to shore to a point 35° 19.9812' N - 76°
37.4917' W; running northerly along shore to the beginning point.
(8) Big Porpoise Bay - beginning
on the north shore at a point 35° 16.0028' N - 76° 29.1708' W; running
southerly to Sage Point at a point 35° 15.5930' N - 76° 29.1270' W;
running easterly to a point 35° 15.4660' N - 76° 28.6000' W; running
northerly to shore to a point 35° 15.8120' N - 76° 28.4270' W; running
westerly along shore to the beginning point.
(9) Middle Bay - beginning on Middle Bay
Point at a point 35° 14.8310' N - 76° 28.7500' W; running southerly to
Sow Island Point at a point 35° 13.2876' N - 76° 29.5585' W; running
westerly along shore to Big Fishing Point at a point 35° 14.0285' N -
76° 29.9336' W; running northerly to Oyster Creek Point at a point 35°
14.6042' N - 76° 29.8544' W; running easterly along shore to the beginning
point.
(10) Jones Bay - beginning
on Sow Island Point at a point 35° 13.1811' N - 76° 29.6096' W; running
southerly near Marker "3" to a point 35° 12.0250' N - 76° 29.9660' W;
running northwesterly to a point 35° 12.8000' N - 76° 30.9666' W;
running southwesterly to shore at the east shore of the Little Drum Creek
primary nursery area (PNA) line; running westerly along the PNA line to the
west shore of the Little Eve Creek PNA; running westerly along shore to a point
35° 12.6000' N - 76° 32.0166' W; running northeasterly to a point
35° 12.8666' N - 76° 31.7500' W; running northwesterly to a point
35° 13.1833' N - 76° 32.1166' W; running northerly to a point 35°
13.6500' N - 76° 31.9000' W; running southeasterly to a point 35°
13.1500' N - 76° 30.8000' W; running northerly to shore at a point 35°
13.4886' N - 76° 30.7785' W; running easterly along shore to the beginning
point.
(11) Bay Point - beginning
on Boar Point at a point 35° 12.1450' N - 76° 31.1150' W; running
easterly near Marker "5" to a point 35° 12.0250' N - 76° 29.9660' W;
running southerly to a point 35° 10.9333' N - 76° 30.1666' W; running
westerly to Bay Point to a point 35° 11.0750' N - 76° 31.6080' W;
running northerly along shore to the beginning point.
(12) Bay River:
(A) Rockhole Bay - beginning on the western
shore of Dump Creek at a point 35° 11.6708' N - 76° 33.4359' W; running
southerly to a point 35° 11.3833' N - 76° 33.3166' W; running
southeasterly along the six foot depth to a point 35° 10.8333' N - 76°
32.1333' W; running northerly to shore at a point 35° 11.1250' N - 76°
32.1340' W; running northwesterly along shore to the southeast shore of the
Rockhole Bay PNA line; running northwesterly along the PNA line to the western
shore; running westerly along shore to the east shore of PNA line in Dump
Creek; running southwesterly along the PNA line to the western shore; running
southerly along shore to the beginning point.
(B) Hogpen Creek - beginning on shore north
of Bonner Bay at a point 35° 10.4174' N - 76° 34.7041' W; running
northerly to a point 35° 10.7500' N - 76° 34.7333' W; running easterly
along the six foot depth to a point southwest of Marker "3" to a point 35°
10.8137' N - 76° 33.5120' W; running southwesterly to shore to a point
35° 10.3195' N - 76° 34.0876' W; running westerly along shore to the
beginning point.
(C) Fisherman Bay
- beginning on the western shore of Fisherman Bay at a point 35° 09.2345' N
- 76° 33.0199' W; running northwesterly to a point 35° 09.9892' N -
76° 33.2213' W; running easterly along the six foot depth to a point
southwest and near Marker "1" to a point 35° 09.7951' N - 76° 32.0099'
W; running southwesterly to shore to a point 35° 09.2668' N - 76°
32.3668' W; running westerly along shore to the beginning point.
(13) Neuse River:
(A) Swan Creek - beginning at a point on
shore south of Maw Bay at a point 35° 08.5760' N - 76° 32.6320' W;
running southerly along shore to a point north of Swan Creek to a point 35°
07.3182' N - 76° 33.4620' W; running southeasterly to the six foot depth to
a point 35° 07.2524' N - 76° 33.2078' W; running northeasterly along
the six foot depth to a point 35° 08.3214' N - 76° 31.9971' W; running
westerly to the beginning point.
(B) Broad Creek - beginning on Tonney Hill
Point at a point 35° 05.5505' N - 76° 35.7249' W; running southeasterly
along shore and following the primary nursery area line of Cedar Creek; running
southerly along shore to a point north of Gum Thicket Creek to a point 35°
04.6741' N - 76° 35.7051' W; running southeasterly to a point 35°
04.5786' N - 76° 35.4808' W; running northerly near Marker "1" to a point
35° 05.4809' N - 76° 34.9734' W; running westerly along the six foot
depth near Marker "3" to a point 35° 05.6400' N - 76° 35.6433' W;
running southwesterly to the beginning point.
(C) Gum Thicket Shoal - beginning on shore
west of Gum Thicket Creek at a point 35° 04.2169' N - 76° 36.2119' W;
running southwesterly along shore to a point 35° 04.0634' N - 76°
36.6548' W; running southerly to a point 35° 03.6833' N - 76° 36.7166'
W; running easterly along the six foot depth to a point 35° 03.9166' N -
76° 35.8000' W; running northwesterly to the beginning point.
(D) Orchard Creek - beginning on the eastern
shore at a point 35° 03.6712' N - 76° 37.9040' W and running
southwesterly along the Orchard and Old House Creeks primary nursery area line
to Cockle Point; running easterly to a point 35° 03.3000' N - 76°
37.8833' W; running northerly to the beginning point.
(E) Dawson Creek - beginning on the eastern
shore of Dawson Creek at a point 34° 59.5800' N - 76° 45.4140' W;
running westerly along the bridge to the western shore to a point 34°
59.5920' N - 76° 45.4620' W; running southwesterly along shore to a point
34° 59.0667' N - 76° 45.9000' W; running southeasterly to a point
34° 58.7833' N - 76° 45.6500' W; running northerly along the six foot
depth to a point 34° 59.3666' N - 76° 45.3166' W; running northwesterly
near Marker "4" to a point 34° 59.4430' N - 76° 45.4521' W; running
northerly to the beginning point.
(F) Pine Cliff Recreation Area - beginning on
shore at a point 34° 56.4333' N - 76° 49.5833' W; running easterly
along shore to a point 34° 56.3422' N - 76° 49.1158' W; running
northeasterly near Marker "2" to a point 34° 56.7650' N - 76° 48.5778'
W; running northerly to a point 34° 56.8333' N - 76° 48.6000' W;
running southwesterly along the six foot depth to a point 34° 56.6067' N -
76° 49.6190' W; running southerly to the beginning point.
Authority
G.S.
113-134;
113-182;
113-221.1;
143B-289.52;
Eff.
January 1, 1991;
Amended Eff. March 1, 1996; March 1, 1994; July 1,
1993; September 1, 1991;
Recodified from
15A NCAC
03R .0007 Eff. December 17, 1996;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2014; September 1, 2005; May 1, 1997; April 1,
1997;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
2018.
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