Current Fisheries Management Proclamations

  • CRAB TRAWLING AND TAKING SHRIMP WITH NETS – ATLANTIC OCEAN AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN REGIONS
    SH-1-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

     12:01 A.M., June 20, 2024
    Map Package

  • CRAB TRAWLING AND TAKING SHRIMP WITH NETS – ATLANTIC OCEAN AND SOUTHERN REGION
    SH-2-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., June 20, 2024
    Map Package

  • DOLPHIN– RECREATIONAL VESSEL LIMIT – COASTAL FISHING WATERS
    FF-30-2022
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Monday, May 2, 2022

  • FINFISH – AQUACULTURE OPERATIONS EXEMPTIONS
    FF-10-2022
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 14, 2022

  • FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC OCEAN
    FF-9-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 1, 2025

  • FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL PURPOSES - INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS AND ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS. MAINTAINS CLOSURE FOR INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS
    FF-46-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M. Friday, October 25, 2024

  • FLOUNDER – RECREATIONAL – JOINT FISHING WATERS
    FF-35-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Sunday, September 1, 2024
    Interactive map of Coastal, Joint, and Inland Fishing Waters

  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS - INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A – CLOSES ALL MANAGEMENT UNITS TO THE USE OF GILL NETS WITH STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6 ½ INCHES
    M-20-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    11:59 A.M., Tuesday, October 8, 2024

  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS - JOINT FISHING WATERS – MAINTAINS WEEKEND GILL NET RESTRICTIONS
    M-1-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Monday, January 1, 2024

  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS – INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A – MAINTAINS CLOSURE OF ALL MANAGEMENT UNITS TO THE USE OF GILL NETS WITH STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6 ½ INCHES – IMPLEMENTS MESH SIZE INCREASES IN
    M-8-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Thursday, February 20, 2025

  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS: ATLANTIC OCEAN WITHIN 100 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE
    M-8-2019
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Monday, April 22, 2019

  • GILL NETS AND SEINES – BOGUE SOUND - DEER AND SCHOOLHOUSE (ROCKY RUN) CREEKS USER CONFLICT RESOLUTION AREA
    M-6-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M. April 15, 2024
    Map Package

  • GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA – INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS – IN MANAGEMENT UNIT A – RESTRICTING THE USE OF ITP NON-EXEMPTED (I.E. FIXED, STATIONARY, OR ANCHORED) GILL NETS TO A STRETCHED MESH OF 3 ¼ INCHES
    M-4-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Wednesday, January 1, 2025
    Map Package

  • GILL NETS – CURRITUCK SOUND – MARTINS POINT CONFLICT RESOLUTION AREA
    M-26-2016
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M. Friday, December 2, 2016
    Map Package

  • GILL NETS – GILL NET CLOSURE AND RESTRICTIONS - CENTRAL SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT AREA (CSMA) - WESTERN PAMLICO SOUND AND RIVERS
    M-6-2019
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Monday, March 18, 2019
    Map