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The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is a state government agency created by the General Assembly in 1947 to conserve and sustain North Carolina's fish and wildlife resources through research, scientific management, wise use, and public input. The Commission is the regulatory agency responsible for the enforcement of NC fishing ...
The Shark Finning Prohibition Act was signed into law by Bill Clinton on December 21, 2000. [1] [2] It had forbidden finning by any vessels in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (up to 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) offshore), and possession of fins by any U.S.-flagged fishing vessels on international waters.
In addition it prohibits any person from landing a shark carcass without its corresponding fins being "naturally attached". [3] [4] The act protects all shark species, with an exception for commercial fishing of smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis) with a valid State license within 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) of any given State's coast.
In this drone image provided by researchers with the Shark Lab at Cal State Long Beach, shows an aggregation of juvenile white sharks swimming along the Southern California coastline, May 30, 2023
Jul. 28—RALEIGH — On July 1, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission launched a new, custom licensing system and mobile app, Go Outdoors North Carolina, developed in partnership with ...
Here's your guide to watching the 2024 Shark Week programming, plus the latest statistics on N.C., S.C. shark attacks.
Instead of being a case of a vessel with shark fins bound for an American port, the case was instead covered by the regulations on possession, since the KD II was bound for a foreign port, and those provisions were specific to fishing vessels. "Where an agency includes language in one section of the regulation and omits it in another, it is ...
South Carolina had two reported shark bites in 2023. The Palmetto State has had a total of 118 shark attacks since 1837 — ranking it fourth highest for total shark bites among the states, the ...