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Topic: Cape Hatteras Closures Posted: 27 March 2017 at 11:59pm |
From Cape Hatteras Anglers Club:
Early Heads Up!!!
If everything goes as planned with the approval of the powers that
exist in the N.P.S main office a modified beach closure will be
instituted starting tomorrow ( 03/28/2017 ) This closure will
include much of The Point and all of South beach starting at the new
closure designation stakes that will be in place by tomorrow morning
An O.R.V access corridor will be established starting just past the
Southern end of the new access road that was constructed behind the
dunes to eliminate travel problems at the narrows and continue on till
reaching the open area of what remains unclosed on The Point.
This closure will result in a closure of approximately 60 to 70 % of The
Point area to fishing ,O.R.V use and pedestrian access. These closures were necessitated by two pair of pre nesting Oyster Catchers.
There will also be no pedestrian access either by walking in the
shallow water of the surf line or on the sand area below the tide lines
of either the O.R.V corridor area or the South Beach Area. If the powers to be fail to approve this closure in full we will update you as info becomes available!
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Posted: 28 March 2017 at 7:25am |
Had to know it was coming -fishing time is here.
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Posted: 28 March 2017 at 7:52am |
I get SLIGHTLY the closure to ORV. I think it extreme, but I get how it can be a problem as there are always a few who drive like idiots and ignore dunes/fences/whatever.
But I don't get how pedestrians can be a problem...Anyone willing to walk a mile or two across deep sand to get to one of the best surf fishing points on the East Coast should be rewarded with the opportunity to fish.
Grrrrr.
I am a bit of a conservationist, but a long way from an eco-nazi. I don't get a lot of the extremist viewpoints.
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Posted: 28 March 2017 at 9:38am |
Oystercatchers are more likely to flush with pedestrians vs an ORV passing at a reasonable distance. Prior to the Consent Decree, NPS would create a corridor to get past an AYO nest prior to hatching. You could drive by but not stop and pedestrians not allowed. Seemed to work well.
The permit $y$tem has cut down significantly the idjits in 4X4s thank goodness! Haven't fished Coquina /Oregon Inlet in a number of years, but used to be awful up there prior to permit system.
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Posted: 28 March 2017 at 12:25pm |
BaitWaster wrote:
The permit $y$tem has cut down significantly the idjits in 4X4s thank goodness! Haven't fished Coquina /Oregon Inlet in a number of years, but used to be awful up there prior to permit system.
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An example of Tragedy of The Commons and how limiting entry to those with a vested interest in sustainability can work.
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fiogf49gjkf0d NC Fisheries Management- Motto: Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad Slogan: Shrimp On! Mission Statement: Enable Commercial Fishing At Any and All Cost, Regardless of Impact to the Resource.
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Posted: 28 March 2017 at 2:17pm |
I see it as a pay-to-play.
And have actually been putting some of the money into infrastructure improvements. But the closure for "pre-nesting" behavior is sketchy.
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