Importation Permits:
Changes to 15A NCAC 03I .0104 require the sizes and quantities of species to be included in the disease-free certificate for a “Permit to Introduce, Transfer, or Hold Imported Marine and Estuarine Organisms”, not just the type of species. These changes help provide better protection of the resources.
Other rule changes are minor in that they codify regulations already in effect by proclamation or law, or correct grammar and punctuation, update agency names, and make other minor technical changes.
Read the text of the rules in the March 15, 2023 Supplement to North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Rules April 1, 2020 at https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/marine-fisheries/rules-proclamations-and-size-and-bag-limits/rules.
For more information, contact Catherine Blum, Rules Coordinator for the Division of Marine Fisheries, at catherine.blum@ncdenr.gov.