Latest Proclamation Updates
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SPOTTED SEATROUT – COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS INCLUDING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN - COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHERY CLOSURE – COLD STUN EVENTS
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This proclamation supersedes proclamations FF-23-2018 and FF-24-2018, dated June 11, 2018. This proclamation closes the commercial and recreational spotted seatrout fishery in Coastal and Joint Fishing Waters due to cold stun events, in accordance with the N.C. Spotted Seatrout Fishery Management Plan. The spotted seatrout fishery will open June 15, 2025, by proclamation unless the reopening date is modified by the adoption of Amendment 1 to the N.C. Spotted Seatrout Fishery Management Plan.
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03/25/24
BLACK SEA BASS – Recreational FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS
This proclamation supersedes Proclamation FF-22-2023, dated April 11, 2023. It establishes the 2024 season dates, size, and creel limits for the recreational black sea bass fishery effective at 12:01 A.M., May 15, 2024. The fishery will have two harvest periods stated in Section I. The fishery will close at 11:59 P.M., December 31, 2024.
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Proclamation:https://deq.nc.gov/fisheries-management-proclamations
PDF: https://www.deq.nc.gov/marine-fisheries/fisheries-management-proclamations/FF-19-2024/open
03/06/24
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS
This proclamation supersedes Proclamation FF-3-2024, dated December 12, 2023. It increases the trip limit for pots, traps, and/or hook and line gear for Atlantic Ocean commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras at 12:01 A.M., Thursday March 7, 2024. The fishery will close by proclamation once 80% of the annual North Carolina quota has been reached or at 6:00 P.M., December 31, 2024, whichever occurs first.
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Proclamation:https://deq.nc.gov/fisheries-management-proclamations
PDF: https://www.deq.nc.gov/marine-fisheries/fisheries-management-proclamations/2024/FF-16-2024/open
SNAPPER GROUPER COMPLEX – COMMERCIAL –
2024 SEASONS
This proclamation supersedes proclamation FF-62-2023, dated December 5, 2023. It establishes the 2024 commercial seasons and applicable commercial size and trip limits for snapper grouper species beginning January 1, 2024.
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Proclamation:https://deq.nc.gov/fisheries-management-proclamations
PDF: https://www.deq.nc.gov/marine-fisheries/fisheries-management-proclamations/2024/ff-8-2024/open