Current Fisheries Management Proclamations

  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS – INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A – CLOSES MANAGEMENT UNIT E TO THE USE OF GILL NETS WITH STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6 ½.
    M-8-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    11:59 P.M., Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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  • 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 – IN MANAGEMENT UNIT A – OPENS ADDITONAL PORTIONS OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A TO THE USE OF RUNAROUND, STRIKE, DROP, AND DRIFT GILL NETS.
    M-9-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Sunday, May 3, 2026

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  • GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA – INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS – IN MANAGEMENT UNIT A – REDUCES THE MINIMUM STRETCHED MESH LENGTH IN MANAGEMENT UNIT A FOR THE USE OF RUNAROUND, STRIKE, DROP, AND DRIFT GILL NETS.
    M-11-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Saturday, May 9, 2026

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  • GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA – INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS – IN MANAGEMENT UNIT A – RESTRICTING THE USE OF GILL NETS AND MAINTAINS SOME AREAS OPEN TO THE USE OF RUNAROUND, STRIKE, DROP, AND DRIFT GILL NETS.
    M-30-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    November 24, 2025

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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
    Map Package

  • GILL NETS – NEWPORT RIVER USER CONFLICT RESOLUTION AREA
    M-8-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    7:00 A.M. April 15, 2024
    Map package

  • 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

  • MULLET – RECREATIONAL - COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS INCLUDING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN – TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULES
    FF-27-2024
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., June 24, 2024

  • OBSERVER TRIP SCHEDULING SYSTEM
    M-7-2025
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M, February 24, 2025