Source: NCDEQ, 9/1/22 Eight
newly readopted Marine Fisheries Commission rules become effective today, but
fishermen will not see any difference. The rules, which pertain to joint fishing waters that are managed
jointly with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, were readopted with only
minor changes under a state-mandated periodic review schedule (G.S.150B-21.3A).
The changes are conforming in nature, correct grammar or punctuation, or update
agency names.
They were part of nine rules (15A NCAC 03Q .0101-.0109) approved by the Marine
Fisheries Commission and by the Wildlife Resources Commission in June. They
complement 11 Wildlife Resources Commission rules pertaining to joint fishing
waters that were approved by the Marine Fisheries Commission in May and by the
Wildlife Resources Commission in April.
One of the Marine Fisheries Commission rules (15A NCAC 03Q .0107), is
automatically subject to legislative review per S.L. 2019-198 and will not
become effective until at least the spring of 2023. Text of the rules can be found in the September 1, 2022 Supplement
to North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Rules at https://deq.nc.gov/dmf-rules. For questions about the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission
rulemaking process, email Catherine
Blum (Catherine.Blum@ncdenr.gov), rules coordinator for the
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.
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