2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 13 - PROTECTION OF FISH

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL RESTRICTIONS ON FRESHWATER FISHING

• Section 50-13-5 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 1, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-10 - Definitions.
• Section 50-13-11 to 50-13-12 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 1, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-20 - Scope of chapter.
• Section 50-13-25 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 1, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-30 - Penalties for violation of chapter.
• Section 50-13-40 - Consent to inspection of creels.
• Section 50-13-50 - Unlawful use or possession of fishing devices or gear designed to take fish.
• Section 50-13-60 - Unlawful possession of fish; penalties.
• Section 50-13-65 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 1, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-70 - Closed season for the temporary protection of a species.
• Section 50-13-80 - Taking fish by snagging.
• Section 50-13-90 - Repealed by 2008 Act No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008.
• Section 50-13-100 to 50-13-120 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 1, eff July 1, 2012.

ARTICLE 2 PROTECTION OF FRESHWATER GAME FISH

• Section 50-13-200 - Permissible numbers of game fishing devices.
• Section 50-13-210 - Daily possession limits for game fish.
• Section 50-13-220 - Unlawful possession of crappie.
• Section 50-13-221 to 50-30-222 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 2, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-230 - Striped bass limits.
• Section 50-13-235 - Repealed by 2008 Act No. 237, Section 5, eff May 21, 2008.
• Section 50-13-236 to 50-13-237 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 1, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-240 - Unlawful possession of largemouth bass.
• Section 50-13-250 - Unlawful possession of smallmouth bass.
• Section 50-13-260 - Season for possessing, taking, and retaining trout from specified waters in order to establish a catch and release fishery.
• Section 50-13-270 - Season for unlawful possession of lure or bait in certain waters.
• Section 50-13-271 - Trout size and limits in Lake Jocassee.
• Section 50-13-272 - Regulations.
• Section 50-13-280 to 50-13-285 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 1, eff July 1, 2012.

ARTICLE 3 USE OF NETS, SEINES, TRAPS, AND LIKE DEVICES

• Section 50-13-310 - Game fish caught with nets or other nongame fishing devices must be returned to water.
• Section 50-13-315 - Traps; inspection.
• Section 50-13-320 - Traps and eel pots; crab pots; crayfish traps; minnow traps.
• Section 50-13-325 - Nongame gill nets; season; size and placement; sturgeon.
• Section 50-13-330 - Hoop nets.
• Section 50-13-335 - Pump nets and skimbow nets.
• Section 50-13-340 - Minnow seine.
• Section 50-13-350 to 50-13-370 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 1, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-385 to 50-13-400 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 1, eff July 1, 2012; repealed by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 8, eff July 1, 2012.

ARTICLE 5 UNLAWFUL FRESHWATER ACTIONS

• Section 50-13-510 - Unlawful taking of freshwater mussels
• Section 50-13-520 - Unlawful taking of saltwater crabs
• Section 50-13-580 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 2, eff July 1, 2012.

ARTICLE 6 PROTECTION OF NONGAME FISH

• Section 50-13-610 - Application of article.
• Section 50-13-615 - Nongame fishing devices and methods which may be used for taking nongame fish in freshwaters.
• Section 50-13-620 - Floating markers for certain fishing devices; tags; penalty.
• Section 50-13-625 - Taking nongame fish with lawful devices.
• Section 50-13-630 - Fishing devices prohibited from being used, placed, set, or fished constituting hazard to boating or public safety.
• Section 50-13-635 - Permissible fishing devices and methods for recreational fisherman of nongame fish.
• Section 50-13-640 - Possession of blue catfish.
• Section 50-13-645 - Taking limits of eels for recreational fisherman.
• Section 50-13-650 - Commercial trotlines.
• Section 50-13-655 - Set hooks placement and removal.
• Section 50-13-660 - Jug fishing devices.
• Section 50-13-665 - Bait which may be used with trotlines, set hooks, and jugs; penalties.
• Section 50-13-670 - Possession of game fish or game fish devices while possessing or using nongame devices prohibited.
• Section 50-13-675 - Nongame fishing devices or gear permitted in certain bodies of freshwater.
• Section 50-13-680 - Inspection; reports of sales volume; seizure.
• Section 50-13-685 - Penalties for violation of article; suspension of license, tags, or permits.
• Section 50-13-690 - Seizure and sale of fish or fishing devices; confiscation and sale of items of persons charged with unlawful use or possession of gill net or hoop net; suspension of licenses.
• Section 50-13-695 - Unlawful use of nongame fishing devices owned and tagged by another person; penalties for stealing or tampering with nongame fishing device.
• Section 50-13-730 - Repealed by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012; Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 2, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-980 to 50-13-1020 - Repealed by 2008 Act No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008.
• Section 50-13-1110 to 50-13-1126 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-1130, 50-13-1135 - Repealed by 2010 Act No. 200, Section 15, eff May 28, 2010.
• Section 50-13-1145 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-1150 to 50-13-1160 - Repealed by 2010 Act No. 200, Section 15, eff May 28, 2010.
• Section 50-13-1165 to 50-13-1199 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012.

ARTICLE 7 PERMANENT OBSTRUCTIONS IN WATERS; FISHWAYS AND FISH SLUICES

• Section 50-13-1210 - Permanent obstruction to migration of fish prohibited; destruction of obstruction.
• Section 50-13-1220 - Fishways in dams.
• Section 50-13-1230 - Construction of certain fishways or ladders.
• Section 50-13-1240 - Designation of fish sluices; obstruction of sluices constitutes public nuisance.
• Section 50-13-1250 - Fish sluices designated not more than once yearly.
• Section 50-13-1260 - Fish sluices not to be designated through certain dams.

ARTICLE 9 POLLUTION AND POISONING OF WATERS; USE OF EXPLOSIVES

• Section 50-13-1410 - Pollution of waters injuring fish and shellfish unlawful; enforcement.
• Section 50-13-1415 - Importation, possession, or placing water hyacinth and hydrilla in waters of State.
• Section 50-13-1420 - Poisoning waters, or producing electric currents or physical shocks to catch fish unlawful.
• Section 50-13-1430 - Casting impurities in waters prohibited.
• Section 50-13-1440 - Using explosives to take fish unlawful.
• Section 50-13-1450 - Repealed by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 8, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-1460 - Penalty for conviction of use of explosives to take fish.
• Section 50-13-1470 - Failure to report use of explosives to take fish.
• Section 50-13-1480 - Informers not subject to criminal prosecution or civil suit.

ARTICLE 11 SALE AND TRAFFICKING IN FISH

• Section 50-13-1610 - Sale or traffic in certain game fish unlawful; penalties.
• Section 50-13-1615 - Freshwater nongame fish sale requirements.
• Section 50-13-1630 - Importing, possessing, or selling certain fish unlawful; special permits for research; Department to issue rules and regulations; penalties.
• Section 50-13-1635 - Release of aquatic species and nonindigenous fish into waters.
• Section 50-13-1660 to 50-13-1760 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 5, eff July 1, 2012.

ARTICLE 13 FISH HATCHERIES AND SANCTUARIES; PROPAGATION

• Section 50-13-1910 - State assent to act of Congress providing aid in fish restoration and management projects; funding.
• Section 50-13-1920 - Acquisition of land for fish hatcheries or nurseries, generally.
• Section 50-13-1930 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 6, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-1935 - Fees charged for stocking fish in private water bodies and nonnavigable waters.
• Section 50-13-1936 - Fees for operation of Walhalla Fish Hatchery.
• Section 50-13-1940 - Permits to collect freshwater fish for scientific purposes.
• Section 50-13-1950 - Establishment of fish sanctuaries.
• Section 50-13-1960 - Designation and marking of fish sanctuaries in rivers and streams.
• Section 50-13-1970 to 50-13-1980 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 6, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-1990 - Penalties for fishing or trespassing upon fish sanctuaries; jurisdiction of magistrates.
• Section 50-13-1995 - Fish culture and scientific investigations by the federal government
• Section 50-13-2010 - Repealed by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012 andomitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 6, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-2011 - Management authority over lakes and ponds owned or leased by the department.
• Section 50-13-2015 - Fish sanctuary in St. Stephen Rediversion Canal.
• Section 50-13-2016 - Prohibition of herring fishing at St. Stephens Powerhouse.
• Section 50-13-2020 - Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 6, eff July 1, 2012.