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2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 5 - MARINE RESOURCES ACT
Section 50-5-40 - Unauthorized tagging or marking and releasing of saltwater fish; penalty.
SC Code § 50-5-40 (2012) What's This?
No person may tag or mark and release saltwater fish or promote such activity unless authorized by the department. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-161; 1952 Code Section 28-161; 1942 Code Section 3315; 1932 Code Section 3315; 1924 (33) 1016; 1952 (47) 2890; 1986 Act No. 540, Part II,Section 19; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1259; 2000 Act No. 245, Section 1.
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