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4.5 EXISTING PLANS STATUTES, AND RULES4.5.1 PlansCurrently there are no state or federal Fishery Management Plans for striped mulletalong the U.S. Atlantic Coast.4.5.2 StatutesAll management authority for North Carolina’s striped mullet fishery is vested in the Stateof North Carolina. Statutes that have been applied to the striped mullet fishery include:− It is unlawful to fish in the ocean from vessels or with a net within 750 feet of a properlylicensed and marked fishing pier. G.S. 113-185− It is unlawful to engage in trash or scrap fishing (the taking of young of edible fish beforethey are of sufficient size to be of value as individual food fish) for commercial disposition asbait, for sale to any dehydrating or nonfood processing plant, or for sale or commercialdisposition in any manner. The MFC’s rules may authorize the disposition of the young ofedible fish taken in connection with the legitimate commercial fishing operations, provided itis a limited quantity and does not encourage “scrap fishing”. G.S. 113-185− It is unlawful for any person without the authority of the owner of the equipment to take fishfrom nets, traps, pots, and other devices to catch fish, which have been lawfully placed inthe open waters of the State. G.S. 113-268 (a)− It is unlawful for any vessel in the navigable waters of the State to willfully, wantonly, andunnecessarily do injury to any seine, net or pot. G.S. 113-268 (b)− It is unlawful for any person to willfully destroy or injure any buoys, markers, stakes, nets,pots, or other devices or property lawfully set out in the open waters of the State inconnection with any fishing or fishery. G.S. 113-268 (c)− It is unlawful to use spotter planes in an operation that takes food fish. G.S. 113-171.1.4.5.3 Marine Fisheries Commission RulesThe following rules adopted by the MFC affect management of striped mullet stocks inNorth Carolina. The version of the rules shown below is taken from North Carolina FisheriesRules for Coastal Waters effective January 1, 2003. These rules are codified in Title 15AChapter 3 of the North Carolina Administrative Code (15A NCAC 03).SUBCHAPTER 03J – NETS, POTS, DREDGES, AND OTHER FISHING DEVICESSECTION .0100 – NET RULES, GENERAL.0101 FIXED OR STATIONARY NETSIt is unlawful to use or set fixed or stationary nets:(1) In the channel of the Intracoastal Waterway or in any other location where it may constitutea hazard to navigation;(2) So as to block more than two-thirds of any natural or manmade waterway, sound, bay,creek, inlet or any other body of water;(3) In the middle third of any marked navigation channel;(4) In the channel third of the following rivers: Roanoke, Cashie, Middle, Eastmost,Chowan, Little, Perquimans, Pasquotank, North, Alligator, Pungo, Pamlico, and Yeopim.7
History Note: Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-182; 143B-289.52;Eff. January 1, 1991..0103 GILL NETS, SEINES, IDENTIFICATION, RESTRICTIONS(a) It is unlawful to use a gill net with a mesh length less than 2½ inches.(b) The Fisheries Director may, by proclamation, limit or prohibit the use of gill nets orseines in coastal waters, or any portion thereof, or impose any or all of the followingrestrictions on the use of gill nets or seines:(1) Specify area.(2) Specify season.(3) Specify gill net mesh length.(4) Specify means/methods.(5) Specify net number and length.(c) It is unlawful to use fixed or stationary gill nets in the Atlantic Ocean, drift gill nets in theAtlantic Ocean for recreational purposes, or any gill nets in internal waters unless netsare marked by attaching to them at each end two separate yellow buoys which shall beof solid foam or other solid buoyant material no less than five inches in diameter and noless than five inches in length. Gill nets which are not connected together at the top lineshall be considered as individual nets, requiring two buoys at each end of eachindividual net. Gill nets connected together at the top line shall be considered as acontinuous net requiring two buoys at each end of the continuous net. Any other markingbuoys on gill nets used for recreational purposes shall be yellow except one additionalbuoy, any shade of hot pink in color, constructed as specified in Paragraph (c) of thisRule, shall be added at each end of each individual net. Any other marking buoys on gillnets used in commercial fishing operations shall be yellow except that one additionalidentification buoy of any color or any combination of colors, except any shade of hotpink, may be used at either or both ends. The owner shall always be identified on a buoyon each end either by using engraved buoys or by attaching engraved metal or plastictags to the buoys. Such identification shall include owner's last name and initials and if avessel is used, one of the following:(1) Owner's N.C. motor boat registration number, or(2) Owner's U.S. vessel documentation name.(d) It is unlawful to use gill nets:(1) Within 200 yards of any pound net with lead and pound or heart in use;(2) From March 1 through October 31 in the Intracoastal Waterway within 150 yardsof any railroad or highway bridge.(e) It is unlawful to use gill nets within 100 feet either side of the center line of theIntracoastal Waterway Channel south of Quick Flasher No. 54 in Alligator River at thesouthern entrance to the Intracoastal Waterway to the South Carolina line, unless suchnet is used in accordance with the following conditions:(1) No more than two gill nets per boat may be used at any one time;(2) Any net used must be attended by the fisherman from a boat who shall at no timebe more than 100 yards from either net; and(3) Any individual setting such nets shall remove them, when necessary, in sufficienttime to permit unrestricted boat navigation.(f) It is unlawful to use drift gill nets in violation of 15A NCAC 03J .0101(2) and Paragraph(e) of this Rule.(g) It is unlawful to use unattended gill nets with a mesh length less than five inches in acommercial fishing operation in the following areas:(1) Pamlico River, west of a line beginning at a point on Mauls Point at 35° 26.9176’8
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(RCGL) who are licensed to use limi
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trip where striped mullet were land
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didn’t fish all year, fishing act
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8. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS8.1 HABITAT
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Seagrass meadows are a complex ecos
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early 1980s (Khalil 1997).Oxygen De
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fish, (2) Season for taking fish, a
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9. PRINCIPAL ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT
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enhance protection of water quality
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ecreational gill netting of adult f
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9.1.8 Management Implications of Pr
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6. Annual review of commercial and
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Blanton, J. O., F. E. Werner, A. Ka
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Foster, J.R. 2001. Data analysis su
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Mahmoudi, B., Foushee, L., McGlothi
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Pattillo, M.E., Czapla, T.E., Nelso
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Taylor, H. F. 1951. Survey of marin
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11. APPENDICES11.1 Appendix 1 GLOSS
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Table 2. Size at annuli formation (
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11.2 Appendix 2 BYCATCH ASSESSMENT
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have mandatory observer coverage fo
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the Pamlico, Pungo, and Neuse River
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and 2002 were quantified based upon
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sets. These were caught in Outer Ba
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Fishery-dependent and fishery-indep
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Table 3.Comparison of striped mulle
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Unmarketable bycatchIn 1999 and 200
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SECTION .0100 - NET RULES, GENERAL.
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11.3 Appendix 3 CHARACTERIZATION OF
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100%Striped MulletWhite Mullet90%87
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Table 1.Number and weight of stripe
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The fall commercial cast net landin
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2. Minimum size limit+ Reduced harv
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Advisory Committee Recommendation:T
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21.81.6FcurrentF25% = 1.25F30% = 0.
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Limited EntryA limited entry system
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and in fisheries targeting perches
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Fran and Floyd likely depressed lan
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3. Implementation of Regulationsa.
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11.5 Appendix 5 PIER, STOP NET AND
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distance can be established to sepa
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11.6 Appendix 6 INSHORE STRIPED MUL
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2. Adopt 24 hour, 365 day per year
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III.DISCUSSIONIn 1994, the DMF impl
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- contentious relations with NMFS o
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Fisheries by proclamation, shall be
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Supplement 2. North Carolina Marine
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mesh webbing to capture monkfish in
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12. ATTACHMENTS12.1 Attachment 1. P
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data were used for defining F-based
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stock. The stock has been recognize
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Table 1.Von Bertalanffy growth para
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Length-Weight RelationshipA linear,
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Table 2.Various instantaneous natur
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age using DMF male and female age-l
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affected by schooling artifacts and
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whereas age 0 fish comprise the bul
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Alosid Seine Survey CPUEStandard Er
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Table 12. Annual length composition
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growth, longevity, and harvest char
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Table 15. Model-estimated von Berta
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Selectivity .1.00.80.60.40.20.0Age
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Table 20. Age specific commercial f
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Table 23. Full year, commercial + r
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assessment, peaking in 2002 (Figure
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Fishing Mortality (F)2.01.51.00.50.
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low, and F high were based on histo
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Discussion:Age-growthThe growth cur
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6+ females between 1994-2002.Overfi
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assessment, as overfishing occurred
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The future economics of the roe fis
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References CitedAlagaraja, K. 1984.
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McGurk, M.D. 1999. Size dependent m
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