North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES
Subchapter K - OYSTERS, CLAMS, SCALLOPS, AND MUSSELS
Section .0100 - SHELLFISH, GENERAL
Section 03K .0106 - TAKING OR UNLOADING OYSTERS AND CLAMS ON SUNDAY OR AT NIGHT

Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 03K .0106

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

(a) It shall be unlawful to take oysters or clams between the hours of sunset and sunrise on any day.

(b) It shall be unlawful to unload oysters or clams from any vessel or remove any vessel containing oysters or clams from the water on Sundays or between sunset and sunrise on any day except that in New Hanover, Pender, and Brunswick counties, oysters and clams may be unloaded until two hours after sunset.

(c) Oysters and clams taken on Sundays from public bottom under the provisions of Rule .0105 of this Section or from shellfish leases and franchises pursuant to G.S. 113-208 shall be exempt from Paragraph (b) of this Rule.

Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-182; 143B-289.52;
Eff. January 1, 1991;
Temporary Amendment Eff. July 1, 1999;
Amended Eff. October 1, 2008; August 1, 2000;
Readopted Eff. June 1, 2022.

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