North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES
Subchapter J - NETS, POTS, DREDGES, AND OTHER FISHING DEVICES
Section .0300 - POTS, DREDGES, AND OTHER FISHING DEVICES
Section 03J .0303 - DREDGES AND MECHANICAL METHODS PROHIBITED

Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 03J .0303

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) It shall be unlawful to use any dredge weighing more than 100 pounds, except in the Atlantic Ocean.

(b) It shall be unlawful to use more than one dredge per vessel to take oysters or crabs or to use any dredges or mechanical methods between sunset and sunrise.

(c) It shall be unlawful to possess oysters aboard a vessel with a dredge weighing more than 100 pounds on board.

Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-182; 143B-289.52;
Eff. January 1, 1991;
Amended Eff. March 1, 1994; January 1, 1991;
Readopted Eff. April 1, 2019.

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