Current Fisheries Management Proclamations

  • POTS OPEN – ATLANTIC OCEAN AND INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS WEST AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 58 BRIDGE
    PT-1-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Sunday, May 3, 2026, until 11:59 PM, Monday, November 30, 2026

    MAP

  • POTS OPEN – ATLANTIC OCEAN AND INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS WEST AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 58 BRIDGE
    PT-1-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Thursday, May 1, 2025 until 11:59 PM, Sunday, November 30, 2025
    PT-1-2025 Maps

  • POTS OPEN – PROVISIONAL POT AREAS IN INTERNAL COASTAL FISHING WATERS OF PAMLICO SOUND AND PAMLICO, BAY, AND NEUSE RIVERS
    PT-2-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Monday, June 1, 2026, until 11:59 P.M., Monday, November 30, 2026

    MAPS

  • POTS OPEN – PROVISIONAL POT AREAS IN INTERNAL COASTAL FISHING WATERS OF PAMLICO SOUND AND PAMLICO, BAY, AND NEUSE RIVERS
    PT-2-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Sunday, June 1, 2025, until 11:59 P.M., Sunday, November 30, 2025 

    PT-2-2025 Map | NC DEQ

  • RED DRUM - COMMERCIAL – HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
    FF-33-2022 (REVISED)
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Sunday, May 22, 2022

  • RESEARCH SANCTUARY- ATLANTIC OCEAN – DARE COUNTY – COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LABORATORY, FIELD RESEARCH FACILITY
    RS-4-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., May 15, 2025
    See Map Package

  • RESEARCH SANCTUARY- HEWLETT’S CREEK - UNC-WILMINGTON
    RS-1-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 29, 2026

    MAP

  • RESEARCH SANCTUARY- MYRTLE GROVE SOUND - UNC-WILMINGTON
    RS-2-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 29, 2026

    MAP

  • RESEARCH SANCTUARY- TOPSAIL SOUND – UNC-WILMINGTON
    RS-4-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., July 23, 2026

    MAPS

  • RULE SUSPENSION – FLOUNDER POUND NETS – INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS - ESCAPE PANEL REQUIREMENTS
    M-9-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., April 19, 2024

  • SCUP – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN- NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS – OPENING OF SUMMER HARVEST PERIOD
    FF-25-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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

  • SCUP – RECREATIONAL – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS – DECREASES CREEL LIMIT
    FF-18-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., April 1, 2024

  • SHAD – COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL – COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS INCLUDING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN – TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULES
    FF-8-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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

  • SHARK – COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL - OPENING DATE AND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
    FF-3-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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

  • SHEEPSHEAD – RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL – COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS
    FF-16-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., March 16, 2026