2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish

• 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, 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 Repealed by 2008 Act No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008.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.

• 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, 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 Repealed by 2008 Act No. 237, Section 5, eff May 21, 2008.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.

• 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.

Editor's Note

Former Article 5 entitled "Special Provisions for Game Zone No. 7 and Georgetown County" repealed by 2008 Act No. 286, Section 11.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 and omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 6, eff July 1, 2012.
• Section 50-13-2011. Repealed by 2014 Act No. 234, Section 2, eff June 2, 2014.
• 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.