North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES
Subchapter J - NETS, POTS, DREDGES, AND OTHER FISHING DEVICES
Section .0100 - NET RULES, GENERAL
Section 03J .0111 - FYKE OR HOOP NETS
Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 03J .0111
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) It shall be unlawful to use fyke or hoop nets in Coastal Fishing Waters without:
(1) the owner's identification being printed
on a sign no less than six inches square, attached on an outside corner stake
of each such net; or
(2) each net
being marked by attaching a floating buoy to a single net and a buoy on each
end of the line connecting multiple (two or more) nets, when stakes are not
used. Buoys shall be of any color except any shade of yellow or any shade of
hot pink, or any combination of colors that include any shade of yellow or any
shade of hot pink. Buoys shall be of solid foam or other solid buoyant material
no less than five inches in diameter and no less than five inches in length.
The gear owner's last name and initials shall be identified on the attached
buoy by using engraved buoys or by attaching engraved metal or plastic tags to
the buoy. If a vessel is used, the identification shall also include:
(A) gear owner's current motor boat
registration number; or
(B) gear
owner's U.S. vessel documentation name.
(b) It shall be unlawful to use a fyke or hoop net within 200 yards of any operational pound net set.
(c) It shall be unlawful to use a fyke or hoop net within 150 yards of any railroad or highway bridge.
Authority
G.S.
113-134;
113-182;
143B-289.52;
Temporary Adoption Eff. August 1, 2000;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2003;
April 1, 2001;
Readopted Eff. August 23,
2022.
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