State launches 66 hunting and fishing rules changes
by Staff Reporter
The 66 hunting, trapping and fish rules proposed for the 2010-11 seasons and approved by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission in March will go into effect on Aug. 1.
Along with these new regulations, the proposed hunting and trapping rule changes approved by the Commission in March 2009 but delayed for legislative review will go into effect Aug. 1.
Among the 37 new fishing regulations to take effect are:
· Reducing the minimum length of largemouth bass caught in Jordan and Falls of Neuse reservoirs from 16 to 14 inches and allowing anglers to keep two fish less than 14 inches long within the five-fish-daily-creel limit.
· Allowing the harvest striped bass of any size from Lake Gaston and Roanoke Rapids Reservoir from June 1 through Sept. 30, with a four-fish-daily creel limit.
· Establishing a statewide 42-inch minimum size limit and a one-fish-daily creel limit for muskellunge.
· Adding a 2-mile portion of the Yadkin River in Caldwell County to the Public Mountain Trout Waters Program.
A statewide hunting regulation that will go in effect is new season dates for red and grey squirrels, Oct. 18 through Feb. 28. Locally, an increase in the either-sex deer season on Jordan Game Land from the current moderate season to the maximum season will take effect. Also, Whitehall Plantation Game Land in Bladen County will open as a permit-only game land.
A list of all the regulations that will take effect for the 2010-2011 seasons, as well as 2010-2011 Deer Seasons and Other Major Regulatory Changes, is available at http://www.ncwildlife.org . An online edition of the 2010-2011 North Carolina Inland Fishing, Hunting and Trapping Regulations Digest will be available at http://www.ncwildlife.org on Aug. 1, 2010. Hardcopies of the digest will be available mid-August.
Beginning Sept. 7, the Commission will conduct its annual series of nine public hearings across the state, asking for public comments on 23 proposed changes to hunting, fishing and trapping regulations for the 2011-12 seasons. After hearing public comments and reviewing written comments, the 19 members of the Wildlife Commission will meet in November and vote on adopting these proposed rules. Adopted rules will go into effect Aug. 1, 2011.
Along with these new regulations, the proposed hunting and trapping rule changes approved by the Commission in March 2009 but delayed for legislative review will go into effect Aug. 1.
Among the 37 new fishing regulations to take effect are:
· Reducing the minimum length of largemouth bass caught in Jordan and Falls of Neuse reservoirs from 16 to 14 inches and allowing anglers to keep two fish less than 14 inches long within the five-fish-daily-creel limit.
· Allowing the harvest striped bass of any size from Lake Gaston and Roanoke Rapids Reservoir from June 1 through Sept. 30, with a four-fish-daily creel limit.
· Establishing a statewide 42-inch minimum size limit and a one-fish-daily creel limit for muskellunge.
· Adding a 2-mile portion of the Yadkin River in Caldwell County to the Public Mountain Trout Waters Program.
A statewide hunting regulation that will go in effect is new season dates for red and grey squirrels, Oct. 18 through Feb. 28. Locally, an increase in the either-sex deer season on Jordan Game Land from the current moderate season to the maximum season will take effect. Also, Whitehall Plantation Game Land in Bladen County will open as a permit-only game land.
A list of all the regulations that will take effect for the 2010-2011 seasons, as well as 2010-2011 Deer Seasons and Other Major Regulatory Changes, is available at http://www.ncwildlife.org . An online edition of the 2010-2011 North Carolina Inland Fishing, Hunting and Trapping Regulations Digest will be available at http://www.ncwildlife.org on Aug. 1, 2010. Hardcopies of the digest will be available mid-August.
Beginning Sept. 7, the Commission will conduct its annual series of nine public hearings across the state, asking for public comments on 23 proposed changes to hunting, fishing and trapping regulations for the 2011-12 seasons. After hearing public comments and reviewing written comments, the 19 members of the Wildlife Commission will meet in November and vote on adopting these proposed rules. Adopted rules will go into effect Aug. 1, 2011.