2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish
Section 50-13-645. Taking limits of eels for recreational fisherman.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 50-13-645 (2020)

It is unlawful for a recreational fisherman to take more than twenty-five American eel (Anguilla rostrata) a day. Each American eel must be at least nine inches long.

HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012; 2016 Act No. 209 (S.1030), Section 1, eff June 3, 2016.

Effect of Amendment

2016 Act No. 209, Section 1, substituted "twenty-five American eel (Anguilla rostrata)" for "fifty eels" in the first sentence, and inserted "American" before "eel" and substituted "nine inches" for "six inches" in the second sentence.

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