15A NCAC 03O .0210      standards and requirements for FRANCHISES

(a)  A franchise holder desiring a permit from the Division of Marine Fisheries to conduct shellfish aquaculture on their franchise shall submit a Shellfish Management Plan, prepared in accordance with the standards for a Shellfish Lease Management Plan in Rule .0202 of this Section, to the Division following formal recognition of a valid chain of title and at ten‑year intervals thereafter.

(b)  The Shellfish Management Plan requirements in Paragraph (a) of this Rule and all other requirements and conditions of this Section affecting management of franchises shall apply to all valid franchises.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 113‑134; 113-182; 113‑201; 113‑202; 113-202.2; 113‑205; 113-206; 143B‑289.52;

Eff. January 1, 1991;

Amended Eff. October 1, 2008; September 1, 1991;

Readopted Eff. June 1, 2022;

Amended Eff. June 1, 2026.