North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES › Subchapter R - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section .0100 - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section 03R .0110 - CRAB SPAWNING SANCTUARIES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The crab spawning sanctuaries within which the taking of
					 crabs may be restricted or prohibited are described as follows:
(1) In the Oregon Inlet Area. Beginning at a
				  point on the Atlantic Ocean shore of Bodie Island 35° 47.7054' N - 75°
				  32.3522' W; running northeasterly to a point in the Atlantic Ocean 35°
				  47.9833' N - 75° 31.8500' W; running southerly to a point in the ocean
				  35° 46.3500' N - 75° 30.6666' W; running westerly to a point on the
				  Atlantic Ocean shore at 35° 46.1037' N - 75° 31.2785' W; running
				  northerly along the Atlantic shore of Pea Island to and around South Point and
				  continuing southerly along the shore of Pamlico Sound to a point on the south
				  point of Eagle Nest Bay at 35° 43.7085' N - 75° 30.8009' W; running
				  westerly to a point in Pamlico Sound at 35° 43.7100' N - 75° 32.2113'
				  W; running northerly to a point 35° 47.3992' N - 75° 34.1650' W in
				  Pamlico Sound; running northerly to a point on Bodie Island 35° 48.5740' N
				  - 75° 33.8722' W; running southerly along the shore to and around North
				  Point at Oregon Inlet and then northerly on the Atlantic shore to the point of
				  beginning;
(2) In the Hatteras
				  Inlet Area. Beginning at a point on the Pamlico Sound shoreline of Hatteras
				  Island 35° 12.0846' N - 75° 43.3514' W; running northwesterly to a
				  point in Pamlico Sound 35° 13.6361' N - 75° 45.4451' W; running
				  southwesterly to a point near Outer Green Island 35° 11.0794' N - 75°
				  48.4440' W; running southeasterly to a point on the Pamlico Sound shore of
				  Ocracoke Island 35° 10.7004' N - 75° 47.9094' W; running northeasterly
				  along the shoreline to a point on the northeastern tip of Ocracoke Island
				  35° 11.2340' N - 75° 46.3051' W; running southeasterly to a point in
				  the Atlantic Ocean at 35° 10.6644' N - 75° 44.5221' W; running
				  northeasterly to a point on the ocean shoreline of Hatteras Island 35°
				  11.7894' N - 75° 43.5946' W; running southwesterly around the tip of
				  Hatteras Island to the point of beginning;
(3) In the Ocracoke Inlet Area. Beginning at
				  a point on Ocracoke Island 35° 06.2555' N -75° 59.3722' W; running
				  westerly through Shellcastle Island to a point in Pamlico Sound 35°
				  05.8599' N - 76° 04.3639' W; running southerly to a point on Portsmouth
				  Island 35° 03.7378' N - 76° 04.7850' W; running northeasterly along the
				  shore of Pamlico Sound around the western side of Ocracoke Inlet and
				  southwesterly along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean to a point 35° 03.0500'
				  N - 76° 03.0833' W; running southeasterly offshore to a point in the
				  Atlantic Ocean 35° 02.6333' N - 76° 02.7166' W; running northeasterly
				  to a point in the ocean 35° 03.9666' N - 75° 59.3000' W; running
				  northwesterly to a point on the Atlantic shore of Ocracoke Island 35°
				  04.7402' N -75° 59.7124' W; running southwesterly along the shore around
				  the eastern side of Ocracoke Inlet and northeasterly along the shore to the
				  point of beginning;
(4) In the Drum
				  Inlet Area. Beginning at a point on the Core Sound shore of Core Banks 34°
				  52.81101' N - 76° 17.1780' W; running northwesterly to a point in Core
				  Sound 34° 53.7347' N - 76° 18.0439' W; running southwesterly to a point
				  in Core Sound 34° 50.8286' N - 76° 21.2515' W; running southeasterly to
				  a point on the Core Sound shore of Core Banks 34° 50.1496' N - 76°
				  20.3924' W; following the shoreline in a northeasterly direction around the
				  western side of Drum Inlet then along the Atlantic Ocean shoreline to a point
				  on Core Banks 34° 50.0049' N - 76° 20.3741' W; running southeasterly to
				  a point in the Atlantic Ocean 34° 49.4995' N - 76° 19.8407' W; running
				  northeasterly to a point in the Atlantic Ocean 34° 52.2167' N - 76°
				  16.7476' W; running northwesterly to a point on the ocean shore of Core Banks
				  34° 52.6147' N - 76° 17.0705' W; running southwesterly toward and
				  around the eastern side of Drum Inlet, then in a northeasterly direction along
				  the Core Sound shore of Core Sound to the point of beginning;
(5) In the Bardens Inlet Area. Beginning at a
				  point on Core Banks near the southern side of Hogpen Bay 34° 40.7047' N -
				  76°29.6108' W; running westerly to a point near Marker "35" at 34°
				  40.7071' N - 76° 31.5922' W; running southwesterly to a point on
				  Shackleford Banks 34° 38.9974' N - 76° 32.4858' W; running
				  southeasterly around the eastern end of Shackleford Banks and then
				  northwesterly along the ocean shoreline to a point on shore 34° 38.5608' N
				  - 76° 32.6863' W; running southwesterly through Buoy "4" to Buoy "2" at the
				  end of the Cape Lookout Jetty 34° 37.1272' N - 76° 33.7381' W; running
				  southeasterly to the base of the Cape Lookout Jetty 34° 36.7836' N -
				  76° 33.1569' W; running northerly to the end of Power Squadron Spit, around
				  Lookout Bight and northerly up Core Banks to the point of beginning.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 113-134;
					 113-182;
					 143B-289.52;
Eff.
					 January 1, 1991;
Amended Eff. September 1, 1991;
Recodified from
					 15A NCAC
					 03R .0010 Eff. December 17, 1996;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2004;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
					 2018.