North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES › Subchapter R - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section .0100 - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section 03R .0104 - PERMANENT SECONDARY NURSERY AREAS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The permanent secondary nursery areas referenced in
					 15A NCAC
					 03N .0105(a) are delineated
					 in the following coastal water areas:
(1) Roanoke Sound:
Inner Shallowbag Bay - west of a line beginning on the
					 northeast shore at a point 35° 54.6729' N - 75° 39.8099' W; running
					 southerly to the southeast shore to a point 35° 54.1722' N - 75°
					 39.6806' W;
(2) in the
				  Pamlico Long Sound Area:
(a) Long Shoal River
				  - north of a line beginning at the 5th Avenue Canal at a point 35° 35.2120'
				  N - 75° 53.2232' W; running easterly to the east shore on Pains Point to a
				  point 35° 35.0666' N - 75° 51.2000' W;
(b) Pains Bay - east of a line beginning on
				  Pains Point at a point 35° 35.0666' N - 75° 51.2000' W; running
				  southerly to Rawls Island to a point 35° 34.4666' N - 75° 50.9666' W;
				  running easterly to the east shore to a point 35° 34.2309' N - 75°
				  50.2695' W;
(c) Wysocking Bay -
				  northwest of a line beginning at Benson Point at a point 35° 22.9684' N -
				  76° 03.7129' W; running northeasterly to Long Point to a point 35°
				  24.6895' N - 76° 01.3155' W;
(d) Juniper Bay-Cunning Harbor - north of a
				  line beginning on the west shore of Juniper Bay at a point 35° 20.6217' N -
				  76° 15.5447' W; running easterly to a point 35° 20.4372' N - 76°
				  13.2697' W; running easterly to the east shore of Cunning Harbor to a point
				  35° 20.3413' N - 76° 12.3378' W;
(e) Swanquarter Bay - north of a line
				  beginning at The Narrows at a point 35° 20.9500' N - 76° 20.6409' W;
				  running easterly to the east shore to a point 35° 21.5959' N - 76°
				  18.3580' W;
(f) Deep Cove - The
				  Narrows - north and east of a line beginning on the west shore at a point
				  35° 20.9790' N - 76° 23.8577' W; running southeasterly to Swanquarter
				  Island to a point 35° 20.5321' N - 76° 22.7869' W; and west of a line
				  at The Narrows beginning on the north shore to a point 35° 20.9500' N -
				  76° 20.6409' W; running southerly to Swanquarter Island to a point 35°
				  20.7025' N - 76° 20.5620' W;
(g) Rose Bay - north of a line beginning on
				  Long Point at a point 35° 23.3404' N - 76° 26.2491' W; running
				  southeasterly to Drum Point to a point 35° 22.4891' N - 76° 25.2012'
				  W;
(h) Spencer Bay - northwest of a
				  line beginning on Roos Point at a point 35° 22.3866' N - 76° 27.9225'
				  W; running northeasterly to Long Point to a point 35° 23.3404' N - 76°
				  26.2491' W;
(i) Abel Bay -
				  northeast of a line beginning on the west shore at a point 35° 23.6463' N -
				  76° 31.0003' W; running southeasterly to the east shore to a point 35°
				  22.9353' N - 76° 29.7215' W;
(j) Mouse Harbor - west of a line beginning
				  on Persimmon Tree Point at a point 35° 18.3915' N - 76° 29.0454' W;
				  running southerly to Yaupon Hammock Point to a point 35° 17.1825' N -
				  76° 28.8713' W;
(k) Big
				  Porpoise Bay - northwest of a line beginning on Big Porpoise Point at a point
				  35° 15.6993' N - 76° 28.2041' W; running southwesterly to Middle Bay
				  Point to a point 35° 14.9276' N - 76° 28.8658' W;
(l) Middle Bay - west of a line beginning on
				  Deep Point at a point 35° 14.8003' N - 76° 29.1923' W; running
				  southerly to Little Fishing Point to a point 35° 13.5419' N - 76°
				  29.6123' W;
(m) Jones Bay - west of
				  a line beginning on Mink Trap Point at a point 35° 13.4968' N - 76°
				  31.1040' W; running southerly to Boar Point to a point 35° 12.3253' N -
				  76° 31.2767' W; and
(n) in the
				  Bay River Area:
(i) Bonner Bay - southeast of
				  a line beginning on the west shore at a point 35° 09.6281' N - 76°
				  36.2185' W; running northeasterly to Davis Island Point to a point 35°
				  10.0888' N - 76° 35.2587' W; and
(ii) Gales Creek-Bear Creek - north and west
				  of a line beginning on Sanders Point at a point 35° 11.2833' N - 76°
				  35.9000' W; running northeasterly to the east shore to a point 35° 11.9000'
				  N - 76° 34.2833' W;