The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries is seeking public comments at a meeting on a proposed oyster sanctuary about four miles from Wysocking Bay in Hyde County.
A public meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at the Hyde County Government Building in Swan Quarter. Staff of the state’s Oyster Sanctuary Program will discuss plans for the 10-acre Gull Shoal Oyster Sanctuary, which will be part of the Sen. Jean Preston Oyster Sanctuary Network.
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Oyster sanctuaries are areas where reefs are created to restore oyster populations by attracting live larvae, which grow and produce millions of eggs annually. The protected areas provide for hook-and-line fishing opportunities, but no bottom-disturbing gear is allowed.
Learn more
- Press release
- For more information, contact Curt Weychert with the Oyster Sanctuary Program at 252-808-8055 or Weychert@ncdenr.gov.
