The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-17
BOARD TO HEAR
CIJRRITUCKIANS
Important Hearing For Fisher
men at Currituc:1 G. H.,
Nov. 19

One of the most important hearings
ever conducted by the Fisheries Com
mission Board of North Carolina re-
lative to fishing in Currituck Sound,
will be held at Currituck courthouse,
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1919 The Fisher
les Commission Board will at that time
! hear pretty much everything Currituck
| fishermen have to say about present
| laws and regulations-and those Curri
t tuckians have something to say first and
! last. sssx-~
at the meeting of the Fisheries Com
| mission Board held at MOrehead City.
\. c. October 7th. 1919 four petitions
! signed by over five hundred citizens of
| Currituck County were brought to the
attention of the Board. These various
! petitioners made requests for passage OF
rules in part as follows:
Petition No. 1. For the passage of a
rule making it unlawful 'for any per-
! son. firm or corporation to haul, thrash,
or drag any net or nets over fifty yards
long and forty meshes deep in the wa
ers of Currituck County between the 18th
day of April and the Goth day of Octo-
Der of each year" Seventy six signed
this petition.
i Petition No 2. For the passage of
the following rules:
| 1st 'That it shall be unlawful for
a net over one hundred and fifty yards
long to be used during the closed season
i in the waters of Currituck Sound be
ginning from Long Point at Kitty Hawk
to the main land at Powel's Point, on
| h. 49,
the North
2nd. "That one person is not allowed
to catch over ten (1O) pounds of fresh
water fish in one day during the closed
season.
3rd. ''That pound or fyke nets cannot
be used at any time in the waters of
Currituck Sound"
4th. ''Iake it so we can fish for her
ring during herring season"
9Th THAT we can fish at night from
February 1st to April 18th except Sun
day nights.
> 9th. THAT there will be no limit to
fishing in the ocean at any time during
the year. Eighty-four signed this pc
tition.
Petition No. 3. I'VE the undersigned
citizens and fishermen of Currituck
County. State of North Carolina, do
hereby petition the Honorable Fisheries
> Commission Board of said State that
they enact laws prohibiting any person,
firm or corporation from fishing any
yonl111nO II! eu!es qsBIq4 10 sep 'Insq
| County of more than three hundred yards
in length. We further petition THAT
said Board make no change in size of
mesh" Two hundred signatures to this
petition.
= Petition No. T. eve the undersigned
citizens and fishermen of Currituck
County, State of North Carolina, do here
by petition the Honorable Fisheries Com
| mission Board of said State that they
make no change in laws governing night
fishing in the County of Currituck.' This
l petition signed by one hundred and six
e ty people.
Il After some discussion and considera-
S ton of these petitions, the Board de-
= cided that in order for all parties con-
: cerned in Currituck to have an opportun'
s ity to be heard on these questions, 9
j meeting of the Fisheries Board should
t | be held in Currituck County before any
rules are made carrying out the various
: requests made by petitioners.
: It was therefore ordered that a meet
}. ing of the Fisheries Commission Boart
be held at Currituck Court House OF
Wednesday, November 10Th, 1919 at II
| o'clock q. m. -.-- i'--'-e y
Ii Persons who would like to be heart
Y on these, or any other matters relative
to the fishing industry should be pre-
sent