Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) It is unlawful
to take menhaden or Atlantic thread herring by the use of a purse seine from
the Atlantic Ocean within an area bounded by a line extending from a point near
the Bald Head Lighthouse (33° 52.3500' N - 78° 00.3000' W) running
southwesterly to a point near Cape Fear River ship channel buoy "9" (33°
51.5500' N - 78° 01.5500' W), then running northwesterly to a point near
the foot of the Yaupon Beach Fishing Pier on Oak Island (33° 54.2000' N -
78° 04.9333' W), then following the shoreline easterly to a point near Fort
Caswell (33° 53.2166' N - 78° 01.1833' W), then running southeasterly
back to the point of origin.
(b) It
is unlawful to take menhaden or Atlantic thread herring by the use of a purse
seine from the Atlantic Ocean from May 1 through September 30:
(1) In that area bounded by a line beginning
at a point onshore at the northern boundary of Dare County 36° 13.8536' N -
75° 46.3914'W; running easterly 1.5 miles to a point offshore 36°
13.8536'N - 75° 44.3814' W; running southerly parallel to and 1.5 nautical
miles from the ocean beach to a point 1.5 nautical miles offshore the northern
town limits of Southern Shores 36° 09.0673' N - 75° 44.2225' W; running
westerly to a point onshore at the northern town limits of Southern Shores
36° 09.0673' N - 75° 42.2416' W; and
(2) In that area bounded by a line beginning
at a point at the southern limits of Kitty Hawk 36° 03.3187' N - 75°
40.9503' W; running easterly 1.5 nautical miles to a point offshore 36°
03.3187' N - 75° 38.8029' W; running southerly parallel to and 1.5 nautical
miles from the ocean beach to a point 1.5 nautical miles offshore of the rock
jetty south of Oregon Inlet 35° 46.4052' N - 75° 29.2379' W; running
westerly to a point onshore at the rock jetty south of Oregon Inlet 35°
46.4052' N - 75° 31.5369' W.
(c) It is unlawful to take menhaden or
Atlantic thread herring by the use of a purse seine from the Atlantic Ocean
from October 1 through December 31:
(1) In
that area bounded by a line beginning at a point onshore at the northern
boundary of Dare County 36° 13.8536' N - 75° 46.3914' W; running
easterly 0.5 nautical miles to a point offshore 36° 13.8536' N - 75°
45.6977' W; running southerly parallel to and 0.5 nautical miles off the ocean
beach to a point 0.5 nautical miles offshore the northern town limits of
Southern Shores 36° 09.0673' N - 75° 43.5514' W; running westerly 0.5
nautical miles to a point onshore at the northern town limits of Southern
Shores 36° 09.0673' N - 75° 44.2416' W; and
(2) In that area bounded by a line beginning
at a point at the southern limits of Kitty Hawk 36° 03.3187' N - 75°
40.9503' W; running easterly 0.5 nautical miles to a point offshore 36°
03.3187' N - 75° 40.2033' W; running southerly parallel to and 0.5 nautical
mile off the ocean beach to a point offshore the rock jetty south of Oregon
Inlet 35° 46.4052' N - 75° 30.6134' W; running westerly to a point
onshore at the rock jetty south of Oregon Inlet 35° 46.4052' N - 75°
31.5369' W.
Authority
G.S.
113-134;
113-182;
143B-289.52;
Eff.
January 1, 1991;
Amended Eff. October 1, 1993;
Recodified from
15A NCAC
03R .0011 Eff. December 17, 1996;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2004;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
2018.
