North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES › Subchapter R - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section .0100 - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section 03R .0118 - EXEMPTED CRAB POT ESCAPE RING AREAS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The areas referenced in
					 15A NCAC
					 03J .0301(g) are delineated
					 in the following coastal fishing waters:
(1) Pamlico Sound - 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 "1AV"; 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 "1CS"; 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 southwesterly to a point 34° 59.3610' N -
				  76° 12.6040' W on Wainwright Island; running easterly to a point at 34°
				  58.7853' N - 76° 09.8922' W on Core Banks; running easterly and northerly
				  along the shoreline across the inlets following the COLREGS Demarcation line up
				  the Outer Banks to the point of beginning.
(2) Newport River, from April 1 through June
				  15 - within the area described by a line beginning at a point 34° 49.5080'
				  N - 76° 41.4440' W; running westerly along the south side of the Highway
				  101 Bridge over Core Creek to a point on the west shore 34° 49.5260' N -
				  76° 41.5130' W; running along the shoreline of Newport River and its
				  tributaries to a point 34° 49.3050' N - 76° 44.2350' W; running
				  westerly along the south side of the Highway 101 Bridge over Harlowe Canal to a
				  point on the west shore 34° 49.2980' N - 76° 44.2610' W; running along
				  the shoreline of Newport River and its tributaries to a point 34° 45.2478'
				  N - 76° 46.4479' W; running southerly along the Inland-Coastal Waters
				  boundary line to a point 34° 45.1840' N - 76° 46.4488' W; running along
				  the shoreline of Newport River and its tributaries to a point 34° 43.2520'
				  N - 76° 41.6840' W; running easterly along the north side of the Highway 70
				  Bridge over Newport River to a point 34° 43.2840' N - 76° 41.2200' W;
				  running along the shoreline of Newport River and its tributaries to a point
				  34° 43.3530' N - 76° 40.2080' W; running easterly across Gallant
				  Channel to a point 34° 43.3521' N - 76° 40.0871' W; running along the
				  shoreline of Newport River and its tributaries back to the point of
				  beginning.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 113-134;
					 113-182;
					 143B-289.52;
Eff.
					 April 1, 2014;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
					 2018.