North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES › Subchapter R - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section .0100 - DESCRIPTIVE BOUNDARIES › Section 03R .0107 - DESIGNATED POT AREAS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The pot areas
				  referenced in
				  15A NCAC
				  03J .0301(a)(2)(A) are
				  delineated in the following Coastal Fishing Waters:
(1) In Albemarle and Currituck sounds and
				  tributaries.
(2) In Roanoke Sound
				  and tributaries.
(3) In Croatan
				  Sound and tributaries.
(4) In
				  Pamlico Sound and tributaries, except areas further described in Subparagraphs
				  (a)(5), (a)(7), and (a)(8) of this Rule. Pots shall not be set within the
				  following area described by lines:
(A)
				  Striking Bay - beginning on shore at a point 35° 23.7003' N - 76°
				  26.6951' W; running southeasterly to shore at a point 35° 23.3580' N -
				  76° 26.3777' W; running easterly along shore to Long Point to a point
				  35° 23.3380' N - 76° 26.2540' W; running southeasterly to Drum Point to
				  a point 35° 22.4830' N - 76° 25.1930' W; running southerly along shore
				  to Point of Narrows to a point 35° 21.9240' N - 76° 25.4080' W; running
				  northwesterly near Marker "2" to a point 35° 22.4166' N - 76° 26.4833'
				  W; running westerly to a point 35° 22.3833' N - 76° 27.0000' W; running
				  northerly to Short Point to a point 35° 23.3831' N - 76° 26.9922' W;
				  running northerly along shore to a point 35° 23.5000' N - 76° 26.9666'
				  W; running northeasterly to the beginning point.
(5) In the Pamlico River and its tributaries
				  west of a line beginning on Willow Point at a point 35° 22.3741' N -
				  76° 28.6905' W; running southerly to Pamlico Point to a point 35°
				  18.5882' N - 76° 28.9625' W; pots may be used in Coastal Fishing Waters
				  within an area bound by the shoreline to the depth of six feet. Pots shall not
				  be used in areas listed in Paragraph (b) of this Rule, unless opened to the use
				  of pots by proclamation; and pots shall not be set within the following areas
				  described by lines:
(A) Long Point - beginning
				  on shore at a point 35° 22.4833' N - 76° 43.4167' W; running
				  northwesterly to a point 35° 22.6500' N - 76° 43.4333' W; running
				  easterly along the six foot depth to a point 35° 22.7333' N - 76°
				  42.7333' W; running to shore to a point 35° 22.4000' N - 76° 43.0833'
				  W; running westerly along shore to the beginning point.
(B) Pamlico River Mainstream Channel -
				  beginning at a point 250 yards north of Marker "7" at a point 35° 27.2953'
				  N - 76° 55.1351' W; running westerly to a point near Marker "8" at a point
				  35° 27.4217' N - 76° 56.0917' W; running westerly along the north side
				  of the marked channel to a point 100 yards north of Marker "9" at a point
				  35° 27.7472' N - 76° 57.5392' W; running westerly along the north side
				  of the marked channel to a point near Marker "16", north of Whichard Beach at a
				  point 35° 30.4750' N - 77° 01.2217' W; running southwesterly across the
				  channel to a point 35° 30.4373' N - 77° 01.2614' W; running
				  southeasterly along the south side of the marked channel at a distance of 100
				  yards from the north side of the marked channel to a point near Marker "7" at a
				  point 35° 27.1722' N - 76° 55.1380' W; running northerly to the
				  beginning point.
(C) Chocowinity
				  Bay Channel - beginning at a point near the Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC)
				  red marker in Chocowinity Bay at a point 35° 29.5501' N - 77° 01.4335'
				  W; running easterly to the south side of the marked navigation channel in
				  Pamlico River, at a point 35° 29.0408' N - 76° 59.5437' W; running
				  southeasterly to a point 35° 28.9236' N - 76° 59.3109' W; running
				  westerly to the WRC green buoy in Chocowinity Bay at a point 35° 29.5004' N
				  - 77° 01.4339' W; running northerly to the beginning point.
(D) Whichard Beach Channel - beginning on
				  shore at a point 35° 30.2364' N - 77° 01.3679' W; running easterly to
				  the south side of the marked navigation channel in Pamlico River at a point
				  35° 30.1952' N - 77° 01.0252' W; running southeasterly to a point
				  35° 30.1373' N - 77° 00.9685' W; running westerly to shore at a point
				  35° 30.2002' N - 77° 01.4518' W, running northeasterly to the beginning
				  point.
(E) Broad Creek Channel -
				  beginning near Marker "3" in Broad Creek at a point 35° 29.0733' N -
				  76° 57.2417' W; running southwesterly near Marker "1" at a point 35°
				  28.8591' N - 76° 57.3823' W; running southerly to the marked navigation
				  channel in Pamlico River at a point 35° 27.8083' N - 76° 57.6250' W;
				  running southeasterly to a point 35° 27.7344' N - 76° 57.4822' W;
				  running northerly to the six foot depth at a point 35° 28.5779' N - 76°
				  57.2924' W; running northerly to the six foot depth at a point 35° 28.7781'
				  N - 76° 57.3508' W; running northerly along the six foot depth to a point
				  near Marker "4" at a point 35° 29.0933' N - 76° 57.1967' W; running
				  southwesterly to the beginning point.
(F) Blounts Bay - from June 1 through
				  September 15, on the south side of Pamlico River beginning near Marker "7" at a
				  point 35° 27.1722' N - 76° 55.1381' W; running westerly and along the
				  south side of the marked navigation channel to a point near Marker "9" at a
				  point 35° 27.7070' N - 76° 57.5739' W; running northwesterly along the
				  south side of the marked channel to the intersection of the Chocowinity Bay
				  Channel at a point 35° 28.9236' N - 76° 59.3109' W; running westerly
				  along the south side of the Chocowinity Bay Channel to a point 35° 29.0206'
				  N - 76° 59.6678' W; running southerly to the eight foot depth at a point
				  35° 28.6667' N - 76° 59.6667' W; running southeasterly along the eight
				  foot depth to a point 35° 27.0833' N - 76° 55.1667' W; running
				  northerly to the beginning point.
(6) In the Pamlico River and its tributaries
				  west of a line beginning on Willow Point at a point 35° 22.3741' N -
				  76° 28.6905' W; running southerly to Pamlico Point to a point 35°
				  18.5882' N - 76° 28.9625' W; pots may be used in Coastal Fishing Waters
				  within an area bound by the shoreline to the depth of six feet. Pots shall not
				  be used in areas listed in Paragraph (b) of this Rule, unless opened to the use
				  of pots by proclamation; and except pots may be set within the following areas
				  described by lines:
(A) Durants Point and
				  South Shore, upper Pungo River - beginning on Durants Point at a point 35°
				  30.5197' N - 76° 35.1521' W; running northwesterly to a point 35°
				  31.1333' N - 76° 35.5833' W; running northeasterly 200 yards south of
				  Marker "10" to a point 35° 31.2032' N - 76° 35.5558' W; running
				  easterly parallel to the marked navigation channel at a distance of 200 yards
				  to the shore south of Wilkerson Creek to a point 35° 33.0493' N - 76°
				  27.2752' W; running southerly and westerly along the shoreline and following
				  the Inland/Coastal lines of Horse Island, Tarklin, Scranton, and Smith Creeks
				  to the beginning point.
(B) Tooleys
				  Point and North Shore, upper Pungo River - beginning at the "Breakwater" 200
				  yards northeast of Beacon "6", at a point 35° 31.7833' N - 76° 36.8500'
				  W; running southeasterly to a point 200 yards from Marker "4" at a point
				  35° 31.5167' N - 76° 36.3500' W; running easterly parallel to the
				  marked navigation channel at a distance of 200 yards to the north shore of
				  Wilkerson Creek to a point 35° 33.2339' N - 76° 27.5449' W; running
				  northwesterly along the shoreline to the east end of the US 264 bridge; running
				  westerly along the south side of the bridge and following the Inland/Coastal
				  line to the western shore; running southerly and westerly along the shoreline
				  and following the Inland/Coastal lines of Upper Dowry Creek and Lower Dowry
				  Creek; running westerly and along the shoreline of Battalina and Tooleys
				  creeks; running along the river shore to the "Breakwater" to a point 35°
				  31.9908' N - 76° 36.6105' W; running southwesterly along the "Breakwater"
				  to the beginning point.
(C) Pungo
				  Creek - beginning on Windmill Point at a point 35° 30.7444' N - 76°
				  38.2869' W; running northeasterly to a point 200 yards west of Marker "3" to a
				  point 35° 31.3500' N - 76° 36.6167' W; running northwesterly to the
				  "Breakwater" to a point 35° 31.6296' N - 76° 37.1201' W; running
				  westerly along the "Breakwater" to shore to a point 35° 31.5653' N -
				  76° 37.3832' W; running westerly along shore and into Pungo Creek following
				  the shoreline and the Inland/Coastal lines of Vale, Scott, and Smith creeks to
				  the north end of the NC 92 bridge over Pungo Creek; running southerly along the
				  bridge and following the Inland/Coastal line to the southern shore; running
				  easterly along shore to the beginning point.
(D) Upper Pamlico - in Coastal Fishing Waters
				  west of a line beginning on the north shore of Gum Point at a point 35°
				  25.1699' N - 76° 45.5251' W; running southwesterly to a point on the south
				  shore of Pamlico River to a point 35° 23.4453' N - 76° 46.4346' W,
				  except as described in Paragraph (a)(5)(B) through (F) of this Rule.
(E) North Side Pamlico - beginning on the
				  north shore of Gum Point at a point 35° 25.1699' N - 76° 45.5251' W;
				  running southwesterly 500 yards from shore to a point 35° 24.9339' N -
				  76° 45.6495' W; running easterly parallel to the shoreline at a distance of
				  500 yards near Adams Point to a point 35° 23.3949' N - 76° 35.8089' W;
				  running northerly to shore at a point 35° 23.1754' N - 76° 35.9619' W;
				  running westerly along shore to the beginning point.
(F) South Creek - in Coastal Fishing Waters
				  of South Creek and tributaries west of a line beginning on Hickory Point at a
				  point 35° 21.7385' N - 76° 41.5907' W; running southerly to Fork Point
				  to a point 35° 20.7534' N - 76° 41.7870' W.
(7) In Bay River west of a line beginning on
				  Bay Point at a point 35° 11.0750' N - 76° 31.6080' W; running southerly
				  to Maw Point to a point 35° 09.0407' N - 76° 32.2348' W; pots may be
				  used in Coastal Fishing Waters within an area bound by the shoreline to the
				  depth of six feet. Pots shall not be used in areas listed in Paragraph (b) of
				  this Rule, unless opened to the use of pots by proclamation; and pots shall not
				  be set within the following areas described by lines:
(A) Vandemere - beginning on the west shore
				  of Vandemere Creek at a point 35° 11.2280' N - 76° 39.6046' W; running
				  southeasterly to the east shore to a point 35° 11.0920' N - 76°
				  39.3240' W; running southerly to a point 35° 10.9390' N - 76° 39.4426'
				  W; running southwesterly to a point 35° 10.8567' N - 76° 39.6212' W;
				  running northwesterly to shore west of Vandemere Creek to a point 35°
				  10.8983' N - 76° 39.7307' W; running northerly along shore to the beginning
				  point.
(B) Moore Bay - beginning on
				  shore west of Bell Point at a point 35° 09.6712' N - 76° 39.9651' W;
				  running northwesterly to a point 35° 09.7331' N - 76° 40.0928' W;
				  running southerly along the six foot depth to a point 35° 09.0045' N -
				  76° 40.3141' W; running southeasterly to the north shore of Moore Creek to
				  a point 35° 08.9640' N - 76° 40.2000' W; running northerly along shore
				  to the beginning point.
(8) In the Neuse River and Point of Marsh
				  area south and west of a line beginning on Maw Point at a point 35°
				  09.0407' N - 76° 32.2348' W; running southeasterly near the Maw Point Shoal
				  Marker "2" to a point 35° 08.1250' N - 76° 30.8532' W; running
				  southeasterly near the Neuse River Entrance Marker "NR" to a point 35°
				  06.6212' N - 76° 28.5383' W; running southeasterly to a point 35°
				  04.7670' N - 76° 25.7920' W; running southwesterly to shore to a point
				  35° 03.9387' N - 76° 27.0466' W; pots may be used in Coastal Fishing
				  Waters within an area bound by the shoreline to the depth of six feet. Pots
				  shall not be used in areas listed in Paragraph (b) of this Rule, unless opened
				  to the use of pots by proclamation; and pots shall not be set within the
				  following areas described by lines:
(A)
				  Oriental - in that area including Greens Creek and tributaries downstream of
				  the bridge on State Secondary Road 1308, and Whittaker Creek north of a line
				  beginning on the west shore at the Whittaker Creek primary nursery area (PNA)
				  line; running easterly along the Whittaker Creek PNA line to the east shore;
				  running southerly to a point 35° 01.3833' N - 76° 40.9500' W; running
				  westerly following the six foot depth to a point 35° 01.1666' N - 76°
				  41.8833' W; running southerly across the channel to a point 35° 01.1339' N
				  - 76° 41.9589' W; running westerly to Windmill Point to the south shore of
				  the Shop Gut Creek PNA line; running northerly along the Shop Gut Creek PNA
				  line to the north shore of the Shop Gut Creek PNA line.
(B) Greens Creek - more than 75 yards from
				  shore in the area beginning on the south shore of Greens Creek primary nursery
				  area (PNA) line; following the PNA lines of Greens Creek and Kershaw Creek to
				  the east shore of Kershaw Creek; running easterly along the shore of Greens
				  Creek, and running along the shore of Smith Creek and its tributaries to the
				  bridge on State Secondary Road 1308; running southwesterly along the bridge to
				  the south shore of Greens Creek; running westerly along the shore to the
				  beginning point.
(C) Dawson Creek -
				  beginning on the west shore at a point 34° 59.5920' N - 76° 45.4620' W;
				  running easterly along the bridge on State Secondary Road 1302 to shore at a
				  point 34° 59.5800' N - 76° 45.4140' W; running northerly and easterly
				  along the shore to the primary nursery area (PNA) line of the southeastern
				  tributary; running northerly along the PNA line to shore; running northerly
				  along shore to the PNA line of the unnamed northeastern tributary; running
				  northwesterly along the PNA line to shore; running northwesterly along shore to
				  the Inland/Coastal line on Tarklin Creek; running westerly along the
				  Inland/Coastal line to shore; running southwesterly along shore to the
				  Inland/Coastal line on Dawson Creek; running southerly along the Inland/Coastal
				  line to the shore; running easterly and then southerly along shore to the
				  beginning point.
(D) Wilkerson
				  Point - beginning on the west side of the Minnesott Beach Yacht Basin Channel
				  at a point 34° 58.2682' N - 76° 49.1903' W; running southerly to a
				  point 34° 58.1403' N - 76° 49.2253' W; running easterly along the six
				  foot depth to a point 34° 58.4000' N - 76° 46.5667' W; running
				  northerly to shore to a point 34° 58.5333' N - 76° 46.6333' W; running
				  westerly along shore to the beginning point.
(E) Beard Creek - beginning on shore west of
				  Beard Creek at a point 35° 00.1902' N - 76° 52.2176' W; running
				  southerly to a point 34° 59.8883' N - 76° 52.3594' W; running easterly
				  along the six foot depth to a point 34° 59.4167' N - 76° 51.2333' W;
				  running northeasterly to shore to a point 34° 59.5989' N - 76° 51.0781'
				  W; running westerly along shore to the Beard Creek tributary primary nursery
				  area (PNA) line; running northeasterly along the PNA line to the Inland/Coastal
				  line in Beards Creek; running westerly along the Inland/Coastal line to the
				  western shore; running southerly along shore to the beginning point.
(F) Clubfoot Creek - more than 50 yards from
				  shore in the area south of a line beginning at a point 34° 54.9327' N -
				  76° 45.6506' W on the west shore; running northerly to a point 34°
				  55.1501' N - 76° 45.6221' W; running northeasterly to a point 34°
				  55.1812' N - 76° 45.5172' W near Marker "5"; running northeasterly to a
				  point 34° 55.2994' N - 76° 45.1180' W on the east shore and north of
				  line beginning at a point on the west shore 34° 54.5424' N - 76°
				  45.7252' W; running easterly to a point 34° 54.4853' N - 76° 45.4022' W
				  on the east shore.
(G) Lower Broad
				  Creek - beginning on the north shore at a point 35° 05.8314' N - 76°
				  35.3845' W; running southwesterly along the secondary nursery area line to the
				  six foot depth at 35° 05.7321' N - 76° 35.5046' W; running southerly
				  following the six foot depth near Marker "2A" to a point 35° 05.5442' N -
				  76° 35.2886' W; running northerly to a point 35° 05.7446' N - 76°
				  35.2980' W; running westerly along the shore to the point of
				  beginning.
(9) In the
				  Neuse River and Point of Marsh area south and west of a line beginning on Maw
				  Point at a point 35° 09.0407' N - 76° 32.2348' W; running southeasterly
				  near the Maw Point Shoal Marker "2" to a point 35° 08.1250' N - 76°
				  30.8532' W; running southeasterly near the Neuse River Entrance Marker "NR" to
				  a point 35° 06.6212' N - 76° 28.5383' W; running southeasterly to a
				  point 35° 04.7670' N - 76° 25.7920' W; running southwesterly to shore
				  to a point 35° 03.9387' N - 76° 27.0466' W; pots may be used in Coastal
				  Fishing Waters within an area bound by the shoreline to the depth of six feet.
				  Pots shall not be used in areas listed in Paragraph (b) of this Rule, unless
				  opened to the use of pots by proclamation; and except pots may be set in
				  Coastal Fishing Waters west of a line beginning on shore west of Beards Creek
				  at a point 35° 00.1902' N - 76° 52.2176' W; running southwesterly to
				  shore west of Slocum Creek to a point 34° 57.0333' N - 76° 53.7252'
				  W.
(10) In the West Bay and Long
				  Bay area south and west of a line beginning on shore at a point 35°
				  03.9387' N - 76° 27.0466' W; running northeasterly to a point 35°
				  04.7670' N - 76° 25.7920' W; running southeasterly to the eastern shore of
				  West Bay to a point 35° 02.1203' N - 76° 21.8122' W; areas described by
				  lines:
(A) Raccoon Island, northern shore -
				  beginning at the western point at a point 35° 04.3696' N - 76° 26.1815'
				  W; running southeasterly along the north shore to a point 35° 03.9814' N -
				  76° 25.5862' W; running easterly 150 yards to a point 35° 03.9777' N -
				  76° 25.4910' W; running northwesterly at a distance of 150 yards from shore
				  to a point 35° 04.4417' N - 76° 26.2150' W; running easterly to the
				  beginning point.
(B) Raccoon
				  Island, southern shore - beginning at the western point at a point 35°
				  04.3696' N - 76° 26.1815' W; running southeasterly along the south shore to
				  a point 35° 03.9814' N - 76° 25.5862' W; running easterly 50 yards to a
				  point 35° 03.9800' N - 76° 25.5513' W; running westerly at a distance
				  of 50 yards from shore to a point 35° 04.3955' N - 76° 26.1934' W;
				  running easterly to the beginning point.
(C) West Bay: Point of the Narrows -
				  beginning on shore at a point 35° 03.5421' N - 76° 26.3909' W; running
				  northeasterly to a point 35° 03.5980' N - 76° 26.3894' W; running
				  southeasterly parallel to shore at a distance of 100 yards to a point 35°
				  02.4740' N - 76° 26.1280' W; running northwesterly to shore to a point
				  35° 02.5440' N - 76° 26.1486' W; running northerly along shore to the
				  beginning point.
(D) West Bay:
				  Point of Island Bay, Dowdy Bay - beginning on shore at a point 35° 01.5271'
				  N - 76° 26.2836' W; running southeasterly to a point 35° 01.4684' N -
				  76° 26.2450' W; running southeasterly parallel to shore at a distance of
				  100 yards to a point 35° 00.0701' N - 76° 25.4414' W; running southerly
				  to a point 35° 00.0620' N - 76° 25.5074' W on Dowdy Point; running
				  westerly and northerly along shore to the beginning point.
(E) West Bay - beginning on Dowdy Point at a
				  point 35° 00.0620' N - 76° 25.5074' W; running easterly to a point
				  35° 00.1000' N - 76° 25.2000' W; running southerly to a point 34°
				  58.7500' N - 76° 24.7000' W; running westerly to Jack's Bay Point to a
				  point 34° 58.6886' N - 76° 25.3683' W; running northerly along shore to
				  the beginning point.
(F) Long Bay:
				  Jack's Bay, Stump Bay - beginning on Jack's Bay Point at a point 34°
				  58.6886' N - 76° 25.3683' W; running southwesterly to a point 34°
				  57.6500' N - 76° 25.8500' W; running westerly to shore to a point 34°
				  57.2089' N - 76° 27.2292' W; running northerly along shore to the boundary
				  of the military restricted area (having its center at a point 34° 58.8000'
				  N - 76° 26.2000' W) in Jack's Bay to a point 34° 58.4208' N - 76°
				  25.9417' W; running northeasterly along the boundary of the military restricted
				  area to a point 34° 58.7746' N - 76° 25.6733' W; running easterly along
				  shore to the beginning point.
(G)
				  Long Bay - beginning on the east point of the southern shore of Stump Bay at a
				  point 34° 57.2089' N - 76° 27.2292' W; running southeasterly to
				  Swimming Point to a point 34° 56.7619' N - 76° 26.3838' W; running
				  southerly along shore to the head of Long Bay; running northerly along the west
				  shore to the beginning point.
(H)
				  Long Bay: Owens Bay - beginning on Swimming Point at a point 34° 56.7619' N
				  - 76° 26.3838' W; running northwesterly to a point 34° 56.8470' N -
				  76° 26.5363' W; running northeasterly parallel to shore at a distance of
				  300 yards to a point 34° 57.9394' N - 76° 24.1326' W; running
				  southwesterly to Long Bay Point at a point 34° 57.7863' N - 76°
				  24.1837' W; running southwesterly along shore to the beginning point.
(I) West Thorofare Bay, Merkle Bay -
				  beginning on Long Bay Point at a point 34° 57.7863' N - 76° 24.1837' W;
				  running northeasterly near Marker "8WB" to a point 34° 58.4600' N - 76°
				  23.9600' W; running easterly to Tump Point to a point 34° 58.7000' N -
				  76° 22.8166' W; running southerly along the shore of Merkle Bay and West
				  Thorofare Bay back to the beginning point.
(J) West Bay, North Bay - beginning on the
				  eastern shore of West Bay at a point 35° 02.1203' N - 76° 21.8122' W;
				  running northwesterly to a point 35° 02.5412' N - 76° 22.4445' W;
				  running southwesterly near Marker "5WB" to a point 35° 02.0798' N - 76°
				  22.8729' W; running southerly to a point 35° 00.5666' N - 76° 21.8333'
				  W; running southerly to Deep Bend Point to a point 34° 58.5923' N - 76°
				  21.7325' W; running easterly and northerly along shore to the beginning
				  point.
(11) Core Sound,
				  Back Sound, and the Straits and their tributaries.
(12) North River:
(A) Goose Bay - beginning on shore west of
				  South Leopard Creek at a point 34° 45.4517' N - 76° 35.1767' W; running
				  northerly to a point 34° 45.6409' N - 76° 35.2503' W; running
				  southwesterly to a point 34° 45.3333' N - 76° 35.7500' W; running
				  southerly to a point 34° 43.4667' N - 76° 35.2333' W; running easterly
				  to shore at a point 34° 43.5833' N - 76° 34.9167' W; running northerly
				  along shore to the beginning point.
(B) Ward Creek - Coastal Fishing Waters north
				  and east of a line beginning on the north shore at a point 34° 46.2667' N -
				  76° 35.4933' W; running southerly to south shore to a point 34°
				  45.4517' N - 76° 35.1767' W.
(C) Upper North River - Coastal Fishing
				  Waters north of a line beginning on the west shore at a point 34° 46.0383'
				  N - 76° 37.0633' W; running easterly to shore to a point 34° 46.2667' N
				  - 76° 35.4933' W.
(D) Newby
				  Creek, Gibbs Creek - beginning on Marsh Hen Point at a point 34° 45.2004' N
				  - 76° 37.0639' W; running southwesterly to a point 34° 44.5833' N -
				  76° 36.6000' W; running southeasterly to shore near Holland's Rocks to a
				  point 34° 43.6667' N - 76° 37.3333' W; running northerly along shore to
				  the beginning point.
(E) North
				  River Marshes - beginning near Marker "6" at a point 34° 43.4833' N -
				  76° 37.3500' W; running northeasterly to a point 34° 44.1333' N -
				  76° 36.8667' W; running southeasterly to a point 34° 43.8000' N -
				  76° 36.1333' W; running southeasterly to a point 34° 43.5000' N -
				  76° 35.7833' W; running southerly near Marker "56"to a point 34°
				  42.2391' N - 76° 35.8498' W; running westerly to a point 34° 42.2333' N
				  - 76° 36.7167' W; running northerly to a point 34° 42.7500' N - 76°
				  36.9667' W; running northerly to a point 34° 43.2333' N - 76° 36.9667'
				  W; running northwesterly to the beginning point.
(13) Newport River:
(A) Lower portion - beginning on shore east
				  of Penn Point at a point 34° 45.4397' N - 76° 43.0638' W; running
				  northeasterly to shore east of Oyster Creek to a point 34° 46.5480' N -
				  76° 41.9910' W; running easterly along shore to a point on the western
				  shore of Core Creek to a point 34° 47.0816' N - 76° 41.2605' W; running
				  easterly to the eastern shore at a point 34° 46.9867' N - 76° 41.0437'
				  W; running southerly along shore to Gallant Point to a point 34° 43.9911' N
				  - 76° 40.2762' W; running westerly near Marker "2" to a point 34°
				  44.0031' N - 76° 40.5038' W; running southeasterly near Marker "4" to a
				  point 34° 43.7064' N - 76° 40.1627' W; running southerly to the west
				  side of Gallant's Channel at the drawbridge to a point 34° 43.3500' N -
				  76° 40.1833' W; running westerly along the US 70 and the US 70 bridge to
				  its terminus at the State Port Terminal; running westerly and northerly along
				  the western shore of Newport River and its tributaries to the beginning
				  point.
(B) Upper portion - the
				  Coastal Fishing Waters west of a line beginning on shore east of Harlowe Creek
				  at a point 34° 46.5730' N - 76° 42.6350' W; running southerly to shore
				  east of Penn Point to a point 34° 45.6970' N - 76° 43.5180'
				  W.
(14) Bogue Sound:
(A) South of the Intracoastal Waterway -
				  beginning on the south shore at the NC 58 bridge at a point 34° 40.0585' N
				  - 77° 03.8005' W; running northerly along the bridge to the south side of
				  the IWW channel to a point 34° 40.4464' N - 77° 03.9155' W; running
				  easterly along the south side of the IWW channel to the Atlantic Beach bridge
				  to a point 34° 43.0320' N - 76° 44.1300' W; running easterly to the
				  northeastern shore of Tar Landing Bay to a point 34° 42.5000' N - 76°
				  42.2000' W; running easterly along shore to a point 34° 42.1990' N -
				  76° 41.3873' W; running southeasterly to a point 34° 42.1631' N -
				  76° 41.3491' W; running southeasterly and westerly along shore to the
				  beginning point.
(B) North of the
				  Intracoastal Waterway - beginning on the north shore at the NC 58 bridge at a
				  point 34° 40.7780' N - 77° 04.0010' W; running southerly along the
				  bridge to the north side of the IWW channel to a point 34° 40.4640' N -
				  77° 03.9090' W; running easterly along the north side of the IWW channel to
				  the Atlantic Beach bridge to a point 34° 43.0620' N - 76° 44.1240' W;
				  running northerly along the bridge to shore to a point 34° 43.2780' N -
				  76° 44.0700' W; running westerly along shore to the beginning
				  point.
(15) Designated
				  primary nursery areas in all Coastal Fishing Waters which are listed in
				  15A NCAC
				  03R .0103, except Burton Creek off Lower
				  Broad Creek in Pamlico County.