North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES
Subchapter J - NETS, POTS, DREDGES, AND OTHER FISHING DEVICES
Section .0200 - NET RULES, SPECIFIC AREAS
Section 03J .0203 - CHOWAN RIVER AND MEHERRIN RIVER
Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 03J .0203
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) In the Chowan River and the Meherrin River, it shall be unlawful to do any of the following:
(1) set a pound net within 150
yards of the mouth of any tributary; and
(2) set a trotline within 100 yards of a
pound net from February 1 through May 31.
(b) In the Chowan River, it shall be unlawful to do any of the following:
(1) anchor the
lead line of any net closer than 50 feet from shore;
(2) set a pound net within 200 yards parallel
to any other pound net in the Chowan River, in accordance with Rule .0502 of
this Subchapter; and
(3) use a
seine within 1,000 yards of the mouth of any tributary.
Authority
G.S.
113-132;
113-134;
113-182;
143B-289.52;
Eff.
January 1, 1991;
Amended Eff. September 1, 1991;
Readopted Eff. April 1, 2019.
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