GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 108*

Short Title:        Management of the Striped Bass Fishery.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Albertson.
Referred to:	Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.

February 11, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to authorize the marine fisheries commission to establish individual transferable fishing quotas to take striped bass, as recommended by the joint legislative commission on seafood and aquaculture.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑169.1 reads as rewritten:

"§ 113‑169.1.  Permits for gear, equipment, and other specialized activities authorized.authorized; individual transferable fishing quotas for striped bass management.

(a)        The Commission may adopt rules to establish permits for gear, equipment, and specialized activities, including commercial fishing operations that do not involve the use of a vessel and transplanting oysters or clams.

(b)        The Commission may adopt rules to establish gear specific permits to take striped bass from the Atlantic Ocean and to limit the number and type of these permits that may be issued to a person.permits and individual transferable fishing quotas to take striped bass and to provide for the allocation of these permits and quotas. The Commission may establish a fee for each permit or individual transferable fishing quota established pursuant to this subsection in an amount that compensates the Division for the administrative costs associated with the permit but that does not exceed ten dollars ($10.00) per permit."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.