North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES
Subchapter R - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES
Section .0100 - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES
Section 03R .0117 - OYSTER SANCTUARIES
Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 03R .0117
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
The Oyster Sanctuaries referenced in 15A NCAC 03K .0209 are delineated in the following Coastal Fishing Waters:
(1) Pamlico Sound area:
(a) Croatan Sound: within the
area described by a line beginning at a point 35° 48.2842' N - 75°
38.3360' W; running southerly to a point 35° 48.1918' N - 75° 38.3360'
W; running westerly to a point 35° 48.1918' N - 75° 38.4575' W; running
northerly to a point 35° 48.2842' N - 75° 38.4575' W; running easterly
to the point of beginning.
(b) Crab
Hole: within the area described by a line beginning at a point 35° 43.6833'
N - 75° 40.5083' W; running southerly to a point 35° 43.5000' N -
75° 40.5083' W; running westerly to a point 35° 43.5000' N - 75°
40.7500' W; running northerly to a point 35° 43.6833' N - 75° 40.7500'
W; running easterly to the point of beginning.
(c) Pea Island: within the area described by
a line beginning at a point 35° 40.0800' N - 75° 36.7998' W; running
southerly to a point 35° 39.8400' N - 75° 36.7998' W; running westerly
to a point 35° 39.8400' N - 75° 37.0800' W; running northerly to a
point 35° 40.0800' N - 75° 37.0800' W; running easterly to the point of
beginning.
(d) Long Shoal: within
the area described by a line beginning at a point 35° 33.8600' N - 75°
49.7670' W; running southerly to a point 35° 33.7510' N - 75° 49.7670'
W; running westerly to a point 35° 33.7510' N - 75° 49.9000' W; running
northerly to a point 35° 33.8600' N - 75° 49.9000' W; running easterly
to the point of beginning.
(e)
Gibbs Shoal: within the area described by a line beginning at a point 35°
27.3550' N - 75° 55.9190' W; running southerly to a point 35° 27.1010'
N - 75° 55.9190' W; running westerly to a point 35° 27.1010' N -
75° 56.2300' W; running northerly to a point 35° 27.3550' N - 75°
56.2300' W; running easterly to the point of beginning.
(f) Gull Shoal: within the area described by
a line beginning at a point 35° 23.4520' N - 75° 58.0533' W; running
southerly to a point 35° 22.9481' N - 75° 58.0721' W; running westerly
to a point 35° 22.9596' N - 75° 58.5359' W; running northerly to a
point 35° 23.4638' N - 75° 58.5173' W; running easterly to the point of
beginning.
(g) Deep Bay: within the
area described by a line beginning at a point 35° 22.9126' N - 76°
22.1612' W; running southerly to a point 35° 22.7717' N - 76° 22.1612'
W; running westerly to a point 35° 22.7717' N - 76° 22.3377' W; running
northerly to a point 35° 22.9126' N - 76° 22.3377' W; running easterly
to the point of beginning.
(h) West
Bluff: within the area described by a line beginning at a point 35°
18.3160' N - 76° 10.0690' W; running southerly to a point 35° 18.1290'
N - 76° 10.0690' W; running westerly to a point 35°18.1290' N - 76°
10.2960' W; running northerly to a point 35° 18.3160' N - 76° 10.2960'
W; running easterly to the point of beginning.
(i) Middle Bay: within the area described by
a line beginning at a point 35° 14.1580' N - 76° 30.1780' W; running
southerly to a point 35° 14.1150' N - 76° 30.1780' W; running westerly
to a point 35° 14.1150' N - 76° 30.3320' W; running northerly to a
point 35° 14.1580' N - 76° 30.3320' W; running easterly to the point of
beginning.
(j) Swan Island: within
the area described by a line beginning at a point 35° 05.6414' N - 76°
26.7651' W; running southerly to a point 35° 05.4846' N - 76° 26.7638'
W; running westerly to a point 35° 05.4992' N - 76° 27.5033' W; running
northerly to a point 35° 05.6554' N - 76° 27.5041' W; running easterly
to the point of beginning.
(k)
Raccoon Island: within the area described by a line beginning at a point
35° 05.4760' N - 76° 23.4040' W; running southerly to a point 35°
05.3680' N - 76° 23.4040' W; running westerly to a point 35° 05.3680' N
- 76° 23.5370' W; running northerly to a point 35° 05.4760' N - 76°
23.5370' W; running easterly to the point of beginning.
(l) Cedar Island: within the area described
by a line beginning at a point 35° 03.4632' N - 76° 22.5603' W; running
southerly to a point 35° 03.1653' N - 76° 22.5699' W; running westerly
to a point 35° 03.1731' N - 76° 22.9321' W; running northerly to a
point 35° 03.4710' N - 76° 22.9226' W; running easterly to the point of
beginning.
(m) West Bay: within the
area described by a line beginning at a point 34° 58.8517' N - 76°
21.3632' W; running southerly to a point 34° 58.7661' N - 76° 21.3632'
W; running westerly to a point 34° 58.7661' N - 76° 21.4735' W; running
northerly to a point 34° 58.8517' N - 76° 21.4735' W; running easterly
to the point of beginning.
(2) Neuse River area:
(a) Little Creek: within the area described
by a line beginning at a point 35° 02.6940' N - 76° 30.7940' W; running
southerly to a point 35° 02.5380' N - 76° 30.7940' W; running westerly
to a point 35° 02.5380' N - 76° 30.9840' W; running northerly to a
point 35° 02.6940' N - 76° 30.9840' W; running easterly to the point of
beginning.
(b) Neuse River: within
the area described by a line beginning at a point 35° 00.4910' N - 76°
31.9350' W; running southerly to a point 35° 00.3750' N - 76° 31.9350'
W; running westerly to a point 35° 00.3750' N - 76° 32.0750' W; running
northerly to a point 35° 00.4910' N - 76° 32.0750' W; running easterly
to the point of beginning.
Authority
G.S.
113-134;
113-182;
113-201;
113-204;
143B-289.52;
Eff.
October 1, 2008;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2011;
Pursuant
to G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. January 9, 2018;
Amended Eff. May
1, 2021.
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