PROHIBITED TERRITORY
NEWPORT RIVER AREA
(Prohibited areas are hatched)
Area E-4 (Map 30)
COUNTY: CARTERET
Core Creek Area
Harlowe Creek
Ware Creek
Oyster Creek
Locator Map
Deerfield Shores Marina
Newport River
E-4
Russell Creek
Map 30
Wading Creek
Gable Creek
Designated
Shellfish
Harvesting
Areas
A-1 Identifier
Boundary
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0
Calico Creek
Boundary
Prohibited
Areas
Area
Town Creek
NAD83
NC State Plane
0.25
0.5
Miles
(SEE BACK OF MAP FOR AREA DESCRIPTIONS.)
Map 30
NEWPORT RIVER AREA
Area E-4 (Map 30)
PROHIBITED AREA
CARTERET COUNTY
(Prohibited Areas are Hatched)
(a) Town Creek – All those waters enclosed by a line beginning at a point 34° 44.2009’ N -76° 40.0289’ W
approximately 500 yards northeast of Gallant Point; running westerly approximately 850 yards to a point 34°
44.1592’ N -76° 40.5181’ W near Channel Marker “1”; running southeasterly approximately 1800 yards to a point
34° 43.3553’ N -76° 40.2064’ W at the west end of the draw bridge over Gallant Channel; running east along the
bridge to the Beaufort mainland, then following the shoreline of Town Creek back to the point of beginning.
(b) Newport River Area / Calico Bay / Calico Creek / Crab Point Thorofare Area – Beginning at a point 34°
44.2879’ N -76° 42.4376’ W on the west side of Crab Point Thorofare; running easterly to a point 34° 44.2515’ N 76° 42.2720’ W on the east side of Crab Point Thorofare on the Haystacks Marsh; running southerly following the
shoreline, crossing mouths of creeks to the southernmost point of the Haystacks Marshes at 34° 43.8594’ N -76°
41.6525’ W; running easterly across the IWW to the southern tip of Phillips Island at a point 34° 43.7680’ N -76°
41.3084’ W; running southerly to a point 34° 43.4193’ N -76° 41.1750’ W on the east side of the spoil island;
running along the shoreline to a point 34° 43.2848’ N -76° 41.2249’ W on the east end of the Newport River High
Rise Bridge; running westerly along the bridge to a point 34° 43.2577’ N -76° 41.6844’ W on the Morehead City
mainland at the State Port; running northerly along the shoreline of the yacht basin, Calico Creek and Willis Creek
back to the point of beginning.
(c) Newport River - All those waters in Newport River upstream of a line beginning at a point 34° 46.0253’ N - 76°
45.0627’ W on the northwest shore; running southeasterly to a point 34° 45.5461’ N - 76° 44.1308’ W on the
southeast shore near Lawton Point.
(d) Harlowe Creek - All those waters in Harlowe Creek upstream of a line beginning at a point 34 46.6935’ N -76
43.4719 ’ W on the west shore; running northeasterly to a point 34 46.8400’ N -76 43.3822’ W on the east shore.
(e) Core Creek Area - All those waters bounded on the south by a line beginning at a point 34° 47.0203’ N -76°
41.2452’ W on the west shore; running easterly to a point 34° 47.0367’ N -76° 41.0698’ W on the east shore.
(f) Gable Creek - All those waters in Gable Creek upstream of a line beginning at a point 34° 44.3052’ N -76°
39.9288’ W on the southwest shore; running northeasterly to a point 34° 44.4847’ N -76° 39.6329’ W on the
northeast shore.
(g) Wading Creek - All those waters in Wading Creek upstream of a line beginning at a point 34° 44.9871’ N -76°
39.4677 ’ W on the north shore; running southwesterly to a point 34° 44.9418’ N -76° 39.5450’ W on the south
shore.
(h) Russell Creek - All those waters upstream of a line beginning at a point 34º 45.5565' N -76º 39.8862' W on the
north shore, running southeasterly to a point 34º 45.4718' N -76º 39.8096' W on the south shore, to include all of
Russell Creek.
(i) Deerfield Shores Marina (Morehead/Beaufort Yacht Club) – All those waters in the marina at Deerfield Shores
and extending beyond the entrance canal 100 feet beginning at a point 34° 46.0165’ N -76° 40.3889’ W on the
shore west of the entrance canal; running southwesterly to a point 34° 46.0039’ N -76° 40.4017’ W; running
southeasterly to a point 34° 45.9786’ N -76° 40.3567’ W; running northeasterly to a point 34° 45.9922’ N -76°
40.3449’ W on the shore east of the entrance canal.
(j) Oyster Creek - All those waters upstream of a line beginning at a point 34° 46.8293’ N – 76° 42.4262’ W on the
west shore; running southeasterly to a point 34° 46.7857’ N – 76° 42.3418’ W on the east shore.
(k) Ware Creek - All those waters in Ware Creek upstream of a line beginning at a point 34° 46.5218’ N - 76°
40.6590’ W on the north shore; running southerly to a point 34° 46.2251’ N - 76° 40.5919’ W on the south shore.