North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 03 - MARINE FISHERIES
Subchapter N - FISH HABITAT AREAS
Section 03N .0103 - NURSERY AREA BOUNDARIES
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Primary and secondary nursery areas are defined in 15A NCAC 03I .0101 and designated in 15A NCAC 03R .0103, 03R .0104, and .0105.
(b) Unless otherwise specified by the rule, primary nursery areas described in 15A NCAC 03R .0103 encompass all waters from the described line in the direction indicated in rule up to the headwaters of the waterbody or Inland-Coastal boundary lines, whichever area is first encountered.
(c) Unless otherwise specified by the rule, permanent and special secondary nursery areas designated in 15A NCAC 03R .0104 and 03R .0105 encompass all waters from the described line in the direction indicated in rule up to the primary nursery area lines, Inland-Coastal boundary lines or the headwaters of the waterbody, whichever area is first encountered.
Authority
G.S.
113-134;
113-182;
143B-289.52;
Eff.
January 1, 1991;
Amended Eff. September 1, 1991;
Recodified from
15A NCAC
03N .0003 Eff. May 1, 1997;
Amended Eff. December 1, 2007; August 1, 2004; May 1, 1997;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
2018.
