North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 53 - AQUACULTURE
Section 53 .0101 - AQUACULTURE LICENSES
Current through Register Vol. 38, No. 18, March 15, 2024
(a) A person who owns or operates an aquaculture facility for the purpose of possession, production, transportation, sale or commercial catchout of the species listed in G.S. 106-761, shall obtain a license from the Department of Agriculture.
(b) Applications for licenses may be obtained from the Department of Agriculture, Division of Aquaculture and Natural Resources, P.O. Box 27647, Raleigh, NC 27611. Completed applications shall be returned to the same address.
(c) The application shall include:
(d) An Aquaculture Propagation and Production Facility License must be obtained for all freshwater aquaculture facilities as defined in G.S. 106-758(2) except for Commercial Catchout and Holding Pond/Tank operations. The license shall be issued without charge and shall be valid for five years.
(e) A Commercial Catchout Facility License must be obtained for a privately owned pond, lake, raceway, manmade stream or other water holding facility where fish are stocked for the purpose of harvest by hook and line. Such facilities sell the fish on a fee per unit time basis or fee per unit weight basis. This does not include privately owned ponds where fish populations naturally regenerate.
(f) A Holding Pond/Tank Permit shall be obtained for all facilities holding live food or bait species for sale, except those facilities which are licensed as Aquaculture Propagation and Production Facilities. This permit shall be valid for two years and shall be issued without charge.
Authority
G.S.
106-761;
Eff. June 1,
1994;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. September 23,
2017.