NCDMF Regs & Fishing Tourney (Citation) Criteria. These can be moving targets so the Regs are as of August 2015. This includes finfish, shellfish and crabs etc.The fishing tourney has do with citations given for big fish, There are catch, catch and release and release only categories
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/recreational-fishing-size-and-bag-limits