15A NCAC 03L .0302      SPINY LOBSTER

The Fisheries Director may, by proclamation, impose any of the following restrictions on the taking of spiny lobster to maintain compliance with the Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Lobster in the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic or to implement State management measures:

(1)           specify time;

(2)           specify area;

(3)           specify means and methods;

(4)           specify season;

(5)           specify size; and

(6)           specify quantity.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 113‑134; 113‑182; 113-221.1; 143B‑289.52;

Eff. January 1, 1991;

Amended Eff. March 1, 1996;

Readopted Eff. April 1, 2022.