North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES
Subchapter K - OYSTERS, CLAMS, SCALLOPS, AND MUSSELS
Section .0500 - SCALLOPS
Section 03K .0507 - MARKETING SCALLOPS TAKEN FROM SHELLFISH LEASES OR FRANCHISES
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) It shall be unlawful to sell, purchase, or possess scallops during the closed season without the lease or franchise holder delivering to the purchaser or other recipient a certification, on a form provided by the Division of Marine Fisheries, that the scallops were taken from a valid shellfish lease or franchise. Certification forms shall be furnished by the Division to lease and franchise holders upon request.
(b) It shall be unlawful for lease or franchise holders or their designees to take or possess scallops from public bottom while possessing aboard a vessel scallops taken from shellfish leases or franchises.
Authority
G.S.
113-134;
113-182;
113-201;
143B-289.52;
Eff.
May 1, 2015;
Readopted Eff. April 1,
2019.
