Current Fisheries Management Proclamations

  • POTS OPEN – ATLANTIC OCEAN AND INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS WEST AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 58 BRIDGE
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Wednesday, May 1, 2024
    Map Package

  • 2023-2024 MECHANICAL HARVEST OF CLAMS FROM PUBLIC BOTTOM
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    7:30 A.M. on Monday, December 11, 2023
    Map Package

  • 2023-2024 OYSTER MECHANICAL HARVEST CLOSURE
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    2:00 P.M, Friday, January 12, 2024

  • 2024-2025 OYSTER HAND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    Sunrise, Sunday, October 15, 2024
    SF-5-2024 Maps

  • 2024-2025 OYSTER HAND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    sunrise, October 15, 2024
    Map Package

  • 2024-2025 OYSTER MECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    sunrise, Monday, November 18, 2024
    Map Package

  • ATLANTIC CROAKER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – CLOSURE
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Saturday, December 16, 2023

  • ATLANTIC CROAKER – HOOK AND LINE OR FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – CREEL LIMITS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Thursday, April 15, 2021

  • BLACK DRUM - RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Wednesday, January 1, 2014

  • BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., March 7, 2024

  • BLACK SEA BASS – RECREATIONAL – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS – 2024 RECREATIONAL SEASONS, SIZE, AND CREEL LIMITS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., May 15, 2024

  • BLUEFISH – COMMERCIAL – IMPLEMENTS 300-POUND POSSESSION LIMIT
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., September 9, 2024

  • BLUEFISH – COMMERCIAL – IMPLEMENTS 400-POUND POSSESSION LIMIT
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., May 23, 2024

  • BLUEFISH – RECREATIONAL – Coastal Fishing Waters
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Sunday, May 1, 2022

  • CALICO SCALLOP – ATLANTIC OCEAN - CLOSURE
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., May 31, 2024