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Section
50-5-10
Citation of chapter.
Section
50-5-15
Definitions.
Section
50-5-17
Flounder Population Study Program.
Section
50-5-20
Jurisdiction of Department of Natural Resources.
Section
50-5-25
Powers and duties; deposit of revenues.
Section
50-5-30
Promulgation of regulations; civil offenses; penalties; suspension of permit.
Section
50-5-32
Closing salt water fishing seasons, areas, or activities in emergency; notice; penalty.
Section
50-5-35
Notice of opening or closing of commercial fishing season; health and environmental protection.
Section
50-5-40
Unauthorized tagging or marking and releasing of saltwater fish; penalty.
Section
50-5-45
Maintenance and publication of nonindigenous organisms list; introduction of organisms prohibited.
Section
50-5-50
Prosecutions for violations of chapter.
Section
50-5-55
Suspension of privileges; magistrates court jurisdiction; penalties and restitution orders.
Section
50-5-60
Conspiracy to violate provision of chapter.
Section
50-5-65
Seizure and disposition of contraband; separate offense defined.
Section
50-5-70
Sale of confiscated device; redemption by owner.
Section
50-5-75
Common areas for taking of fish.
Section
50-5-80
Dividing line between salt and fresh water on rivers.
Section
50-5-85
General Trawling Zone; subzones.
Section
50-5-90
Authority to enter and inspect buildings or stop and search fishing vessels; penalty for refusal to comply with order.
Section
50-5-95
Unlawful taking of saltwater fish; penalty.
Section
50-5-100
Knowingly obtaining saltwater fishery product taken or sold unlawfully.
Section
50-5-105
Unlawful activities affecting others; penalty.
Section
50-5-110
Use of poison, explosive, or bang stick to take marine resources; penalty.
Section
50-5-115
Responsibility for determining location of commercial fishing vessel.
Section
50-5-120
Boarding of vessel by law enforcement officers; penalty for failure to allow boarding and to cooperate.
Section
50-5-125
Use of vessel within 300 feet of public fishing pier; penalty.
Section
50-5-300
Commercial saltwater fishing license requirement for residents; fee; striker exception.
Section
50-5-305
Requirements for obtaining resident license; penalty.
Section
50-5-310
Commercial saltwater fishing license for nonresidents; fee; striker exception.
Section
50-5-315
Saltwater fishing without a license prohibited; penalty.
Section
50-5-320
State Shellfish Ground licenses; fees.
Section
50-5-325
Commercial equipment licenses and fees; specification of vessel on which used; tagging of equipment; penalties.
Section
50-5-330
Recreational fishing exceptions; minnow traps for commercial purposes; retrieving unattended recreational equipment.
Section
50-5-335
Channel net licenses; restrictions.
Section
50-5-340
Permits; use for commercial purposes and disposition of proceeds; violations and penalties.
Section
50-5-345
Commercial license a condition of permit; exceptions; revocation.
Section
50-5-350
Display of licenses, permits, and vessel's identification decal; transfer of licenses; penalty.
Section
50-5-355
Bait dealer licenses; fees; inspections; penalties.
Section
50-5-360
Wholesale seafood dealer, peeler crab, and molluscan shellfish licenses; display of license; roadside vendors; brood stock exception; penalties.
Section
50-5-365
Licensing requirements applicable to sale or transportation of live or fresh fish or saltwater fishery products; penalties.
Section
50-5-366
Documents required to be in possession of persons selling shrimp; exceptions; conspiracies; penalties.
Section
50-5-367
Sale, offer, or purchase of shrimp taken over bait; penalty.
Section
50-5-370
Purchase or removal from State for commercial purpose of saltwater fishery products not handled by licensed wholesale seafood dealer; penalty.
Section
50-5-375
Records of wholesale seafood dealers; inspection by department; penalties.
Section
50-5-380
Information or report by licensee or permittee to take saltwater fishery product for commercial or scientific purpose; confidentiality; penalties.
Section
50-5-385
Expiration of licenses and permits.
Section
50-5-390
Denial of or limitations on nonresident licenses.
Section
50-5-500
Use of nets; penalties.
Section
50-5-505
Net use requirements and restrictions; mariculture impoundment net use permit.
Section
50-5-510
Channel nets; season; observation of use by department; restrictions as to possession; requirements applicable to use of net and possession of license; penalties.
Section
50-5-515
Channel nets to be used only in designated areas; Turtle Excluder Device requirements; penalties.
Section
50-5-520
Channel net violations; forfeiture of license; seizure of equipment.
Section
50-5-525
Unlawful deployment of net; penalty.
Section
50-5-530
Placement of stationary and channel nets; time for setting and removal of channel nets; penalty.
Section
50-5-535
Placement of fishing equipment near public fishing pier or man-made jetty equipped with fishing walkway.
Section
50-5-540
Use of seine or gill net in state park; shrimp net exception.
Section
50-5-545
Commercial blue crab traps; escape vent requirements; peeler trap exemption.
Section
50-5-550
Trap buoy size, material, catch release feature and identification tag or other identifying information requirements; seizure of unmarked traps.
Section
50-5-555
Trap placement and attention requirements; department inspection, removal, seizure, and disposal.
Section
50-5-560
Blue crab traps on Cooper River.
Section
50-5-565
Time restrictions for placement of commercial traps.
Section
50-5-570
Use of live bait on lines with more than three hooks.
Section
50-5-575
Violation of provision for which no penalty provided; seizure and disposal of unlawful devices.
Section
50-5-580
Gigging for fish in saltwaters of Georgetown County.
Section
50-5-581
Gigging for flounder.
Section
50-5-700
Trawling prohibited.
Section
50-5-705
Trawling Zone established.
Section
50-5-710
Restrictions on trawling for shrimp in General Trawling Zone; prohibition on trawling outside General Trawling Zone; penalties; seizure and disposition of contraband.
Section
50-5-715
Trawling restriction areas within General Trawling Zone.
Section
50-5-720
Disposal of trawl bycatch; penalty.
Section
50-5-725
Trawling waters description references.
Section
50-5-730
Trawling near public fishing pier; penalty.
Section
50-5-735
Night trawling; finfish exception.
Section
50-5-740
Blue crab trawling season; penalty for trawling out of season; seizure and disposal of contraband.
Section
50-5-745
Blue crab taken by legal shrimp trawlers.
Section
50-5-750
Crab trawling equipment restrictions; penalty.
Section
50-5-755
Permits to trawl or dredge for finfish, blue crabs, whelks, and horseshoe crabs; limitations and conditions as to equipment; penalty.
Section
50-5-760
Illegal trawling.
Section
50-5-765
Use of turtle excluder devices; penalty.
Section
50-5-770
Shrimp trawl requirements; penalties.
Section
50-5-900
Commercial shellfish culture or mariculture permits; term.
Section
50-5-905
Permit applications; fee.
Section
50-5-910
Permit requirements; lottery; sworn statement as to distribution through properly licensed wholesale seafood dealer.
Section
50-5-915
Review of applications; permit requirements or conditions; revocation duties delegated to deputy director for Marine Resources.
Section
50-5-920
Mitigation of adverse impacts on shellfish bottoms and waters.
Section
50-5-925
Publication of notice of application.
Section
50-5-930
Preference.
Section
50-5-935
Fees; late payment penalty.
Section
50-5-940
Replanting for Shellfish Culture permittees; notice to department; revocation of permit or reduction of acreage for failure to replant.
Section
50-5-945
Permit to take shellfish for replanting or use in mariculture; conditions.
Section
50-5-950
Specification of other terms and conditions.
Section
50-5-955
Designation and maintenance of Public Shellfish Grounds; areas containing DHEC permitted structure; taking for commercial purpose prohibited.
Section
50-5-960
Rules governing recreational shellfish bottom harvests.
Section
50-5-965
Taking shellfish from bottoms designated for commercial harvest; individual harvester permits; written approvals; penalties.
Section
50-5-970
Mechanical harvest permits; penalties.
Section
50-5-975
Commercial and personal harvest limited to areas specified on permit; penalties; voluntary surrender of commercial permit.
Section
50-5-980
Erection and maintenance of signs; penalty.
Section
50-5-985
Setting season for taking shellfish; bringing shellfish into State during closed season; night harvests; penalties.
Section
50-5-990
Size limitations for hard clams of the genus Mercenaria; permits for possession and sale of undersized clams; penalties.
Section
50-5-995
Shellfish mariculture operation permits.
Section
50-5-997
Shellfish mariculture permittees; out-of-season harvest permits.
Section
50-5-1000
Wholesale seafood dealer prohibited from purchasing from unlicensed fisherman or dealer; maintenance of records; penalties.
Section
50-5-1005
Shellfish importation permits; conditions; penalties.
Section
50-5-1010
Shell removal permits; conditions; remedy in event of significant ecological perturbations; payment.
Section
50-5-1015
Unlawful removal of shell; penalty.
Section
50-5-1020
Possession of undersized whelk of genus Busycon taken for commercial purpose prohibited.
Section
50-5-1100
Lawful and unlawful taking of shrimp; penalties.
Section
50-5-1102
Persons who may not obtain or hold shrimp baiting license; penalty.
Section
50-5-1105
Catch limits; bait dealer taking and possession requirements; penalties.
Section
50-5-1110
Mesh size and stretch measure for shrimp cast nets.
Section
50-5-1300
Taking of sponge crabs prohibited; import permits; penalties.
Section
50-5-1305
Blue crabs; commercial taking at night prohibited; penalties.
Section
50-5-1310
Size limitations for blue crabs; peeler crab and clam mariculture exceptions.
Section
50-5-1315
Importation of undersize blue crabs; penalties.
Section
50-5-1320
Identification of vessels taking blue crabs by trap; buoy colors; penalty.
Section
50-5-1325
Stone crabs; claw size, removal and sale limitations; penalty.
Section
50-5-1330
Horseshoe crab permits, taking and handling requirements; penalty.
Section
50-5-1335
Use of blue crab traps in certain locations.
Section
50-5-1340
Repealed by 2012 Act No. 7, Section 12, March 22, 2013.
Section
50-5-1500
Regulation of devices for taking shad, herring, or eels.
Section
50-5-1505
Taking of shad, herring, or sturgeon.
Section
50-5-1506
Zones, seasons, times catch limits, size limits, methods, and equipment for taking shad.
Section
50-5-1507
Zones, seasons, times, catch limits, size limits, methods, and equipment for taking herring.
Section
50-5-1508
Zones, seasons, times, catch limits, size limits, methods, and equipment for taking sturgeon.
Section
50-5-1510
Special provisions as to shad and herring.
Section
50-5-1515
Shad hook and line catch limits.
Section
50-5-1520
Herring catch limits.
Section
50-5-1525
Unlawful taking of Atlantic sturgeon; penalties.
Section
50-5-1530
Receiving Atlantic sturgeon; record keeping requirements; penalties.
Section
50-5-1535
Taking of shortnose sturgeon prohibited; penalty.
Section
50-5-1540
Net placement.
Section
50-5-1545
Removal of nets during off times and periods; penalties.
Section
50-5-1550
Seizure of net or seine containing decomposed fish.
Section
50-5-1555
Commercial eel taking permits; conditions; penalty.
Section
50-5-1556
Striped bass.
Section
50-5-1557
Shad, herring, or eel sale requirements.
Section
50-5-1560
Penalty for offense for which no penalty prescribed; seizure and disposal of equipment.
Section
50-5-1700
Taking of saltwater game fish; importation by wholesale or retail seafood dealer of red drum or spotted seatrout.
Section
50-5-1705
Catch limits.
Section
50-5-1707
Repealed by 2009 Act No. 47, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
Section
50-5-1710
Size limits.
Section
50-5-1711
Repealed by 2007, Act No. 85, Section 4, eff June 15, 2007.
Section
50-5-1715
Penalties.
Section
50-5-1900
Article title.
Section
50-5-1905
50-5-1910. Repealed by 2009 Act No. 15, Section 10, eff July 1, 2009.
Section
50-5-1915
Charter fishing vessel and public pier logs; penalties.
Section
50-5-1920
50-5-1925. Repealed by 2009 Act No. 15, Section 10, eff July 1, 2009.
Section
50-5-1930
Reciprocal recognition of recreational fisheries licenses issued by other coastal states.
Section
50-5-1935
Commemorative stamps authorized.
Section
50-5-1940
Creation and design of stamps, licenses, prints, and related articles.
Section
50-5-1945
Repealed by 2009 Act No. 15, Section 10, eff July 1, 2009.
Section
50-5-1950
Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Advisory Committee established; composition; compensation; term.
Section
50-5-2017
Repealed by 2010 Act No. 140, Section 3, eff March 31, 2010.
Section
50-5-2100
Mariculture permits; penalty for failure to acquire.
Section
50-5-2105
Permits for licensed wholesale seafood dealers to sell undersize fish grown in mariculture operation; identification of fish; penalty.
Section
50-5-2300
Taking and possessing diamond-backed terrapins; penalty.
Section
50-5-2305
Permit to remove live wild rock; penalty.
Section
50-5-2310
Display of dolphins and whales prohibited; penalty.
Section
50-5-2500
Point values for suspension of saltwater privileges; relation to other penalties.
Section
50-5-2505
Point system administration.
Section
50-5-2510
Suspension of saltwater privileges for accumulation of points.
Section
50-5-2515
Notice of suspension; request for review.
Section
50-5-2517
Mammalian dolphin or porpoise; prohibited activities; penalty.
Section
50-5-2520
Appeals.
Section
50-5-2525
Points cleared when suspension expires; concurrent running of suspensions.
Section
50-5-2530
Administering of article.
Section
50-5-2535
Engaging in prohibited activities while under suspension; penalties.
Section
50-5-2536
Other violations while under suspension.
Section
50-5-2540
Activities prohibited while under commercial suspension.
Section
50-5-2545
Prior points and suspensions.
Section
50-5-2700
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; members; term; vacancies.
Section
50-5-2705
Powers of Compact Commission and commissioners.
Section
50-5-2710
State officials to cooperate and furnish information.
Section
50-5-2715
Records, reports, and recommendations.
Section
50-5-2720
Audits.
Section
50-5-2725
Shark catch limits; boat or vessel permit to take sharks for commercial purposes; equipment requirements and prohibitions.
Section
50-5-2730
Federal fishing regulations declared to be law of State; exceptions.
Section
50-5-2740
Penalty for violation of article.