Hook-and-line Season for Striped Bass to Close April 22
For Albemarle Sound Management Area
MOREHEAD CITY -- The striped bass hook-and-line season will close in the Albemarle Sound Management Area on Wednesday, April 22, 1998.
Officials with the Division of Marine Fisheries, announced the season closure after determining the recreational harvest quota of 31,000 pounds of striped bass will be reached by the closure date. The harvest quota is part of a state management plan to conserve and restore the striped bass fishery.
The Albemarle Sound Management Area includes the Albemarle, Currituck, Croatan and Roanoke sounds and their inland and joint water tributaries, except for the Roanoke, Eastmost, Middle and Cashie rivers.
For more information, contact Harrel B. Johnson, District Manager, Northern Regional Office, 1367 US 17 South, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 -- (800) 338-7805 or (919) 264-3911.
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Date Posted: April 20
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