A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make it unlawful to take menhaden or atlantic thread herring with a purse seine net within three nautical miles of the shoreline of brunswick and New Hanover Counties from may 1 through october 31 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 October 31 of each year within three nautical miles of the Atlantic Ocean shoreline in that area east of a line beginning at a point onshore at the border between North Carolina and South Carolina at 33° 51.0667'N – 78° 32.5833'W; running southeasterly three nautical miles to a point offshore at 33° 48.8342'N – 78° 29.8494'W; and south and west of a line beginning at a point onshore at the border between Pender County and  New Hanover County at 34° 17.6479'N – 77° 42.8356'W; then running southeasterly three nautical miles to a point offshore at 34° 15.6547'N – 77° 40.0220'W.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective May 1, 2005, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.