113-261. Taking fish and wildlife for scientific purposes; permits to take in normally unauthorized manner; cultural and scientific operations. (a) The Department, the Wildlife Resources Commission, and agencies of the United States with jurisdiction over fish and wildlife are hereby granted the right to take marine, estuarine, and wildlife resources within the State, to conduct […]
113-262. Taking fish or wildlife by poisons, drugs, explosives or electricity prohibited; exceptions; possession of illegally killed fish or wildlife prohibited. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Subchapter, or in rules permitting use of electricity to take certain fish, it is a Class 2 misdemeanor to take any fish or wildlife through the use […]
113-263. Inspecting plans and specifications of dams. The Department and the Wildlife Resources Commission, in addition to other agencies primarily responsible, may inspect the plans and specifications of all dams proposed to be built, in North Carolina or elsewhere within the United States, the design or proposed mode of construction of which may have an […]
113-264. Regulatory power over agency property; public hunting opportunities; scheduling of managed hunts. (a) The Department and the Wildlife Resources Commission are granted the power by rule to license, regulate, prohibit, or restrict the public as to use and enjoyment of, or harm to, any property of the Department or the Wildlife Resources Commission, and […]
113-265. Obstructing or polluting flow of water into hatchery; throwing fish offal into waters. (a) No person may obstruct, pollute, or diminish the natural flow of water into or through any fish hatchery in violation of the requirements of the Environmental Management Commission. (b) It is unlawful for any person to throw or cause to […]
113-266. Interference with artificial reef marking devices. It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to destroy, injure, relocate, or remove any navigational aids, buoys, markers, or other devices lawfully set out by the Division of Marine Fisheries in connection with the marking of any artificial reef in the coastal waters of the […]
113-267. Replacement costs of marine, estuarine, and wildlife resources; rules authorized; prima facie evidence. To provide information to the courts and other officials taking action under G.S. 15A-1343(b1)(5), under G.S. 143-215.3(a)(7), or under any other pertinent authority of law, the Marine Fisheries Commission and the Wildlife Resources Commission are authorized to adopt rules setting forth […]
113-268. Injuring, destroying, stealing, or stealing from nets, seines, buoys, pots, etc. (a) It is unlawful for any person without the authority of the owner of the equipment to take fish from nets, traps, pots, and other devices to catch fish which have been lawfully placed in the open waters of the State. (b) It […]
113-269. Robbing or injuring hatcheries and other aquaculture operations. (a) The definitions established in G.S. 106-758 are incorporated by reference into this section. For the purposes of this section, a shellfish lease issued pursuant to G.S. 113-202 is defined as an aquaculture facility only when it has been amended pursuant to G.S. 113-202.1 to authorize […]
113-270. Use of oyster shells by landscape contractors prohibited. (a) No landscape contractor shall use oyster shells as a ground cover. (b) Enforcement of the prohibition set forth in this section shall be under the jurisdiction of the Marine Fisheries Commission. (c) For purposes of this section, landscape contractor shall have the definition set forth […]
