GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 571

Short Title:  Brunswick Menhaden Restrictions.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representatives Redwine; and Hill.

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Referred to:  Environment and Natural Resources.

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March 23, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO TAKE MENHADEN OR ATLANTIC THREAD HERRING WITH PURSE SEINE NETS WITHIN ONE AND ONE-HALF NAUTICAL MILES OF THE SHORELINE OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY FROM MAY 1 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30 OF EACH YEAR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. It is unlawful to take menhaden or Atlantic thread herring by the use of a purse seine from May 1 through September 30 of each year within one and one-half (1.5) nautical miles of the Atlantic shoreline in that area east of a line beginning at a point onshore at the border between North Carolina and South Carolina at 33°51'04"N - 78°32'35"W, running thence 144°(M) one and one-half (1.5) nautical miles to a point offshore at 33°50'01"N - 78°31'18"W and south of a line beginning at a point onshore at the border between Brunswick County and New Hanover County at 33°55'53"N - 77°56'12"W, running thence 188°(M) one and one-half (1.5) nautical miles to a point offshore at 33°55'17"N - 77°54'36"W.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.