15A NCAC 10B .0119. WILDLIFE COLLECTORS

(a)  Collection Licenses.  The Executive Director may license qualified individuals to take or collect any species of wildlife resources except that endangered, threatened and special concern species may not be taken or collected except under a special permit issued by the Executive Director for research purposes, unless there is an open season for the species.  If an open season exists for the species then the appropriate hunting, fishing or trapping license serves as the authorization for take.  This Rule does not prohibit an individual from killing an endangered, threatened, or special concern species in defense of his own life or the lives of others without a permit.  Individuals who annually collect fewer than five reptiles or fewer than 25 amphibians that are not on the endangered, threatened or special concern lists are exempted from this license requirement.  The license shall be issued upon payment of a fee in accordance with G.S. 113-272.4, except that licenses shall be issued to representatives of educational or scientific institutions or of governmental agencies without charge.  The license shall be used in lieu of any other hunting or trapping license required by law and shall authorize possession and transportation of the wildlife incidental to the authorized taking, except that it shall not authorize the taking, possession or transportation of any species of wildlife in violation of federal laws or regulations.

(b)  Limits on collection. Individuals shall collect no more than 10 turtles from the family Chelydridae (snapping turtles) per day and no more than 100 per calendar year.  Individuals shall collect no more than 10 turtles from the family Kinosternidae (mud and musk turtles) per day and no more than 100 per calendar year.

(c)  Qualifications of Licensees.  In addition to representatives of educational and scientific institutions and governmental agencies, the collection license may be issued to any individual for any purpose when it is not deemed inimical to the efficient conservation of the species to be collected or to some other wildlife species that may be dependent thereon.

(d)  Methods of Taking.  The manner of taking wildlife resources under a collection license may be specified by the Executive Director pursuant to G.S. 113-272.4(d) and need not be restricted to the usual methods of hunting or trapping.

(e)  Term of License.  The Executive Director may, pursuant to G.S. 113-272.4(c), impose time limits and other restrictions on the duration of any collection license, but unless so restricted the license shall be valid from January 1 through December 31 of the applicable year.

(f)  Report of Collecting Activity.  Each individual licensed under this Rule shall submit a written report to the Executive Director within 15 days following the date of expiration of the license.  The report shall be on a form supplied by the Wildlife Resources Commission and shall show the numbers of each species taken under the license and the use or disposition thereof.  The Executive Director may require additional information for statistical purposes such as the dates and places of the taking and the sex, size, weight, condition, and approximate age of each specimen taken. The additional information may be required on the form of report or by a separate writing accompanying the form.

(g)  Other Requirements and Restrictions.  The Executive Director may, pursuant to G.S. 113-272.4(d), impose such other requirements and restrictions on persons licensed under this Rule as he may deem to be necessary to the efficient administration of the wildlife conservation statutes and rules.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 113‑134; 113‑272.4;

Eff. January 1, 1981;

Amended Eff. January 1, 2013; May 1, 2009; May 1, 2008; April 1, 2001; February 1, 1994; November 1, 1990; September 1, 1989.