Current Fisheries Management Proclamations

  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS - INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A FOR GILL NETS WITH A STRETCHED MESH LENGTH LESS THAN 4 INCHES – CLOSE MANAGEMENT UNIT D1.
    M-14-2026_SMGN_MUD1_Closure_FINAL_0.pdf
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., August 21, 2026

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  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS - INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A FOR GILL NETS WITH A STRETCHED MESH LENGTH LESS THAN 4 INCHES – OPEN PORTIONS OF MANAGEMENT UNIT B AND MANAGEMENT UNITS D1, D2, AND E.
    M-13-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., May 25, 2026

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  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS - INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A – CLOSE MANAGEMENT UNITS D2 AND E TO THE USE OF GILL NETS WITH STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6 ½ INCHES.
    M-21-2026 LMGN Close MUs D2 E_FINAL USE THIS.pdf
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Monday, October 5, 2026

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  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS - INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A – OPENS MANAGEMENT UNITS B (SUBUNITS ONLY), C, D1 (NORTHERN SUBUNIT ONLY), D2, AND E TO THE USE OF GILL NETS WITH STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6 ½ IN
    M-20-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    Tuesday, September 29, 2026

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  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS - JOINT FISHING WATERS – MAINTAINS WEEKEND GILL NET RESTRICTIONS
    M-12-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., June 6, 2025

  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS: ATLANTIC OCEAN WITHIN 100 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE
    M-8-2019
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Monday, April 22, 2019

  • GILL NETS AND SEINES – BOGUE SOUND - DEER AND SCHOOLHOUSE (ROCKY RUN) CREEKS USER CONFLICT RESOLUTION AREA
    M-6-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M. April 15, 2024
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  • GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS – OPENING MANAGEMENT UNIT A TO THE USE OF GILL NETS WITH STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6 ½ INCHES.
    M-19-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    Tuesday, September 29, 2026

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  • GILL NETS – CURRITUCK SOUND – MARTINS POINT CONFLICT RESOLUTION AREA
    M-26-2016
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M. Friday, December 2, 2016
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  • GILL NETS – NEWPORT RIVER USER CONFLICT RESOLUTION AREA
    M-8-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    7:00 A.M. April 15, 2024
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  • GILL NETS – TIE DOWN AND DISTANCE FROM SHORE RESTRICTIONS - CENTRAL SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT AREA (CSMA) – REOPENS A PORTION OF WESTERN PAMLICO SOUND AND RIVERS
    M-15-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Tuesday, September 2, 2025

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  • HORSESHOE CRABS – COMMERCIAL
    M-1-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M. January 1, 2026

  • INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A – CLOSES MANAGEMENT UNIT C TO THE USE OF GILL NETS WITH STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6 ½.
    M-10-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M, May 4, 2026

  • KING MACKEREL – COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL - COASTAL FISHING WATERS
    FF-51-2022
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Monday, October 10, 2022

  • MULLET – COMMERCIAL – COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS INCLUDING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN – HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
    FF-26-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M. June 24, 2024