Presales for commercial and for-hire fishing licenses and permits for the new license year will begin April 15.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries is encouraging fishers to schedule appointments to obtain licenses and permits in April and May, when presales traffic is typically lighter.
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Walk-in only service will be available in June.
Under new rules this year, all license sales offices will stop taking customers at 4 p.m. during the last two weeks of June and the first week of July. Service may be slower at license offices during lunch between 12- p.m., according to a division release.
The new license years starts July 1.
Applicants are asked to bring any one of the following current/valid photo identifications:
- State Issued Driver’s License.
- State Issued Identification Card (issued by Department of Motor Vehicles).
- Military ID.
- Passport.
- Resident Alien Card (green card).
- Individuals applying for another license under the authority of Power of Attorney must submit a photocopy of the power of attorney and a current/valid photo ID.
Current/valid state vessel registration or U.S. Coast Guard vessel documentation is also required. Anyone applying for a transfer of ownership with pending U.S. Coast Guard vessel documentation may bring a notarized bill of sale.
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Those applying as a business are required to provide the following documents to renew:
- A copy of the original business documents from the Secretary of State in which the business was created.
- A copy of the annual report from the Secretary of State in which the business was created.
- A copy of the written agreement partnership.
- A copy of the assumed name statement from the register of deeds in the county in which the business was created.
