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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 27 - GAME and Fish (Chs. 1 — 5)
Chapter 4 - Fish (Arts. 1 — 7)
Article 1 - General Provisions (§§ 27-4-1 — 27-4-12)
- § 27-4-1. Salt-water and fresh-water demarcation line
- § 27-4-2. Fishing in waters or from lands of others; interference with fishing rights of others; enforcement
- § 27-4-3. [Reserved] Right to take shellfish from stream or estuary
- § 27-4-4. Dumping into state waters; recovery of damages
- § 27-4-5. [Effective July 1, 2026] Methods for taking fish generally
- § 27-4-6. Use of minnow seines or traps
- § 27-4-7. Use of gill nets; seizure of illegal nets
- § 27-4-8. Unlawful devices or substances
- § 27-4-9. Possession of nets or other devices for taking shad during closed season deemed evidence of violation
- § 27-4-10. Creel and possession limits; size restrictions
- § 27-4-11. Fishing in department fish hatcheries
- § 27-4-11.1. Possession of firearms and intoxication on public fishing areas; fishing in closed fishing areas; other restrictions in public fishing areas
- § 27-4-12. Rules and regulations; reporting; legislative override of rules and regulations
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