North Carolina General Statutes
Article 22 - Regulation of Wildlife.
§ 113-293 - Obstructing rivers or creeks; keeping open fishways in dams.

113-293. Obstructing rivers or creeks; keeping open fishways in dams.
(a), (b) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 830, s. 1.
(c) It is unlawful for any person in inland fishing waters:
(1) To set a net of any description across the main channel of any river or creek;
(2) To erect so as to extend more than three fourths of the distance across any river or creek any stand, dam, weir, hedge, or other obstruction to the passage of fish;
(3) To erect any stand, dam, weir, or hedge in any part of a river or creek required to be left open for the passage of fish; or,
(4) Having erected any dam where the same was allowed, to fail to make and keep open such slope or fishway as may be required by law to be kept open for the free passage of fish.
The provisions of this section may not be construed to conflict in any way with the laws and rules of any other agency with jurisdiction over the activity or subject matter in question. (Code, ss. 3387-3389; Rev., s. 2457; 1909, c. 466, s. 1; 1915, c. 84, s. 21; 1917, c. 290, s. 7; C.S., ss. 1878, 1974; 1925, c. 168, s. 2; 1935, c. 35; 1945, c. 776; 1951, c. 1045, s. 1; 1953, cc. 774, 1251; 1963, c. 1097, s. 1; 1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 18; 1979, c. 830, s. 1; 1987, c. 827, s. 98.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development

Article 22 - Regulation of Wildlife.

§ 113-291 - General restrictions.

§ 113-291.1 - Manner of taking wild animals and wild birds.

§ 113-291.1A - Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited.

§ 113-291.2 - Seasons and bag limits on wild animals and birds; including animals and birds taken in bag; possession and transportation of wildlife after taking.

§ 113-291.3 - Possession, sale, and transportation of wildlife.

§ 113-291.4 - Regulation of foxes; study of fox and fur-bearer populations.

§ 113-291.4A - Open seasons for taking foxes with firearms.

§ 113-291.4B - Taking foxes and coyotes in certain counties.

§ 113-291.5 - Regulation of dogs used in hunting; limitations on authority of Wildlife Resources Commission; control of dogs on game lands; control of dogs chasing deer; other restrictions.

§ 113-291.5A - Exemption from civil liability for landholder permitting retrieval of hunting dogs.

§ 113-291.6 - Regulation of trapping.

§ 113-291.7 - Regulation of bears; limited retention of local acts closing bear seasons.

§ 113-291.8 - Requirement to display hunter orange.

§ 113-291.9 - Taking of beaver.

§ 113-291.10 - Beaver Damage Control Advisory Board.

§ 113-291.11 - Feeding of alligators prohibited.

§ 113-291.12 - Unlawful to remove live feral swine from traps.

§ 113-291.13 - Application of wildlife laws to opossums.

§ 113-292 - Authority of the Wildlife Resources Commission in regulation of inland fishing and the introduction of exotic species.

§ 113-293 - Obstructing rivers or creeks; keeping open fishways in dams.

§ 113-294 - Specific violations.

§ 113-294.1 - Wildlife Poacher Reward Fund.

§ 113-295 - Unlawful harassment of persons taking wildlife resources.

§ 113-296 - Disabled Sportsman Program.

§ 113-297 - Method exemptions for disabled persons.

§ 113-298 - Unlawful use of facilities provided for disabled sportsman.

§ 113-299 - Aerial management of feral swine.