GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 452
AN ACT TO MAKE AMENDMENTS IN THE STATUTE REGARDING OCEAN PIERS AND TRASH FISHING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 113-185(a) is rewritten to read:
"(a) It is unlawful to fish in the ocean from vessels or with a net within 750 feet of an ocean pier licensed in accordance with G.S. 113-156.1. The prohibition shall be effective when:
(1) Buoys and beach markers, placed at the owner's expense in accordance with the rules adopted by the Department, indicate clearly to fishermen in vessels and on the beach the requisite distance of 750 feet from the pier, and
(2) The public is allowed to fish from the pier for a reasonable fee.
The prohibition shall not apply to littoral proprietors whose property is within 750 feet of a duly licensed ocean pier."
Sec. 2. G.S. 113-185(b) is amended by deleting the word "intentionally" in the second sentence.
Sec. 3. G.S. 113-185(b)(3) is amended by deleting the words "other than for human consumption".
Sec. 4. G.S. 113-185(b) is further amended in the first sentence of the paragraph following subsection (3) by deleting the words "incidentally and unavoidably".
Sec. 5. This act is effective October 1, 1985.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1985.