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NC Gen Stat § 113-221.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 17 - Administrative Provisions; Regulatory Authority of Marine Fisheries Commission and Department.|§ 113-221.3 - Monitoring program for State coastal fishing and recreation waters; removal or destruction of warning signs.

 113-221.3. Monitoring program for State coastal fishing and recreation waters; removal or destruction of warning signs.(a) For the protection of the public health of swimmers and others who use the State's coastal fishing waters for recreational activities, the Department shall develop and implement a program to monitor the State's coastal fishing waters for contaminants. The monitoring program shall cover all coastal fishing waters up to the point where those waters are classified as inland fishing waters.(b) The Marine Fisheries Commission shall adopt rules to provide for a water quality monitoring program for the coastal recreation waters of the State and to allow the Department to implement the federal Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 (Pub. L. No. 106-284; 114 Stat. 870, 875; 33 U.S.C. 1313, 1362). The rules shall address, but are not limited to, definitions, surveys, sampling, action standards, and posting of information on the water quality of coastal recreation waters.(c) No person shall remove, destroy, damage, deface, mutilate, or otherwise interfere with any sign posted by the Department pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. No person, without just cause or excuse, shall have in his or her possession any sign posted by the Department pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.(d) As used in this section, coastal recreation waters has the same meaning as in 33 U.S.C. 1362.  (1997-443, s. 15.17(a); 2003-149, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 13.3(rrr), (sss).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-221.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 17 - Administrative Provisions; Regulatory Authority of Marine Fisheries Commission and Department.|§ 113-221.4 - Embargo.

 113-221.4. Embargo.(a) If the Secretary of Environmental Quality or a local health director has probable cause to believe that any scallops, shellfish, or crustacea is adulterated or misbranded, the Secretary of Environmental Quality or a local health director may detain or embargo the article by affixing a tag to it and warning all persons not to remove or dispose of the article until permission for removal or disposal is given by the official by whom it was detained or embargoed or by the court. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or dispose of the detained or embargoed article without that permission.(b) The official by whom the scallops, shellfish, or crustacea was detained or embargoed shall petition a judge of the district or superior court in whose jurisdiction the article is detained or embargoed for an order for condemnation of the article. If the court finds that the article is adulterated or misbranded, that article shall be destroyed under the supervision of the petitioner. All court costs and fees, storage and other expense shall be taxed against the claimant of the article. If, the article, by proper labelling can be properly branded, the court, after the payment of all costs, fees, expenses, and an adequate bond, may order that the article be delivered to the claimant for proper labelling under the supervision of the petitioner. The bond shall be returned to the claimant after the petitioner represents to the court that the article is no longer mislabelled and that the expenses of supervision have been paid.  (1983, c. 891, s. 2; 1997-261, s. 109; 1997-443, s. 11A.63A; 2006-80, s. 1; 2007-7, s. 1; 2011-145, ss. 13.3(ttt), (uuu); 2015-241, s. 14.30(v).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-221.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 17 - Administrative Provisions; Regulatory Authority of Marine Fisheries Commission and Department.|§ 113-221.5 - Right of entry to enforce certain sanitation requirements.

 113-221.5. Right of entry to enforce certain sanitation requirements.The Secretary of Environmental Quality and a local health director shall each have the delegable right of entry upon the premises of any place where entry is necessary to enforce the provisions of G.S. 113-221.2(a) or the rules adopted by the Marine Fisheries Commission or a local board of health. If consent for entry is not obtained, an administrative search and inspection warrant shall be obtained pursuant to G.S. 15-27.2. However, if an imminent hazard exists, no warrant is required for entry upon the premises.  (2016-94, s. 14.15.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-222 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 17 - Administrative Provisions; Regulatory Authority of Marine Fisheries Commission and Department.|§ 113-222 - Arrest, service of process and witness fees of inspectors.

 113-222. Arrest, service of process and witness fees of inspectors.All arrest fees and other fees that may be charged in any bill of costs for service of process by inspectors must be paid to the county in which the trial is held. No witness fee may be taxed in any bill of costs by virtue of the appearance of an inspector as a witness in a criminal case within his enforcement jurisdiction. Acceptance by any inspector of any arrest fee, witness fee, or any other fee to which he is not entitled is a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 843; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-223 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 17 - Administrative Provisions; Regulatory Authority of Marine Fisheries Commission and Department.|§ 113-223 - Reciprocal agreements by Department generally.

 113-223. Reciprocal agreements by Department generally.Subject to the specific provisions of G.S. 113-169.5 and G.S. 113-170.1 relating to reciprocal provisions as to landing and selling catch and as to licenses, the Department is empowered to make reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions respecting any of the matters governed in this Subchapter. Pursuant to such agreements the Department may modify provisions of this Subchapter in order to effectuate the purposes of such agreements, in the overall best interests of the conservation of marine and estuarine resources. (1915, c. 84, s. 5; 1917, c. 290, s. 10; C.S., s. 1883; 1953, c. 1086; 1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 104; 1998-225, s. 4.22.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-224 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 17 - Administrative Provisions; Regulatory Authority of Marine Fisheries Commission and Department.|§ 113-224 - Cooperative agreements by Department.

 113-224. Cooperative agreements by Department.(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Department is empowered to enter into cooperative agreements with public and private agencies and individuals respecting the matters governed in this Subchapter. Pursuant to such agreements the Department may expend funds, assign employees to additional duties within or without the State, assume additional responsibilities, and take other actions that may be required by virtue of such agreements, in the overall best interests of the conservation of marine and estuarine resources.(b) The Fisheries Director or a designee of the Fisheries Director shall not enter into an agreement with the National Marine Fisheries Service of the United States Department of Commerce allowing Division of Marine Fisheries inspectors to accept delegation of law enforcement powers over matters within the jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service.  (1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 105; 2014-100, s. 14.11(a); 2015-201, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-225 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 17 - Administrative Provisions; Regulatory Authority of Marine Fisheries Commission and Department.|§ 113-225 - Inspectors not to have financial interest in fisheries.

 113-225. Inspectors not to have financial interest in fisheries.Except as provided in this Subchapter respecting operations of demonstration and research projects by employees of the Department as part of their employment, no inspector may be financially interested in any fishing industry in the State of North Carolina. (1965, c. 957, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-228 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 17 - Administrative Provisions; Regulatory Authority of Marine Fisheries Commission and Department.|§ 113-228 - Adoption of federal regulations.

 113-228. Adoption of federal regulations.To the extent that the Department is granted authority in this Subchapter over subject matter as to which there is concurrent federal jurisdiction, the Marine Fisheries Commission in its discretion may by reference in its rules adopt relevant provisions of federal laws and regulations as State rules. To prevent confusion or conflict of jurisdiction in enforcement, the Marine Fisheries Commission is exempt from any conflicting limitations in G.S. 150B-21.6 so that it may provide for automatic incorporation by reference into its rules of future changes within any particular set of federal laws or regulations relating to some subject clearly within the jurisdiction of the Department. (1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1987, c. 641, s. 11; c. 827, s. 104; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 890, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-251 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 19 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Commission.|§ 113-251 - Definition of terms.

 113-251. Definition of terms.As used in this Article:(1) "Commission" means the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.(2) "Commissioner" means a member of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.(3) "Compact" means the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact.(4) "Fisheries Director" means the Director of the Division of Marine Fisheries of the Department of Environmental Quality.  (1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 109; 2003-92, s. 2; 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-253 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 19 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Commission.|§ 113-253 - Amendment to Compact to establish joint regulation of specific fisheries.

 113-253. Amendment to Compact to establish joint regulation of specific fisheries.The Governor is authorized to execute on behalf of the State of North Carolina an amendment to the Compact set out in G.S. 113-252 with any one or more of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida or such other states as may become party to that Compact for the purpose of permitting the states that ratify this amendment to establish joint regulation of specific fisheries common to those states through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and their representatives on that body. Notice of intention to withdraw from this amendment shall be executed and transmitted by the Governor and shall be in accordance with Article XII of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and shall be effective as to this State with those states which similarly ratify this amendment. This amendment shall take effect as to this State with respect to such other of the aforesaid states as take similar action.    Amendment No. 1 of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact   The states consenting to this amendment agree that any two or more of them may designate the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission as a joint regulatory agency with such powers as they may jointly confer from time to time for the regulation of the fishing operations of the citizens and vessels of such designating states with respect to specific fisheries in which such states have a common interest. The representatives of such states on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission shall constitute a separate section of such Commission for the exercise of the additional powers so granted, provided that the states so acting shall appropriate additional funds for this purpose. The creation of such section as a joint regulatory agency shall not deprive the states participating therein of any of their privileges or powers or responsibilities in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission under the general compact. (1949, c. 1086, s. 2; 1965, c. 957, s. 18.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-254 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 19 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Commission.|§ 113-254 - North Carolina members of Commission.

 113-254. North Carolina members of Commission.(a) In pursuance of Article III of the Compact, there shall be three commissioners from North Carolina. The first commissioner shall be the Fisheries Director, ex officio. The term of this commissioner shall terminate at the time the commissioner ceases to hold office as the Fisheries Director. The successor to this commissioner shall be the commissioner's successor as Fisheries Director. The second commissioner shall be a legislator appointed by the Governor. The term of this commissioner shall terminate at the time the commissioner ceases to hold legislative office. This commissioner's successor shall be appointed by the Governor. The third commissioner from the State of North Carolina shall be a citizen of the State with knowledge of and interest in marine fisheries issues appointed by the Governor. The term of this commissioner shall be three years. This commissioner may be reappointed for successive terms and shall hold office until the commissioner's successor is appointed and qualified. A vacancy occurring in the office of this commissioner for any reason or cause shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term.(b) The Fisheries Director may delegate to any deputy or other subordinate of the Fisheries Director the power to be present, participate, and vote as the Fisheries Director's representative or substitute at any meeting, hearing, or other proceeding of the Commission.(c) Any commissioner may be removed from office by the Governor upon charges and after a hearing. (1949, c. 1086, s. 3; 1965, c. 957, s. 18; 1973, c. 1262, ss. 28, 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1987, c. 641, s. 9; 1989, c. 727, s. 110; 2003-92, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-255 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 19 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Commission.|§ 113-255 - Powers of Commission and commissioners.

 113-255. Powers of Commission and commissioners.There is hereby granted to the Commission and the commissioners thereof all the powers provided for in the said Compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said Compact in every particular. All officers of the State of North Carolina are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said Compact in every particular; it being hereby declared to be the policy of the State of North Carolina to perform and carry out the said Compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof. All officers, bureaus, departments and persons of and in the State government or administration of the State of North Carolina are hereby authorized and directed at convenient times and upon request of the said Commission to furnish the said Commission with information and data possessed by them or any of them and to aid said Commission by loan of personnel or other means lying within their legal rights respectively. (1949, c. 1086, s. 4; 1965, c. 957, s. 18.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-256 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 19 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Commission.|§ 113-256 - Powers herein granted to Commission are supplemental.

 113-256. Powers herein granted to Commission are supplemental.Any powers herein granted to the Commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in said Commission by other laws of the State of North Carolina or by the laws of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida or by the Congress or the terms of said Compact. (1949, c. 1086, s. 5; 1965, c. 957, s. 18.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-257 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 19 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Commission.|§ 113-257 - Report of Commission to Governor and legislature; recommendations for legislative action; examination of accounts and books by Auditor.

 113-257. Report of Commission to Governor and legislature; recommendations for legislative action; examination of accounts and books by Auditor.The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the legislature of the State of North Carolina on or before the tenth day of December in each year, setting forth in detail the transactions conducted by it during the 12 months preceding December 1 of that year and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the State of North Carolina which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the compact between the signatory states.The Auditor of the State of North Carolina is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the Commission, including its receipts, disbursements and such other items referring to its financial standing as such Auditor may deem proper and to report the results of such examination to the Governor of such State. (1949, c. 1086, s. 6; 1955, c. 236, s. 2; 1965, c. 957, s. 18.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-258 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 19 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Commission.|§ 113-258 - Commission subject to provisions of State Budget Act.

 113-258. Commission subject to provisions of State Budget Act.The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission of the State of North Carolina shall be subject to all the terms and provisions of the State Budget Act, Chapter 143C of the General Statutes of North Carolina.(1949, c. 1086, s. 7; 1955, c. 236, s. 1; 1965, c. 957, s. 18; 2006-203, s. 27.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-259 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 19A - Fishery Management Councils.|§ 113-259 - North Carolina members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

 113-259. North Carolina members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council.(a) In pursuance of Section 302 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq., there shall be at least two members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council from the State of North Carolina.(b) The first Council member shall be the principal State official with marine fishery management responsibility and expertise in the State, which official is the Director of the Division of Marine Fisheries of the Department or his designee.(c) Pursuant to the enabling legislation, other members from the state of North Carolina are selected by the United States Secretary of Commerce from a list of qualified individuals submitted by the Governor of the State. The list of nominees shall be compiled by the Marine Fisheries Commission and must be comprised of individuals who are knowledgeable and experienced with regard to the management, conservation, or commercial or recreational harvest of the fishery resources in the Atlantic Ocean seaward of the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Prior to submission of the list of nominees, the Governor may consult with the Commission regarding additions to the list of nominees to be submitted. Should it be necessary for the Governor to submit additional nominees, the list of nominees shall be compiled by the Marine Fisheries Commission. (1987, c. 641, s. 18; 1989, c. 727, s. 111; 1998-225, s. 4.23.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-260 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 19A - Fishery Management Councils.|§ 113-260 - North Carolina members of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

 113-260. North Carolina members of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.(a) In pursuance of Section 302 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq., there shall be at least two members of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council from the State of North Carolina.(b) The first Council member shall be the principal State official with marine fishery management responsibility and expertise in the State, which official is the Director of the Division of Marine Fisheries of the Department or his designee.(c) Pursuant to the enabling legislation, other members from the State of North Carolina are selected by the United States Secretary of Commerce from a list of qualified individuals submitted by the Governor of the State. The list of nominees shall be compiled by the Marine Fisheries Commission and must be comprised of individuals who are knowledgeable and experienced with regard to the management, conservation, or commercial or recreational harvest of the fishery resources in the Atlantic Ocean seaward of the states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Prior to submission of the list of nominees, the Governor may consult with the Commission regarding additions to the list of nominees to be submitted. Should it be necessary for the Governor to submit additional nominees, the list of nominees shall be compiled by the Marine Fisheries Commission. (1998-225, s. 4.23.)