GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 991

Short Title:  Restrict Certain Menhaden Fishing.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Senator Basnight.
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Referred to:  Agriculture, Marine Resources, and Wildlife.
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April 28, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO PURSE SEINE OR OPERATE A MENHADEN FISHING VESSEL LICENSED UNDER G.S. 113-152(d) IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WITHIN THREE NAUTICAL MILES OF SPECIFIED AREAS IN DARE COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  It shall be unlawful to purse seine or to operate a menhaden fishing vessel licensed under G.S. 113-152(d) in the Atlantic Ocean within three nautical miles of the shoreline in that area south of a line beginning at a point onshore at the northern boundary of Dare County 36° 13' 50" N - 75° 46' 24" W running 100° M 3 nautical miles to a point offshore 36° 13' 47" N - 75° 42' 25" W and north of a line beginning at a point onshore at the northern town limits of Southern Shores 36° 09' 01" N - 75° 44' 06" W running 100° M 3 nautical miles to a point offshore 36° 09' 03" N - 75° 40' 05" W; and in that area south of a line beginning at a point at the southern limits of Kitty Hawk 36° 03' 42" N - 75° 41' 12" W running 100° M 3 nautical miles to a point offshore 36° 05' 00" N - 75° 37' 48" W and north of a line beginning at a point onshore at the southern tip of Hatteras Island 35° 11' 34" N - 75° 44' 54" W running 182° M 3 nautical miles to a point offshore 35° 08' 22" N - 75° 44' 25" W.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.