Latest Proclamation Updates
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL - INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS AND ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS (GEAR AND AREA SPECIFIC)
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This proclamation supersedes proclamation FF-55-2023, dated November 1, 2023. It establishes the commercial flounder season for Internal Coastal and Joint Fishing Waters by Gear Management Area. This action is being taken to comply with the requirements of Amendment 3 to the N.C. Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan and maintain harvest within the total allowable landings (TAL).
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Proclamation: https://www.deq.nc.gov/marine-fisheries/fisheries-management-proclamations/2023/ff-32-2023/open
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