Current Fisheries Management Proclamations

  • 2025-2026 MECHANICAL HARVEST OF CLAMS FROM PUBLIC BOTTOM
    SF-6-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    7:30 A.M. on Monday, December 8, 2025
    SF-6-2025 Maps

  • 2025-2026 OYSTER HAND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
    SF-3-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    Sunrise, October 15, 2025

    MAPS

  • 2025-2026 OYSTER MECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS - PAMLICO SOUND – SEASON EXTENSION
    SF-7-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    Sunrise, December 15, 2025

    MAP

  • 2025-2026 OYSTER MECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS – ROTATIONAL HARVEST CULTCH SITES
    Sf-4-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    sunrise on Monday, November 17, 2025
    See Map Package

  • ATLANTIC CROAKER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – CLOSURE
    FF-51-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., December 16, 2025

  • ATLANTIC CROAKER – HOOK AND LINE OR FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – CREEL LIMITS
    FF-24-2021
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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

  • BLACK DRUM - RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL
    FF-73-2013
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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

  • BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS
    FF-52-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., December 5, 2025

  • BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS
    FF-6-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 1, 2026

  • BLACK SEA BASS – RECREATIONAL – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS – 2025 RECREATIONAL SEASONS, SIZE, AND CREEL LIMITS
    FF-20-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., May 15, 2025

  • BLUEFISH – COMMERCIAL – COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS
    FF-2-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 1, 2026

  • BLUEFISH – RECREATIONAL – COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS
    FF-1-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Thursday, January 1, 2026

  • CALICO SCALLOP – ATLANTIC OCEAN - CLOSURE
    SF-4-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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

  • CHANNEL NETS – INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS
    M-12-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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

  • COBIA – COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL – COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS
    FF-4-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 1, 2026