North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES › Subchapter R - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section .0100 - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section 03R .0106 - TRAWL NETS PROHIBITED

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The trawl net prohibited areas referenced in
					 15A NCAC
					 03J .0104 (b)(4) are delineated in the
					 following coastal water areas:
(1) In
				  Pamlico, Core and Back sounds - within the area described by a line beginning
				  at a point 35° 43.7457' N - 75° 30.7014' W on the south shore of Eagles
				  Nest Bay on Pea Island; running westerly to a point 35° 42.9500' N -
				  75° 34.1500' W; running southerly to a point 35° 39.3500' N - 75°
				  34.4000' W; running southeasterly to a point 35° 35.8931' N - 75°
				  31.1514' W in Chicamacomico Channel near Beacon "ICC"; running southerly to a
				  point 35° 28.5610' N - 75° 31.5825' W on Gull Island; running
				  southwesterly to a point 35° 22.8671' N - 75° 33.5851' W in Avon
				  Channel near Beacon "1"; running southwesterly to a point 35° 18.9603' N -
				  75° 36.0817' W in Cape Channel near Beacon "2"; running westerly to a point
				  35° 16.7588' N - 75° 44.2554' W in Rollinson Channel near Beacon
				  "42RC"; running southwesterly to a point 35° 14.0337' N - 75° 45.9643'
				  W southwest of Oliver Reef near the quick-flashing beacon; running westerly to
				  a point 35° 09.3650' N - 76° 00.6377' W in Big Foot Slough Channel near
				  Beacon "14BF"; running southwesterly to a point 35° 08.4523' N - 76°
				  02.6651'W in Nine Foot Shoal Channel near Beacon "9"; running westerly to a
				  point 35° 07.1000' N - 76° 06.9000' W; running southwesterly to a point
				  35° 01.4985' N - 76° 11.4353' W near Beacon "HL"; running southwesterly
				  to a point 35° 00.2728' N - 76° 12.1903' W near Beacon "2CS"; running
				  southerly to a point 34° 59.5027' N - 76° 12.3204' W in Wainwright
				  Channel immediately east of the northern tip of Wainwright Island; running
				  easterly to a point 34° 58.6760'N - 76° 12.4164'W; running southerly to
				  a point 34°56.6697'N - 76° 13.6052'W near Marker "15"; running
				  southwesterly to a point 34° 54.1584'N - 76° 16.9016'W; running
				  southwesterly to a point 34° 52.1484'N - 76° 19.2607'W; running
				  southwesterly to a point 34° 51.0617'N - 76° 21.0449'W; running
				  southwesterly to a point 34° 48.3137' N - 76° 24.3717' W; running
				  southwesterly to a point 34° 46.3739' N - 76° 26.1526' W; running
				  southwesterly to a point 34° 44.5795' N - 76° 27.5136' W; running
				  southwesterly to a point 34° 43.4895' N - 76° 28.9411' W near Beacon
				  "37A"; running southwesterly to a point 34° 40.4500' N - 76° 30.6833'
				  W; running westerly to a point 34° 40.7061' N - 76° 31.5893' W near
				  Beacon "35" in Back Sound; running westerly to a point 34° 41.3178' N -
				  76° 33.8092' W near Buoy "3"; running southwesterly to a point 34°
				  39.6601' N - 76° 34.4078' W on Shackleford Banks; running easterly and
				  northeasterly along the shoreline and across Barden Inlet following the COLREGS
				  Demarcation line; then running northerly along the shoreline across the inlets
				  following the COLREGS Demarcation line up the Outer Banks to Eagles Nest Bay at
				  the point of beginning.
(2) In
				  Northern Pamlico Sound, Stumpy Point Bay - north of a line beginning at a point
				  35° 40.9719' N - 75° 44.4213' W on Drain Point; running westerly to a
				  point 35° 40.6550' N - 75° 45.6869' W on Kazer Point;
(3) In the Pamlico River area, lower Goose
				  Creek - south of a line beginning at a point 35° 18.2676' N - 76°
				  37.4706' W on the north shore of Snode Creek; running easterly to a point
				  35° 18.1660' N - 76° 36.9095' W on Store Point;
(4) In the Bay River Area:
(a) In Dump Creek - north of a line beginning
				  at a point 35° 11.6666' N - 76° 33.4207' W on the west shore; running
				  southeasterly to a point 35° 11.3926' N - 76° 32.8993' W on the east
				  shore;
(b) In Rockhole Bay - north
				  of a line beginning at a point 35° 11.3926' N - 76° 32.8993' W on the
				  west shore; running southeasterly to a point 35° 11.1321' N - 76°
				  32.1360' W on the east shore;
(c)
				  In Vandemere Creek - north of a line beginning at a point 35° 11.2681' N -
				  76° 39.5220' W on the west shore; running southerly to a point 35°
				  11.0879' N - 76° 39.3200' W on the east shore;
(d) In Cedar Creek - west of a line beginning
				  at a point 35° 11.2681' N - 76° 39.5220' W on the north shore; running
				  southwesterly to a point 35° 11.1033' N - 76° 39.7321' W on the south
				  shore of an unnamed tributary;
(e)
				  In Chapel Creek - north of a line beginning at a point 35° 08.6768' N -
				  76° 42.7985' W on the west shore; running easterly to a point 35°
				  08.7677' N - 76° 42.3604' W on the east shore;
(f) In Upper Bay River - west of a line
				  beginning at a point 35° 08.6704' N - 76° 43.0836' W on the north
				  shore; running southwesterly to a point 35° 08.4590' N - 76° 43.1930' W
				  on the south shore;