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NC Gen Stat § 113-185 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 15 - Regulation of Coastal Fisheries.|§ 113-185 - Fishing near ocean piers; trash or scrap fishing.

 113-185. Fishing near ocean piers; trash or scrap fishing.(a) It is unlawful to fish in the ocean from vessels or with a net within 750 feet of an ocean pier licensed in accordance with G.S. 113-169.4. The prohibition shall be effective when:(1) Buoys or beach markers, placed at the owner's expense in accordance with the rules adopted by the Marine Fisheries Commission, indicate clearly to fishermen in vessels and on the beach the requisite distance of 750 feet from the pier, and(2) The public is allowed to fish from the pier for a reasonable fee.The prohibition shall not apply to littoral proprietors whose property is within 750 feet of a duly licensed ocean pier.  (b) It is unlawful to engage in any fishing operations known as trash fishing or scrap fishing. "Trash fishing" or "scrap fishing" consists of taking the young of edible fish before they are of sufficient size to be of value as individual food fish:(1) For commercial disposition as bait; or(2) For sale to any dehydrating or nonfood processing plant; or(3) For sale or commercial disposition in any manner.The Marine Fisheries Commission may by rule authorize the disposition of the young of edible fish taken in connection with the legitimate commercial fishing operations, provided that the quantity of such fish that may be disposed of is sufficiently limited, or the taking and disposition is otherwise so regulated, as to discourage any practice of trash or scrap fishing for its own sake. (1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, ss. 28, 86; 1985, c. 452, ss. 1-4; 1987, c. 641, s. 5; c. 827, s. 98; 1991, c. 86, s. 2; 1998-225, s. 3.4.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-186 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 15 - Regulation of Coastal Fisheries.|§ 113-186 - Measures for fish scrap and oil.

 113-186. Measures for fish scrap and oil.All persons buying or selling menhaden for the purpose of manufacturing fish scrap and oil within the State must buy or sell according to the measure prescribed in this section: 22,000 cubic inches for every 1,000 fish. Each day of failure to use the prescribed measure constitutes a separate offense. (1911, c. 101; C.S., s. 1963; 1965, c. 957, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-187 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 15 - Regulation of Coastal Fisheries.|§ 113-187 - Penalties for violations of Subchapter and rules.

 113-187. Penalties for violations of Subchapter and rules.(a) Any person who participates in a commercial fishing operation conducted in violation of any provision of this Subchapter and its implementing rules or in an operation in connection with which any vessel is used in violation of any provision of this Subchapter and its implementing rules is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor.(b) Any owner of a vessel who knowingly permits it to be used in violation of any provision of this Subchapter and its implementing rules is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor.(c) Any person in charge of a commercial fishing operation conducted in violation of any provision of this Subchapter and its implementing rules or in charge of any vessel used in violation of any provision of this Subchapter and its implementing rules is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor.(d) Any person in charge of a commercial fishing operation conducted in violation of the following provisions of this Subchapter or the following rules of the Marine Fisheries Commission; and any person in charge of any vessel used in violation of the following provisions of the Subchapter or the following rules, shall be guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor. The violations of the statute or the rules for which the penalty is mandatory are:(1) Taking or attempting to take, possess, sell, or offer for sale any oysters, mussels, or clams taken from areas closed by statute, rule, or proclamation because of suspected pollution.(2) Taking or attempting to take or have in possession aboard a vessel, shrimp taken by the use of a trawl net, in areas not opened to shrimping, pulled by a vessel not showing lights required by G.S. 75A-6 after sunset and before sunrise.(3) Using a trawl net in any coastal fishing waters closed by proclamation or rule to trawl nets.(4) Violating the provisions of a special permit or gear license issued by the Department.(5) Using or attempting to use any trawl net, long haul seine, swipe net, mechanical methods for oyster or clam harvest or dredge in designated primary nursery areas.(e) Any person who takes menhaden or Atlantic thread herring by the use of a purse seine net deployed by a mother ship and one or more runner boats in coastal fishing waters is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor.  (1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1973, c. 1102; c. 1262, ss. 28, 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1979, c. 388, s. 5; 1987, c. 641, s. 6; c. 827, s. 98; 1989, c. 275, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 839; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997-400, s. 4.1; 2012-190, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-188 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 15 - Regulation of Coastal Fisheries.|§ 113-188 - Additional restrictions authorized.

 113-188. Additional restrictions authorized.The setting out of particular offenses or requirements with regard to specific species of fish or with regard to certain types of equipment does not affect the authority of the Marine Fisheries Commission to make similar additional restrictions not in conflict with the provisions of this Article under authority granted in this Chapter. (1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1987, c. 827, s. 102.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-189 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 15 - Regulation of Coastal Fisheries.|§ 113-189 - Protection of sea turtles, marine mammals, migratory birds, and finfish.

 113-189. Protection of sea turtles, marine mammals, migratory birds, and finfish.(a) It is unlawful to willfully take, harm, disturb or destroy any sea turtles protected under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), as it may be subsequently amended, including green, hawksbill, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley, and leatherback turtles, or their nests or eggs.(b) It shall be unlawful willfully to take, harm, disturb, or destroy marine mammals protected under the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-522), as it may be subsequently amended.(c) It shall be unlawful willfully to take, harm, disturb, or destroy migratory birds protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (16 U.S.C. 703 through 712), as it may be subsequently amended, unless such action is permitted by regulations.(d) It shall be unlawful willfully to take, harm, disturb, or destroy finfish protected under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), as it may be subsequently amended.  (1967, cc. 198, 1225; 1981, c. 873; 1991, c. 86, s. 3; 2013-413, s. 37(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-190 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 15 - Regulation of Coastal Fisheries.|§ 113-190 - Recodified as § 113-200 by Session Laws 1997-400, s. 6.7.

 113-190: Recodified as 113-200 by Session Laws 1997-400, s. 6.7.
NC Gen Stat § 113-201 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 16 - Cultivation of Shellfish.|§ 113-201 - Legislative findings and declaration of policy; authority of Marine Fisheries Commission.

 113-201. Legislative findings and declaration of policy; authority of Marine Fisheries Commission.(a) The General Assembly finds that shellfish cultivation provides increased seafood production and long-term economic and employment opportunities. The General Assembly also finds that shellfish cultivation provides increased ecological benefits to the estuarine environment by promoting natural water filtration and increased fishery habitats. The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State to encourage the development of private, commercial shellfish cultivation in ways that are compatible with other public uses of marine and estuarine resources such as navigation, fishing, and recreation.(b) The Marine Fisheries Commission is empowered to make rules and take all steps necessary to develop and improve the cultivation, harvesting, and marketing of shellfish in North Carolina both from public grounds and private beds. In order to assure the public that some waters will remain open and free from shellfish cultivation activities, the Marine Fisheries Commission may limit the number of acres in any area that may be granted as shellfish cultivation leases.(c) The Marine Fisheries Commission shall adopt rules to establish training requirements for persons applying for new shellfish cultivation leases and for persons acquiring shellfish cultivation leases by lawful transfer. These training requirements shall be designed to encourage the productive use of shellfish cultivation leases. Training requirements established pursuant to this subsection shall not apply to either:(1) An applicant who applies for a new shellfish cultivation lease if, at the time of the application, the applicant holds one or more shellfish cultivation leases and all of the leases meet the shellfish production requirements established by the Marine Fisheries Commission.(2) A person who receives a shellfish cultivation lease by lawful transfer if, at the time of the transfer, the person holds one or more shellfish cultivation leases and all of the leases meet the shellfish production requirements established by the Marine Fisheries Commission.  (1921, c. 132, s. 1; C.S., s. 1959(a); 1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1983, c. 621, s. 2; 1987, c. 827, s. 98; 2004-150, s. 1; 2009-433, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-201.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 16 - Cultivation of Shellfish.|§ 113-201.1 - Definitions.

 113-201.1. Definitions.As used in this Article:(1) "Natural shellfish bed" means an area of public bottom where oysters, clams, scallops, mussels or other shellfish are found to be growing in sufficient quantities to be valuable to the public.(2) "Riparian owner" means the holder(s) of the fee title to land that is bordered by waters of an arm of the sea or any other navigable body of water.(3) "Shellfish" means oysters, clams, scallops, mussels or any other species of mollusks that the Marine Fisheries Commission determines suitable for cultivation, harvesting, and marketing from public grounds and private beds.(3a) "Shellfish Aquaculture Enterprise Area" means an area established pursuant to G.S. 113-202(s) or G.S. 113-202.1(j).(4) "Single family unit" means the husband and wife and any unemancipated children in the household.(5) "Water column" means the vertical extent of water, including the surface, above a designated area of submerged bottom land.  (1983, c. 621, s. 3; 1987, c. 641, s. 15; 2015-241, s. 14.10C(a); 2019-37, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-204 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 16 - Cultivation of Shellfish.|§ 113-204 - Propagation of shellfish.

 113-204. Propagation of shellfish.The Department is authorized to close areas of public bottoms under coastal fishing waters for such time as may be necessary in any program of propagation of shellfish. The Department is authorized to expend State funds planting such areas and to manage them in ways beneficial to the overall productivity of the shellfish industry in North Carolina. The Department in its discretion in accordance with desirable conservation objectives may make shellfish produced by it available to commercial fishermen generally, to those in possession of private shellfish beds, or to selected individuals cooperating with the Department in demonstration projects concerned with the cultivation, harvesting, or processing of shellfish. (1921, c. 132, s. 1; C.S., s. 1959(a); 1961, c. 1189, s. 1; 1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 101.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-205 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 16 - Cultivation of Shellfish.|§ 113-205 - Registration of grants in navigable waters; exercise of private fishery rights.

 113-205. Registration of grants in navigable waters; exercise of private fishery rights.(a) Every person claiming to any part of the bed lying under navigable waters of any coastal county of North Carolina or any right of fishery in navigable waters of any coastal county superior to that of the general public must register the grant, charter, or other authorization under which he claims with the Secretary. Such registration must be accompanied by a survey of the claimed area, meeting criteria established by the Secretary for surveys of oyster and clam leases. All rights and titles not registered in accordance with this section on or before January 1, 1970, are hereby declared null and void. The Secretary must give notice of this section at least once each calendar year for three years by publication in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation throughout all coastal counties of the State. For the purpose of this subsection, "coastal county" shall mean all the following counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the land lying under any private fish pond or irrigation pond.(b) The Marine Fisheries Commission may make reasonable rules governing utilization of private fisheries and may require grantees or others with private rights to mark their fishery areas or private beds in navigable waters as a precondition to the right of excluding the public from exercising the private rights claimed to be secured to them. Nothing in this section is to be deemed to confer upon any grantee or other person with private rights the power to impede navigation upon or hinder any other appropriate use of the surface of navigable waters of North Carolina. (1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1971, c. 346, s. 1; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1987, c. 827, s. 98.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-207 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 16 - Cultivation of Shellfish.|§ 113-207 - Taking shellfish from certain areas forbidden; penalty.

 113-207. Taking shellfish from certain areas forbidden; penalty.(a), (b) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-433, s. 7, effective August 7, 2009.(c) It is unlawful for any person to take shellfish within 150 feet of any part of a publicly owned pier beneath which the Division of Marine Fisheries has deposited cultch material.(d) A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.  (1977, c. 515, s. 1; c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 103; 1993, c. 539, s. 841; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1999-143, s. 1; 2009-433, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-208 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 16 - Cultivation of Shellfish.|§ 113-208 - Protection of private shellfish rights.

 113-208. Protection of private shellfish rights.(a) It is unlawful for any person, other than the holder of private shellfish rights, to take or attempt to take shellfish from any privately leased, franchised, or deeded shellfish bottom area without written authorization of the holder and with actual knowledge it is a private shellfish bottom area. Actual knowledge will be presumed when the shellfish are taken or attempted to be taken:(1) From within the confines of posted boundaries of the area as identified by signs, whether the whole or any part of the area is posted, or(2) When the area has been regularly posted and identified and the person knew the area to be the subject of private shellfish rights.A violation of this section shall constitute a Class A1 misdemeanor, which may include a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The written authorization shall include the lease number or deed reference, name and address of authorized person, date of issuance, and date of expiration, and it must be signed by the holder of the private shellfish right. Identification signs shall include the lease number or deed reference and the name of the holder.  (b) The prosecutor shall dismiss any case brought for a violation of this section if the defendant produces a notarized written authorization in conformance with subsection (a) which states that the defendant had permission to take oysters or clams from the leased area at the time of the alleged violation; except the prosecutor may refuse to dismiss the case if he has reason to believe that the written authorization is fraudulent. (1979, c. 537; 1987, c. 463; 1989, c. 281, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 842; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1998-225, s. 3.7.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-209 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 16 - Cultivation of Shellfish.|§ 113-209 - Taking polluted shellfish at night or with prior conviction forbidden; penalty.

 113-209. Taking polluted shellfish at night or with prior conviction forbidden; penalty.(a) It is unlawful for any person between sunset and sunrise to willfully take or attempt to take shellfish from areas closed to harvest by statute, rule, or proclamation because of suspected pollution.(b) It is unlawful for any person to willfully possess, sell or offer for sale shellfish taken between sunset and sunrise from areas closed to harvest by statute, rule, or proclamation because of suspected pollution.(c) It is unlawful for any person who has been convicted of an offense under this Chapter within the preceding two years involving shellfish taken from areas closed because of suspected pollution to willfully take, attempt to take, possess, sell or offer for sale shellfish from areas closed to harvest by statute, rule, or proclamation because of suspected pollution.(d) Any person violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class I felony which may include a fine no less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). Upon conviction of any person for a violation of this section, the court shall order the confiscation of all weapons, equipment, vessels, vehicles, conveyances, fish, and other evidence, fruit, and instrumentalities of the offense. The confiscated property shall be disposed of in accordance with G.S. 113-137. (1989, c. 275, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 1301; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-215 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 16A - Marine Aquaculture.|§ 113-215 - Definitions.

 113-215. Definitions.In addition to the definitions in G.S. 113-128 and G.S. 113-129, the following definitions shall apply in this Article:(1) Marine aquaculture. - The propagation and rearing of marine aquatic species in controlled or selected environments, including, but not limited to, ocean ranching, marine hatcheries, and other deep water fish farming operations in the coastal fishing waters of the State and, to the extent not inconsistent with federal law, to the limits of the United States exclusive economic zone, as that term is defined in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.(2) Marine aquaculture lease. - A lease of the public bottom and superjacent water column granted by the Secretary for marine aquaculture.(3) Marine aquatic species. - Any species of finfish, mollusk, crustacean, or other aquatic invertebrate, amphibian, reptile, or aquatic plant, and including, but not limited to, "fish" and "fishes," as defined in G.S. 113-129(7), found exclusively or for part of its life cycle in coastal fishing waters.  (2017-190, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-216 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 16A - Marine Aquaculture.|§ 113-216 - Legislative findings and declaration of policy.

 113-216. Legislative findings and declaration of policy.The General Assembly finds that development of a marine aquaculture industry in the State provides increased seafood production and long-term economic and employment opportunities. The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State to encourage the development of private, commercial marine aquaculture in ways that are compatible with other public uses of marine and estuarine resources such as navigation, fishing, and recreation.  (2017-190, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-218 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 16A - Marine Aquaculture.|§ 113-218 - Protection of private marine aquaculture rights.

 113-218. Protection of private marine aquaculture rights.It is unlawful for any person, other than the holder of a lease issued under this Article, to take or attempt to take marine species being produced under the license and associated lease from any privately leased, franchised, or deeded marine aquaculture operation without written authorization of the holder and with actual knowledge it is a marine aquaculture leased area. Actual knowledge will be presumed when the marine species are taken or attempted to be taken under the following circumstances:(1) From within the confines of posted boundaries of the area as identified by signs, whether the whole or any part of the area is posted; or(2) When the area has been regularly posted and identified and the person knew the area to be the subject of private marine aquaculture rights.A violation of this subsection shall constitute a Class A1 misdemeanor, which may include a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The written authorization shall include the lease number or deed reference, name and address of authorized person, date of issuance, and date of expiration, and it must be signed by the holder of the marine aquaculture rights. Identification signs shall include the lease number or deed reference and the name of the holder.  (2017-190, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-221.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 17 - Administrative Provisions; Regulatory Authority of Marine Fisheries Commission and Department.|§ 113-221.2 - Additional rules to establish sanitation requirements for scallops, shellfish, and crustacea; permits and permit fees authorized.

 113-221.2. Additional rules to establish sanitation requirements for scallops, shellfish, and crustacea; permits and permit fees authorized.(a) Authority to Adopt Certain Rules and Establish Permits. - For the protection of the public health, the Marine Fisheries Commission shall adopt rules establishing sanitation requirements for the harvesting, processing and handling of scallops, shellfish, and crustacea of in-State origin. The rules of the Marine Fisheries Commission may also regulate scallops, shellfish, and crustacea shipped into North Carolina. The Department is authorized to enforce the rules and may issue and revoke permits according to the rules. The Department is authorized to establish a fee for each permit not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).(b) Advance Sale of Permits; Permit Revenue. - To ensure an orderly transition from one permit year to the next, the Division may issue a permit prior to July 1 of the permit year for which the permit is valid. Revenue that the Division receives for the issuance of a permit prior to the beginning of a permit year shall not revert at the end of the fiscal year in which the revenue is received and shall be credited and available to the Division for the permit year in which the permit is valid.  (1965, c. 783, s. 1; 1967, c. 1005, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 2011-145, s. 13.3(ppp), (qqq); 2013-360, s. 14.8(u).)