GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 531

 
 
Short Title:	Restrict Trawl Nets in Certain River Systems.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Edwards.	
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.	
March 8, 2001

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO RESTRICT THE USE OF trawl nets to take fish in certain river systems.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 20 of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 113-270.  Taking fish in certain river systems by trawling nets.
(a)	It is unlawful to use trawl nets to take fish, as defined in G.S. 113-129(7), in the Pamlico and Pungo Rivers and their tributaries west of a line from a point on Pamlico Point 35º 18' 42" North 76º 28' 58" West running 009 (M) through Daymarker No. 1 and Willow Point Shoal Beacon to a point on Willow Point Shoal Beacon to a point on Willow Point 35º 22' 23" North 76º 28' 48" West.
(b)	The NC Division of Marine Fisheries shall erect and maintain a sign on Pamlico Point and on Willow Point, to show the easternmost boundary line of the area defined in subsection (a) of this section."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.