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2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development.
§ 113-189. Protection of sea turtles and porpoises.
§ 113‑189. Protection of sea turtles and porpoises.
(a) It is unlawful to willfully take, disturb or destroy any sea turtles including green, hawksbill, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley and leatherback turtles, or their nests or eggs.
(b) It shall be unlawful willfully to harm or destroy porpoises. (1967, cc. 198, 1225; 1981, c. 873; 1991, c. 86, s. 3.)
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