North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES
Subchapter K - OYSTERS, CLAMS, SCALLOPS, AND MUSSELS
Section .0200 - OYSTERS
Section 03K .0201 - OYSTER HARVEST MANAGEMENT
Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 03K .0201
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) It shall be unlawful to take or possess oysters from public bottom except from October 15 through March 31.
(b) The Fisheries Director may, by proclamation, impose any of the following restrictions on the taking of oysters:
(1)
specify time;
(2) specify
area;
(3) specify means and
methods;
(4) specify season within
the period set forth in Paragraph (a) of this Rule;
(5) specify size, but the minimum size limit
specified shall not be less than three inches, unless a smaller minimum size
limit is necessary to prevent loss of oysters due to predators, pests, or
infectious oyster diseases. In no case shall the minimum size limit be less
than two and one-half inches; and
(6) specify quantity, but the quantity shall
not exceed possession of more than 20 standard U.S. bushels in a commercial
fishing operation per day.
Authority
G.S.
113-134;
113-182;
113-201;
113-221.1;
143B-289.52;
Eff.
January 1, 1991;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2017; October 1, 2008; March
1, 1996; September 1, 1991;
Readopted Eff. June 1,
2022.
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