Provisional crab, eel, fish and shrimp pot areas open

Published 6:42 pm Thursday, June 4, 2020

By Staff Reports

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One of four maps for areas opening for pots in Hyde County on June 1, 2020. Horizontal hatched areas on attached maps indicate those areas designated for pot use by N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Rule 15A NCAC 03J .0301 (a)(2)(A); Angled hatched areas indicate areas opened to pots by this proclamation as authorized by N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Rule 15A NCAC 03J .0301 (a)(2)(B). Non-hatched areas on maps are closed to the use of pots. Designated pot area boundary coordinates are found in N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Rule 15A NCAC 03R .0107. Courtesy N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
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North Carolina Marine Fisheries Proclamation P-4-2020 opened provisional pot areas in Pamlico Sound and Pamlico, Bay and Neuse Rivers effective 12:01 a.m. on Monday, June 1, 2020, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, Nov. 30, 2020.

The proclamation applies to crab, eel, fish and shrimp pots.

In Hyde County, pots may be set in Lone Tree Creek and Mt. Pleasant Bay in Wysocking Bay; Juniper Bay, Swan Quarter Bay, Deep Cove, Rose Bay and Spencer Bay.

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The proclamation also lists four areas in Pamlico River, four areas in Pamlico County; three in Bay River; and four in Spencer Bay.

“The intent of this proclamation is to allow pots to be used in provisional pot areas currently not being utilized extensively by long haul operations due to the variable seasonal distribution of finfish, fisheries targeting finfish, and recreational uses,” states the proclamation.

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