North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES › Subchapter R - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section .0100 - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section 03R .0108 - MECHANICAL METHODS PROHIBITED TO TAKE OYSTERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The dredges and mechanical methods prohibited areas to take
					 oysters referenced in
					 15A NCAC
					 03K .0204 are delineated in the following
					 Internal Coastal Waters:
(1) In
				  Roanoke Sound and tributaries, south of a line beginning at a point 35°
				  55.1461' N - 75° 39.5618' W on Baum Point, running easterly to a point
				  35° 55.9795' N - 75° 37.2072' W and north and east of a line beginning
				  at a point 35° 50.8315' N - 75° 37.1909' W on the west side of the
				  mouth of Broad Creek, running easterly to a point 35° 51.0097' N - 75°
				  36.6910' W near Beacon "17", running southerly to a point 35° 48.6145' N -
				  75° 35.3760' W near Beacon "7", running easterly to a point 35°
				  49.0348' N - 75° 34.3161' W on Cedar Point.
(2) In Pamlico Sound and tributaries:
(a) Outer Banks area, within the area
				  described by a line beginning at a point 35° 46.0638' N - 75° 31.4385'
				  W on the shore of Pea Island; running southwesterly 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 southerly 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; 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° 59.4383' N - 76° 12.3541' W in Wainwright
				  Channel immediately east of the northern tip of Wainwright Island; running
				  easterly to a point 34° 58.7853' N - 76° 09.8922' W on Core Banks;
				  running northerly along the shoreline and across the inlets following the
				  COLREGS Demarcation lines to the point of beginning;
(b) 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;
(c) Pains Bay, east of a
				  line beginning at a point 35° 35.0666' N - 75° 51.2000' W on Pains
				  Point, running southerly to a point 35° 34.4666' N - 75° 50.9666' W on
				  Rawls Island; running easterly to a point 35° 34.2309' N - 75° 50.2695'
				  W on the east shore;
(d) Long Shoal
				  River, north of a line beginning at a point 35° 35.2120' N - 75°
				  53.2232' W at the 5th Avenue Canal, running easterly to a point 35°
				  35.0666' N - 75° 51.2000' W on the east shore on Pains Point;
(e) Wysocking Bay:
(i) Wysocking Bay, north of a line beginning
				  at a point 35° 25.2741' N - 76° 03.1169' W on Mackey Point, running
				  easterly to a point 35° 25.1189' N - 76° 02.0499' W at the mouth of
				  Lone Tree Creek;
(ii) Mount
				  Pleasant Bay, west of a line beginning at a point 35° 23.8652' N - 76°
				  04.1270' W on Browns Island, running southerly to a point 35° 22.9684' N -
				  76° 03.7129' W on Bensons Point;
(f) Juniper Bay, north of a line beginning at
				  a point 35° 22.1384' N - 76° 15.5991' W near the Caffee Bay ditch,
				  running easterly to a point 35° 22.0598' N - 76° 15.0095' W on the east
				  shore;
(g) Swan Quarter Bay:
(i) Caffee Bay, east of a line beginning at a
				  point 35° 22.1944' N - 76° 19.1722' W on the north shore, running
				  southerly to a point 35° 21.5959' N - 76° 18.3580' W on Drum
				  Point;
(ii) Oyster Creek, east of a
				  line beginning at a point 35° 23.3278' N - 76° 19.9476' W on the north
				  shore, running southerly to a point 35° 22.7018' N - 76° 19.3773' W on
				  the south shore;
(h)
				  Rose Bay:
(i) Rose Bay, north of a line
				  beginning at a point 35° 25.7729' N - 76° 24.5336' W on Island Point,
				  running southeasterly and passing near Beacon "5" to a point 35° 25.1854' N
				  - 76° 23.2333' W on the east shore;
(ii) Tooleys Creek, west of a line beginning
				  at a point 35° 25.7729' N - 76° 24.5336' W on Island Point, running
				  southwesterly to a point 35° 25.1435' N - 76° 25.1646' W on Ranger
				  Point;
(i) Spencer Bay:
(i) Striking Bay, north of a line beginning
				  at a point 35° 23.4106' N - 76° 26.9629' W on Short Point, running
				  easterly to a point 35° 23.3404' N - 76° 26.2491' W on Long
				  Point;
(ii) Germantown Bay, north
				  of a line beginning at a point 35° 24.0937' N - 76° 27.9348' W; on the
				  west shore, running easterly to a point 35° 23.8598' N - 76° 27.4037' W
				  on the east shore;
(j)
				  Abel Bay, northeast of a line beginning at a point 35° 23.6463' N - 76°
				  31.0003' W on the west shore, running southeasterly to a point 35° 22.9353'
				  N - 76° 29.7215' W on the east shore;
(k) Pungo River, Fortescue Creek, east of a
				  line beginning at a point 35° 25.9213' N - 76° 31.9135' W on Pasture
				  Point; running southerly to a point 35° 25.6012' N - 76° 31.9641' W on
				  Lupton Point;
(l) Pamlico River:
(i) North Creek, north of a line beginning at
				  a point 35° 25.3988' N - 76° 40.0455' W on the west shore, running
				  southeasterly to a point 35° 25.1384' N - 76° 39.6712' W on the east
				  shore;
(ii) Campbell Creek (off of
				  Goose Creek), west of a line beginning at a point 35° 17.3600' N - 76°
				  37.1096' W on the north shore; running southerly to a point 35° 16.9876' N
				  - 76° 37.0965' W on the south shore;
(iii) Eastham Creek (off of Goose Creek),
				  east of a line beginning at a point 35° 17.7423' N - 76° 36.5164' W on
				  the north shore; running southeasterly to a point 35° 17.5444' N - 76°
				  36.3963' W on the south shore;
(iv)
				  Oyster Creek-Middle Prong, southwest of a line beginning at a point 35°
				  19.4921' N - 76° 32.2590' W on Cedar Island; running southeasterly to a
				  point 35° 19.1265' N - 76° 31.7226' W on Beard Island Point; and
				  southwest of a line beginning at a point 35° 19.5586' N - 76° 32.8830'
				  W on the west shore, running easterly to a point 35° 19.5490' N - 76°
				  32.7365' W on the east shore;
(m) Mouse Harbor, west of a line beginning at
				  a point 35° 18.3915' N - 76° 29.0454' W on Persimmon Tree Point,
				  running southerly to a point 35° 17.1825' N - 76° 28.8713' W on Yaupon
				  Hammock Point;
(n) Big Porpoise
				  Bay, northwest of a line beginning at a point 35° 15.6993' N - 76°
				  28.2041' W on Big Porpoise Point, running southwesterly to a point 35°
				  14.9276' N - 76° 28.8658' W on Middle Bay Point;
(o) Middle Bay, west of a line beginning at a
				  point 35° 14.8003' N - 76° 29.1923' W on Deep Point, running southerly
				  to a point 35° 13.5419' N - 76° 29.6123' W on Little Fishing
				  Point;
(p) Jones Bay, west of a
				  line beginning at a point 35° 14.0406' N - 76° 33.3312' W on Drum Creek
				  Point, running southerly to a point 35° 13.3609' N - 76° 33.6539' W on
				  Ditch Creek Point;
(q) Bay River:
(i) Gales Creek-Bear Creek, north and west of
				  a line beginning at a point 35° 11.2833' N - 76° 35.9000' W on Sanders
				  Point, running northeasterly to a point 35° 11.9000' N - 76° 34.2833' W
				  on the east shore;
(ii) Bonner Bay,
				  southeast of a line beginning at a point 35° 09.6281' N - 76° 36.2185'
				  W on the west shore; running northeasterly to a point 35° 10.0888' N -
				  76° 35.2587' W on Davis Island Point;
(r) Neuse River:
(i) Lower Broad Creek, west of a line
				  beginning at a point 35° 05.8314' N - 76° 35.3845' W on the north
				  shore; running southwesterly to a point 35° 05.5505' N - 76° 35.7249' W
				  on the south shore;
(ii) Greens
				  Creek - north of a line beginning at a point 35° 01.3476' N - 76°
				  42.1740' W on the west shore of Greens Creek; running northeasterly to a point
				  35° 01.4899' N - 76° 41.9961' W on the east shore;
(iii) Dawson Creek, north of a line beginning
				  at a point 34° 59.5920' N - 76° 45.4620' W on the west shore; running
				  southeasterly to a point 34° 59.5800' N - 76° 45.4140' W on the east
				  shore;
(iv) Clubfoot Creek, south
				  of a line beginning at a point 34° 54.5424' N - 76° 45.7252' W on the
				  west shore, running easterly to a point 34° 54.4853' N - 76° 45.4022' W
				  on the east shore;
(v) Turnagain
				  Bay, south of a line beginning at a point 34° 59.4065' N - 76° 30.1906'
				  W on the west shore; running easterly to a point 34° 59.5668' N - 76°
				  29.3557' W on the east shore;
(s) West Bay:
(i) Long Bay-Ditch Bay, west of a line
				  beginning at a point 34° 57.9388' N - 76° 27.0781' W on the north shore
				  of Ditch Bay; running southwesterly to a point 34° 57.2120' N - 76°
				  27.2185' W on the south shore of Ditch Bay; then south of a line running
				  southeasterly to a point 34° 56.7633' N - 76° 26.3927' W on the east
				  shore of Long Bay;
(ii) West
				  Thorofare Bay, south of a line beginning at a point 34° 57.2199' N -
				  76° 24.0947' W on the west shore; running easterly to a point 34°
				  57.4871' N - 76° 23.0737' W on the east shore;
(iii) Merkle Bay, east of a line beginning at
				  a point 34° 58.2286' N - 76° 22.8374' W on the north shore, running
				  southerly to a point 34° 57.5920' N - 76° 23.0704' W on Merkle Bay
				  Point;
(iv) North Bay, east of a
				  line beginning at a point 35° 01.8982' N - 76° 21.7135' W on Point of
				  Grass, running southeasterly to a point 35° 01.3320' N - 76° 21.3353' W
				  on Western Point.