A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make it unlawful to take menhaden or atlantic thread herring with a purse seine net within three nautical miles of the shoreline of brunswick county from may 1 through october 31 of each year.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  It is unlawful to take menhaden or Atlantic thread herring by the use of a purse seine from May 1 through October 31 of each year within three nautical miles of the Atlantic Ocean shoreline in that area east of a line beginning at a point onshore at the border between North Carolina and South Carolina at 33° 51.0667'N – 78° 32.5833'W; running southeasterly three nautical miles to a point offshore at 33° 48.8342'N – 78° 29.8494'W; and south of a line beginning at a point onshore at the border between Brunswick County and  New Hanover County at 33° 55.8833'N – 77° 56.2000'W; then running southeasterly three nautical miles to a point offshore at 33° 54.5735'N – 77° 52.7184'W.
SECTION 1.(b)  Violation of subsection (a) of this section is a Class A1 misdemeanor.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective 30 days after it becomes law and applies to offenses committed on or after the date it becomes effective.