{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-289.51","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-289.51","heading":"Marine Fisheries Commission - creation; purposes.","body":"(a)\tThere is hereby created the Marine Fisheries Commission in the Department of Environmental Quality.\n(b)\tThe functions, purposes, and duties of the Marine Fisheries Commission are to:\n(1)\tManage, restore, develop, cultivate, conserve, protect, and regulate the marine and estuarine resources within its jurisdiction, as described in G.S. 113-132.\n(2)\tImplement the laws relating to coastal fisheries, coastal fishing, shellfish, crustaceans, and other marine and estuarine resources enacted by the General Assembly by the adoption of rules and policies, to provide a sound, constructive, comprehensive, continuing, and economical coastal fisheries program directed by citizens who are knowledgeable in the protection, restoration, proper use, and management of marine and estuarine resources.\n(3)\tImplement management measures regarding ocean and marine fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean consistent with the authority conferred on the State by the United States.\n(4)\tAdvise the State regarding ocean and marine fisheries within the jurisdiction of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and other similar organizations established to manage or regulate fishing in the Atlantic Ocean. (1997-400, s. 2.1; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(b); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 7. Department of Environmental Quality.","Part 5D. Marine Fisheries Commission."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-289.51.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"80ff0db509a0c64b13dcd5a02c6e4172ccd082f6a91dd7c6253bc1612a61b9c8","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-289.50","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-289.52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}