Current Fisheries Management Proclamations

  • 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

  • RULE SUSPENSION – 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 – DECREASE DRIFT GILL NET YARDAGE IN MANAGEMENT UNIT B.
    M-15-2026_SMGN_DriftRedux_FINAL_0.pdf
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., August 28, 2026

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  • RULE SUSPENSION – 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 – OPENS MANAGEMENT UNITS B AND C.
    M-18-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., September 14, 2026

  • 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 – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN- NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS – OPENING OF WINTER II PERIOD
    FF-39-2026
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., October 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

  • SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREA
    SF-3-2011
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    6:00 A.M., Monday, February 7, 2011

  • 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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