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SC Code § 50-13-690 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|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.

 (A) In addition to any specific penalty provided in this article, any fish or fishing device taken or found to be in possession of a person charged with a violation of this article must be seized. The fish must be sold in the same manner as provided by law for the sale of perishable items. If the person charged is convicted, the money received from the sale must be forwarded to the department and placed to the account of the "Fish and Wildlife Protection Fund" of the State Treasury. After conviction, the fishing devices must be sold at public auction. The sale of the fish and fishing devices must be conducted using the procedures as provided by law. If the person is acquitted, the devices must be returned to him along with any money that may have come from the sale of the fish.  (B) In addition to the specific penalties provided in this article and the penalties provided in subsection (A), the boat, motor, and fishing gear of a person who is charged with unlawfully using or having in possession a gill net or hoop net on any freshwater lake or reservoir of this State must be confiscated and sold at auction within this State after conviction using the procedure as provided by law. The money received from the sale must be forwarded to the department and placed in the account of the "Fish and Wildlife Protection Fund" of the State Treasury. If the person is acquitted, the boat, motor, and fishing gear must be returned to him. Upon conviction, the department shall suspend the person's license or privilege to fish in this State for a period of one year from the date of conviction.  (C) In addition to the specific penalties provided in this article, upon the conviction of a commercial freshwater fisherman of illegal possession of game fish or the sale or trafficking in game fish, the department shall suspend the person's license or privilege to fish in this State for a period of one year from the date of conviction.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 170, Section 1; 1982 Act No. 461, Sections 10, 11; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263; 1976 Code Section 50-13-1196; 2012 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 50-13-690 was entitled "Use of nets or other devices to take nongame fish from private ponds in Chesterfield County" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-596.1; 1963 (53) 156; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263; repealed by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 4.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment renumbered and rewrote the section.
SC Code § 50-13-695 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|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.

 (A) Except for department personnel in their official capacity, it is unlawful for a person to fish, inspect, or use in any manner nongame fishing devices owned and tagged by another person or to remove any fish from a device unless under the immediate supervision of the owner. A person found guilty of a violation of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for up to thirty days, or both.  (B) A person who steals any nongame fishing device or any fish in a device or who tampers with or damages a nongame fishing device or makes it ineffective for the purpose of taking fish is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction:  (1) for tampering with or damaging or making ineffective a device, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days; and  (2) for stealing a device or fish caught in the device, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 170, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263; 1976 Code Sections 50-13-1191, 50-13-1197; 2012 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment renumbered and rewrote this section.
SC Code § 50-13-1110 to 50-13-1126 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1110 to 50-13-1126. Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012.

 Editor's Note  Former Section 50-13-1110, see now Section 50-13-610.  Former Section 50-13-1115, see now Section 50-13-615.  Former Section 50-13-1116, see now Section 50-13-620.  Former Section 50-13-1120 was entitled "Definitions" and was derived from 1981 Act No. 170, Section 1; 1982 Act No. 461, Section 4; 1984 Act No. 367, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.  Former Section 50-13-1125 was entitled "Prohibition against fishing devices being used, placed, set, or fished constituting hazard to boating" and was derived from 1981 Act No. 170, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.  Former Section 50-13-1126 was entitled "Unlawful to anchor seine and leave unattended" and was derived from 1982 Act No. 461, Section 8; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1145 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1145. Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012.

 Editor's Note  Former Section 50-13-1145 was entitled "Maximum number of certain devices allowable for freshwater fishing by one person" and was derived from 1981 Act No. 170, Section 1; 1992 Act No. 316, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1165 to 50-13-1199 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1165 to 50-13-1199. Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012.

 Editor's Note  Former Section 50-13-1165, see now Section 50-13-320.  Former Section 50-13-1170, see now Section 50-13-325.  Former Section 50-13-1175, see now Section 50-13-330.  Former Section 50-13-1180, see now Section 50-13-650.  Former Section 50-13-1185, see now Section 50-13-655.  Former Section 50-13-1186, see now Section 50-13-660.  Former Section 50-13-1187, see now Section 50-13-665.  Former Section 50-13-1188 was entitled "Minnow seines prohibited during certain hours" and was derived from 1981 Act No. 1870, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.  Former Section 50-13-1189, see now Section 50-13-670.  Former Section 50-13-1190 was entitled "Yoyos prohibited" and was derived from 1981 Act No. 171, Section 1; -1993 Act no. 181, Section 1263.  Former Section 50-13-1191 was entitled "Unlawful to use or to take fish from nongame fishing device or gear owned by another" and was derived from Act No. 170, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.  Former Section 50-13-1192, see now Section 50-13-675.  Former Section 50-13-1193, see now Section 50-13-680.  Former Section 50-13-1194 was entitled "Promulgation of regulations" and was derived from 1981 Act No. 170, Section 1; 993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.  Former Section 50-13-1195, see now Section 50-13-685.  Former Section 50-13-1196, see now Section 60-13-690.  Former Section 50-13-1197, see now Section 50-13-695.  Former Section 50-13-1198 was entitled "Limitations on herring fishing at St. Stevens Powerhouse" and was derived from 1984 Act No. 323, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.  Former Section 50-13-1199 was entitled "Releasing confiscated property to innocent owner or lienholder; failure to recover property" and was derived from 1997 Act No. 18, Section 2.
SC Code § 50-13-1210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1210. Permanent obstruction to migration of fish prohibited; destruction of obstruction.

 No permanent obstruction of any kind or nature whatever, other than a dam for manufacturing purposes, shall be placed in any of the inland creeks, streams or waters of the State so as to obstruct the free migration of fish. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in the sum of two hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a period of not less than three nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court trying the case. Whenever any such permanent obstruction shall be found, any enforcement officer or any law enforcement officer may, in the name of the State, destroy or take down such obstruction or so much of it as is necessary to again permit the free migration of fish.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-647; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1220. Fishways in dams.

 No navigable stream of this State shall be obstructed by a dam or otherwise unless there be provided a fishway in such dam or other obstruction. For violation of this section a person shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars for each day that such obstruction shall exist without such fishway after such person shall have been notified in writing by any person that such obstruction exists.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-648; 1952 Code Section 28-648; 1942 Code Section 1770-2; 1932 Code Section 1805; Cr. C. '22 Section 776; Cr. C. '12 Section 759; 1910 (26) 576; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1230. Construction of certain fishways or ladders.

 All persons who have erected or may hereafter erect artificial dams across the inland creeks, rivers, streams or waterways of this State which prevent migratory fish from ascending the same, unless excused by the governing body of the county, shall construct proper fishways or ladders over the same, to be approved by the governing body of the county in which such dam is situated and should such persons refuse or fail so to do within thirty days after notice from the governing body of the county they shall be liable to a fine or penalty of five thousand dollars, recoverable by the county in which such dam has been or may be erected in a court of competent jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-653; 1952 Code Section 28-653; 1942 Code Section 1772-6; 1932 Code Sections 1818, 3415; Civ. C. '22 Section 1031; Cr. C. '22 Section 788; Civ. C. '12 Section 3433; Cr. C. '12 Section 771; Civ. C. '02 Section 2347; Cr. C. '02 Section 518; G. S. 1670; R. S. 404, 1848; 1871 (15) 661; 1908 (25) 1036; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1240. Designation of fish sluices; obstruction of sluices constitutes public nuisance.

 It shall be the duty of the governing body of the county to designate the fish sluices on the several rivers so as to leave one or more passages for fish up such rivers. Such sluices shall be sixty feet wide or, where there are two or more such sluices, they shall be, together, sixty feet wide. When they shall be so designated, it shall be lawful for any person to open such sluices. If any person shall obstruct any such sluice, when once opened, so as to prevent the free passage of fish up such sluice, and every part thereof, he shall be guilty of a public nuisance and, on conviction thereof in the court of general sessions, shall be fined one hundred dollars and shall stand committed until such fine be paid for a time not exceeding ten days, at the discretion of the court before which such conviction may take place. Whenever a fish sluice in any of such rivers shall have been designated as provided in this section, any stoppage of such sluice shall be regarded as a public nuisance and may be abated as such.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-654; 1952 Code Section 28-654; 1942 Code Section 1772-8; 1932 Code Sections 1821, 3416; Civ. C. '22 Section 1032; Cr. C. '22 Section 790; Civ. C. '12 Section 3434; Cr. C. '12 Section 773; Civ. C. '02 Section 2348; Cr. C. '02 Section 520; G. S. 1672; R. S. 406, 1849; 1827 (6) 340; 1837 (6) 569; 1879 (17) 74; 1890 (20) 705; 1934 (38) 1415; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1250. Fish sluices designated not more than once yearly.

 The governing bodies of the several counties shall designate and lay out the fish sluices but once a year and shall execute this duty on or before the first day of October whenever they shall determine to change them in any year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-655; 1952 Code Section 28-655; 1942 Code Section 1772-9; 1932 Code Section 3417; Civ. C. '22 Section 1033; Civ. C. '12 Section 3435; Civ. C. '02 Section 2349; G. S. 1673; R. S. 1850; 1838 (15) 599; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1260. Fish sluices not to be designated through certain dams.

 Nothing herein contained shall be construed to give authority to the governing bodies of the several counties to designate any fish sluice through any dam erected by public authority for the improvement of the navigation of any of the rivers or to designate any fish sluice through any dam erected by individuals for the purpose of propelling any machinery when the owner of such dam shall leave open a part of the river sixty feet wide or, where the dam extends entirely across the river, shall construct therein a sufficient fish sluice sixty feet wide and shall keep the same open for and during the months of February, March and April in each year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-656; 1952 Code Section 28-656; 1942 Code Section 1772-10; 1932 Code Section 3418; Civ. C. '22 Section 1034; Civ. C. '12 Section 3436; Civ. C. '02 Section 2350; G. S. 1674; R. S. 1851; 1827 (6) 341; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1410. Pollution of waters injuring fish and shellfish unlawful; enforcement.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, run, drain or deposit any dyestuffs, coal tar, oil, sawdust, poison or other deleterious substance in any of the waters, either fresh or salt, which are frequented by game fish within the territorial jurisdiction of this State in quantities sufficient to injure, stupefy or kill any fish or shellfish or be destructive to their spawn which may inhabit such waters, and the master or captain in charge of any boat, ship or vessel shall be responsible for the discharge of any of such substances from his vessel. Any person convicted of violating this section shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than three months nor more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court. The department shall diligently enforce this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-671; 1952 Code Section 28-671; 1942 Code Section 1769-5; 1932 Code Section 1820; 1925 (34) 92; 1952 (47) 2890; 1972 (57) 2431; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1415 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1415. Importation, possession, or placing water hyacinth and hydrilla in waters of State.

 No person shall possess, sell, offer for sale, import, bring, or cause to be brought or imported into this State, or release or place into any waters of this State any of the following plants:  (1) Water Hyacinth  (2) Hydrilla Provided, however, that the department may issue special import permits to qualified persons for research purposes only.  The department shall prescribe the methods, control, and restrictions which are to be adhered to by any person or his agent to whom a special permit under the provisions of this section is issued. The department is authorized to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section and the department, by regulation, is specifically authorized to prohibit additional species of plants from being imported, possessed, or sold in this State when, in the discretion of the department, such species of plants are potentially dangerous.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 10, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1420. Poisoning waters, or producing electric currents or physical shocks to catch fish unlawful.

 It is unlawful to poison the streams or waters of the State in any manner whatsoever for the purpose of taking fish or to introduce, produce or set up electrical currents or physical shocks, pressures or disturbances therein for the purpose of taking fish. The muddying of streams or ponds or the introduction of any substance which results in making the fish sick, so that they may be caught, is hereby declared to be "poisoning" in the sense of this section. No sawdust, acid or other injurious substance shall be discharged into any of the streams of the State where fish breed or abound. For a violation of this section the person so violating it shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not less than one day nor more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-672; 1952 Code Section 28-672; 1951 (47) 408; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1430. Casting impurities in waters prohibited.

 Should any person cause to flow into or be cast into any of the creeks, streams or inland waters of this State any impurities that are poisonous to fish or destructive to their spawn, such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished with a fine of not less than five hundred dollars or imprisonment of not less than six months in the county jail.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-673; 1952 Code Section 28-673; 1942 Code Section 1772-7; 1932 Code Section 1819; Cr. C. '22 Section 789; Cr. C. '12 Section 772; Cr. C. '02 Section 519; G. S. 1671; R. S. 405; 1726 (3) 270; 1871 (15) 661; 1934 (38) 1415; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1440. Using explosives to take fish unlawful.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to use dynamite, gun powder, lime or any other explosive in or about any of the streams or waters in this State to take or secure fish, to cause or to procure the same to be done, to aid, assist or abet anyone in so doing or to have in his possession dynamite or any other explosive or explosive device in any paddling boat, sailboat, motorboat, raft or barge usually used for fresh-water fishing in any of the rivers, lakes, streams or waters within this State. Any person using explosives for the taking of fish or having in his possession explosives in a paddling boat, motorboat, sailboat, raft or barge commonly used for fresh-water fishing in any of the rivers, lakes, streams or waters within this State shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon his conviction, shall be sentenced to serve a term at hard labor on the chain gang or in the Penitentiary or to pay a fine as follows, to wit: For the first offense a period of not more than three months or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars; for the second offense a period of one year or a fine of one thousand dollars; and for the third offense a period of two years or a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-674; 1952 Code Section 28-674; 1951 (47) 251; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1460. Penalty for conviction of use of explosives to take fish.

 A person convicted of violating any of the provisions of Section 50-13-1440 is prohibited from hunting or fishing within the State for five years, and both his hunting and fishing license, if either has been issued to him, must be immediately revoked upon his conviction. A person who fishes or hunts within the State after he has been convicted of violating the provisions of Section 50-13-1440 within the five-year period is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-675; 1952 Code Section 28-675; 1951 (47) 251; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 247; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1470. Failure to report use of explosives to take fish.

 A person who sees another person violating the provisions of Section 50-13-1440 and fails, within two weeks, to report the violation to an enforcement officer, sheriff, or some other law enforcement officer within the county in which the violation occurred is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-676; 1952 Code Section 28-676; 1948 (45) 1759; 1951 (47) 251; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 248; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
SC Code § 50-13-1480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 13 - Protection Of Fish|Section 50-13-1480. Informers not subject to criminal prosecution or civil suit.

 Any person who shall swear out a warrant, give information or testify as a witness against anyone for violating Section 50-13-1440 shall not be subject to a criminal prosecution for slander or malicious prosecution, neither shall he be subject to a civil action for damages in any court of competent jurisdiction for any alleged damages to the person so accused growing out of or in connection with such use of explosives.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-677; 1952 Code Section 28-677; 1948 (45) 1759; 1951 (47) 21; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.