NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 611

HOUSE BILL 787

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE CULLING OF OYSTERS SHALL APPLY TO THE WATERS OF NEW RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES, AND TO FIX THE SIZE LIMIT FOR OYSTERS IN THE WATERS OF QUEEN CREEK IN ONSLOW COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any local law to the contrary, the provisions of Chapter 113, Section 213 of the General Statutes of North Carolina relating to the culling of oysters, and the applicable provisions of the lawful regulations governing the taking of shellfish and relating to the culling of oysters, and the legal size of oysters which may be taken, shall be applicable to oysters taken from the waters of Onslow County; provided, however, that in the waters of Queens Creek and White Oak River, in said county, the legal size limit for oysters taken from the public grounds shall be two and one-half inches (2½") instead of three inches (3").

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of May, 1963.