North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES › Subchapter R - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section .0100 - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section 03R .0116 - DESIGNATED SEED OYSTER MANAGEMENT AREAS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The Seed Oyster Management Areas referenced in
					 15A NCAC
					 03K .0208 are delineated in the following
					 coastal water areas:
(1) Croatan Sound
				  and tributaries: Cedar Bush Bay Seed Oyster Management Area, within the area
				  described by a line beginning at a point 35° 50.0383' N - 75° 40.0712'
				  W; running easterly to a point 35° 50.2328' N - 75° 39.4930' W; running
				  southeasterly to a point 35° 49.3831' N - 75° 39.1521' W; running
				  southwesterly to a point 35° 48.8000' N - 75° 39.5000' W; running
				  westerly to a point 35° 48.6333' N - 75° 40.7000' W; running northerly
				  to a point 35° 49.7000' N - 75° 40.6333' W; running northeasterly back
				  to the point of beginning;
(2)
				  Croatan and Roanoke sounds and tributaries: Wanchese Marshes Seed Oyster
				  Management Area, within an area described by a line beginning at a point
				  35° 49.0000' N - 75° 38.3000' W; running northerly to a point 35°
				  49.2243' N - 75° 38.3000' W; running easterly to a point 35° 49.0806' N
				  - 75° 37.5293' W; running easterly to a point 35° 49.2893' N - 75°
				  37.0335' W; running northeasterly to a point 35° 49.5541' N - 75°
				  36.9715' W; running southerly to a point 35° 49.0000' N - 75° 36.5500'
				  W; running southwesterly to a point 35° 48.1500' N - 75° 36.9500' W;
				  running westerly to a point 35° 48.1000' N - 75° 37.6333' W; running
				  northwesterly to the point of beginning;
(3) Pamlico Sound and tributaries: Bay River
				  Seed Oyster Management Area, within an area described by a line beginning at a
				  point 35° 10.7670' N - 76° 36.7000' W off Spencer Point; running
				  southeasterly to a point 35° 10.5330' N - 76° 36.4670' W; running
				  westerly to a point 35° 10.4670' N - 76° 36.6500' W; running
				  northwesterly to a point 35° 10.8000' N - 76° 36.9170' W, running
				  easterly to the point of beginning;
(4) White Oak River: White Oak River Seed
				  Oyster Management Area, within an area described by a line beginning at a point
				  34° 43.0774' N - 77° 06.8610' W on the White Oak River/Stevens Creek
				  polluted area line; running northeasterly to a point 34° 43.4006' N -
				  77° 06.1293' W on the east shore; running southerly along the shoreline to
				  a point 34° 43.0755' N - 77° 06.1187' W; running southwesterly to a
				  point 34° 42.8800' N - 77° 06.7975' W on the White Oak River/Stevens
				  Creek polluted area line; running northerly to the point of
				  beginning;
(5) New River area:
(a) Possum Bay Seed Oyster Management Area,
				  within an area described by a line beginning at a point 34° 32.1256' N -
				  77° 21.3781' W; running northeasterly to a point 34° 32.2773' N -
				  77° 21.1194' W; running northwesterly to a point 34° 32.3365' N -
				  77° 21.1720' W; running southwesterly to a point 34° 32.2068' N -
				  77° 21.3958' W; running south to the point of beginning; and
(b) Swan Point Seed Oyster Management Area,
				  within an area described by a line beginning at a point 34° 32.9488' N -
				  77° 21.6843' W; running southerly to a point 34° 32.9040' N - 77°
				  21.6704' W; running northeasterly to a point 34° 33.0376' N - 77°
				  21.5339' W; running northwesterly to a point 34° 33.0693' N - 77°
				  21.5923' W; running southwesterly to the point of beginning; and