North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 10 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES AND WATER SAFETY › Subchapter C - INLAND FISHING REGULATIONS › Section .0600 - ANADROMOUS FISH SPAWNING AREAS › Section 10C .0603 - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following waters have been designated as anadromous
					 spawning areas:
(1) Currituck Sound
				  Area:
(a) Northwest River including designated
				  tributaries - main stem waters west of a line beginning on the north shore at a
				  point 36° 30.8374' N - 76° 04.8770' W; running southerly to the south
				  shore to a point 36° 30.7061' N - 76° 04.8916' W; and south of a line
				  beginning on the west shore at a point 36° 33.0259' N - 76° 09.1609' W;
				  running easterly to the east shore to a point 36° 33.0292' N - 76°
				  08.9488' W; including the following tributary from the confluence with
				  Northwest River in the direction indicated to the specified boundary: Moyock
				  Run (Shingle Landing Creek) - upstream (southwest) to a line beginning on the
				  west shore at a point 36° 31.5252' N - 76° 10.7385' W; running easterly
				  along US 168 (Caratoke Highway) to the east shore to a point 36° 31.5140' N
				  - 76° 10.7239 W.
(b) Tull Creek
				  - southwest of a line beginning on the north shore at a point 36° 30.0991'
				  N - 76° 04.8587' W; running southeasterly to the south shore to a point
				  36° 29.9599' N - 76° 04.7126' W; including the following tributaries
				  from their confluence with Tull Creek to the specified boundary:
(i) Roland Creek - upstream (northwest) to a
				  line beginning on the north shore at a point 36° 29.8274' N - 76°
				  08.1294' W; running southerly to the south shore to a point 36° 29.8120' N
				  - 76° 08.1308' W; and east of a line beginning on the northwest shore of
				  Guinea Mill Run Canal at a point 36° 28.9227' N - 76° 07.9126' W;
				  running southerly along US 168 bridge (Caratoke Highway) to the southeast shore
				  at a point 36° 28.9045' N - 76° 07.8956' W.
(ii) New Bridge Creek - upstream (south) to a
				  line beginning on the northwest shore at a point 36° 28.0046' N - 76°
				  06.3312' W; running southeasterly along US 168 bridge (Caratoke Highway) to the
				  southeast shore to a point 36° 27.9970' N - 76° 06.3243' W.
(iii) Cowells Creek - upstream (south) to a
				  line beginning on the west shore at a point 36° 27.1571' N - 76°
				  04.5391' W; running easterly along US 168 bridge (Caratoke Highway) to the east
				  shore to a point 36° 27.1542' N - 76° 04.5128' W.
(iv) Buckskin Creek - upstream (southeast) to
				  a line beginning on the west shore at a point 36° 27.1925' N - 76°
				  04.1671' W; running easterly along US 168 bridge (Caratoke Highway) to the east
				  shore to a point 36° 27.1989' N - 76° 04.1400' W.
(c) West Landing - north of a line beginning
				  on the west shore at a point 36° 30.9867' N - 76° 02.5868' W; running
				  easterly to the east shore to a point 36° 31.0045' N - 76° 02.3780' W;
				  and west of a line beginning on the north shore at a point 36° 31.5828' N -
				  76° 02.2977' W; running southerly to the south shore to a point 36°
				  31.5618' N - 76° 02.2870' W.