Current Fisheries Management Proclamations

  • SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREAS (Closures: New River, Alligator Bay)
    SF-4-2014
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    sunrise, Saturday, May 31, 2014

  • SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREAS – MOUTH OF NEUSE RIVER AND BRANT ISLAND SHOAL, PAMLICO SOUND
    SF-3-2024_SMA-MouthNeuse-BrantIsland-FINAL.pdf
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., April 8, 2024
    Maps

  • SHELLFISH TEMPERATURE AND SANITATION CONTROLS
    SS-1-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    Sunrise Tuesday, March 31, 2026

  • SHRIMP TRAWL INCREASES MINIMUM TAIL BAG/COD END MESH SIZE, AND BYCATCH REDUCTION DEVICE AND TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICE REQUIREMENTS – ATLANTIC OCEAN
    SH-3-2022
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M. July 1, 2022
    Map

  • SHRIMP TRAWL – MESH SIZES FOR TRAWL BODY AND TAIL BAG/COD END, BYCATCH REDUCTION DEVICE AND TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICE REQUIREMENTS – PAMLICO SOUND AND PORTIONS OF THE PAMLICO, BAY, AND NEUSE RIVERS – INTERNAL COASTAL FISHING WATERS
    SH-1-2022
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., July 1, 2022
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  • SHRIMP TRAWLBYCATCH REDUCTION DEVICE AND TURTLE EXCUDER DEVICE REQUIREMENTS-CROATAN AND ROANOKE SOUNDS, PORTIONS OF THE PAMLICO, BAY, AND NEUSE RIVERS, CORE SOUND AND SOUTH TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE, AND SKIMMER TRAWLS STATEWIDE-INTERNAL COA
    SH-2-2022
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M. July 1, 2022
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  • SHRIMP – RECREATIONAL CAST NET HARVEST – COASTAL FISHING WATERS
    SH-4-2022
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    5:01 P.M., Sunday, May 15, 2022

  • SNAPPER GROUPER COMPLEX – COMMERCIAL – 2026 SEASONS
    FF-9-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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

  • SNAPPER GROUPER COMPLEX – GAG GROUPER – SEASON
    FF-26-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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

  • SPANISH MACKEREL – COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL – COMMERCIAL OPEN HARVEST– COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS
    FF-15-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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

     

  • SPINY DOGFISH – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS
    FF-11-2026_OpenSpinyDogfish_FINAL_0.pdf
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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

  • SPINY DOGFISH – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS
    FF-61-2021
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Friday, November 19, 2021

  • SPINY LOBSTER - COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL
    M-7-2022
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Saturday, April 2, 2022

  • SPOT – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – CLOSURE
    FF-50-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., December 10, 2025

  • SPOT – HOOK AND LINE OR FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – CREEL LIMITS
    FF-23-2021
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

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