Current Fisheries Management Proclamations

  • 2024-2025 MECHANICAL HARVEST OF CLAMS FROM PUBLIC BOTTOM
    SF-8-2024Mechanical Clam_Final_0.pdf
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    7:30 A.M., Monday, December 9, 2024
    Map Package

  • 2024-2025 OYSTER HAND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
    SF-5-2024 (REVISED)
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    sunrise, October 15, 2024
    Map Package

  • 2024-2025 OYSTER MECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS – CLOSING THE PAMLICO SOUND BAYS
    SF-1-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    2:00 P.M., Friday, January 10, 2025
    Map Package

  • 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-18-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., April 26, 2025

  • 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-21-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., June 12, 2025

  • BLUEFISH – COMMERCIAL – COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS
    FF-13-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., March 3, 2025

  • BLUEFISH – RECREATIONAL – Coastal Fishing Waters
    FF-31-2022
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Sunday, May 1, 2022

  • 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-2-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 1, 2025

  • COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN- NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS – OPENING OF SUMMER HARVEST PERIOD
    FF-19-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., May 1, 2025

  • CRAB SPAWNING SANCTUARY - GEAR AND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS – TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULES
    M-13-2024 Shrimp Amendment 2 Crab Spawning Sanctuaries_FINAL_0.pdf
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., June 20, 2024