Fisheries closes units south of Management Unit A to gill nets with certain stretch mesh lengths - The Coastland Times

Fisheries closes units south of Management Unit A to gill nets with certain stretch mesh lengths - The Coastland Times

North Carolina Marine Fisheries Proclamation M-11-2025 maintains closures of all management units south of Management Unit A to the use of gill nets with a stretched mesh length of 4 inches through 6 ½ inches; maintains no allowance of large mesh gill nets above 6 ½ inches stretch mesh length; and removes the large mesh size allowances in the gear exemptions for all areas south of Management Unit A (coincides with the commercial shad fishery clo…