15A NCAC 03J .0209. ALBEMARLE SOUND/CHOWAN RIVER HERRING MANAGEMENT AREAS

(a)  The Albemarle Sound Herring Management Area is defined as Albemarle Sound and all its joint water tributaries; Currituck Sound; Roanoke and Croatan sounds and all their joint water tributaries, including Oregon Inlet, north of a line beginning on the west shore at a point 35° 48.5015' N – 75° 44.1228' W on Roanoke Marshes Point; running southeasterly to the east shore to a point 35° 44.1710' N – 75° 31.0520' W on the north point of Eagles Nest Bay.

(b)  The Chowan River Herring Management Area is defined as that area northwest of a line beginning on the west shore at a point 35° 59.9267' N – 76° 41.0313' W on Black Walnut Point; running northeasterly to the east shore to a point 36° 02.2140' N – 76° 39.3240' W on Reedy Point, to the North Carolina/Virginia state line; including the Meherrin River.

(c)  It is unlawful to use drift gill nets in the Albemarle Sound and Chowan River river herring management areas with a mesh length less than three inches from January 1 through May 15.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-182; 143B-289.52;

Temporary Adoption Eff. May 1, 2000;

Eff. April 1, 2001;

Amended Eff. June 1, 2013; December 1, 2007.