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Albemarle Sound Management Area: Map: DMF
There will be stricter harvest restrictions in place Jan. 1 for commercial and recreational striped bass fisheries in the Albemarle Sound Management Area.
The Albemarle Sound Management Area is designated as Albemarle Sound and all its joint and inland water tributaries, except for the Roanoke, Middle, Eastmost and Cashie rivers.
The reduced harvest is needed to end overfishing on the Albemarle-Roanoke striped bass stock, according to Division of Marine Fisheries officials.
The spring recreational harvest season will open with a one-fish-per person per day possession limit with harvest allowed seven days a week. The recreational spring fishing season will close when allowable landings are predicted to be reached or on April 30, whichever comes first.