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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 18 - Aquaculture › Section 50-18-255. Wholesale aquaculture licenses; license year; cost; exemption for individuals holding current aquaculture permits; penalties.

(A) To engage in processing or the wholesale marketing of nonliving aquaculture products, regardless of where cultured, a person must first apply for and obtain an annual wholesale aquaculture license from the department. For purposes of this subsection, a license year is July first through June thirtieth of the following year.
(B) A person may acquire an annual wholesale aquaculture license at a cost of one hundred dollars for the year in which issued and twenty-five dollars for each continuous year or part thereof that the license is renewed.
A person holding a current aquaculture permit is not required to obtain a wholesale aquaculture license to engage in processing or wholesale or retail marketing of aquaculture products produced under the aquaculture permit.
(C) It is unlawful to engage in activities requiring a license under this section without first acquiring a license. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Each product sold or offered for sale in violation of this section may constitute a separate offense.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 60, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 18 - Aquaculture › Section 50-18-260. Aquacultured game fish retail license; application and issuance; display of license; penalties.

(A) A person who sells or offers to sell a nonliving aquacultured game fish or product thereof to consumers, regardless of where cultured, must first acquire an annual aquacultured game fish retail license at no cost issued by the Department of Natural Resources unless that person holds a current aquaculture permit.
(B) Application for such license must be made on forms provided by the department. The department or its authorized agent will issue an aquaculture game fish retail license at no cost upon proper application.
(C) A license is required for each location where aquacultured game fish or product thereof is offered for sale to consumers. Licenses issued under this section must be displayed conspicuously at the point of retail sale. For purposes of this section, a license year is July first through June thirtieth of the following year.
(D) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the person must be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 60, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 18 - Aquaculture › Section 50-18-265. Invoices, receipts, and bills of lading; inspections; documentation and record retention; penalties.

(A) Except as provided in this section, when an aquacultured product is exchanged for a commercial purpose between persons, an invoice or receipt is required showing the date, producer, origin, destination, permit, registration, and license numbers as appropriate, species name, product, and quantity exchanged.
(B) When an aquacultured product is offered for sale, a corresponding invoice for that product must be available for inspection and maintained at the place of business where the product is offered for sale.
(C) When an aquacultured product is shipped, a bill of lading is required showing the date, producer, origin, shipper, destination, permit, registration, and license numbers as appropriate, species name, product, and quantity shipped. Shippers must have the bills of lading in their possession while transporting any product. In accepting a shipment of aquacultured product, a shipper agrees to inspection by the department.
(D) Persons involved in aquaculture commerce must maintain all invoices, receipts, and bills of lading required under this section for three years.
(E) A person permitted, registered, or licensed under this chapter must keep accurate records and may be required to provide accurate information and reports to the department.
(F) The documentation, recordkeeping, and reporting provisions of this section are not obligations on the consumer.
(G) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the person must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each violation, and the department must suspend the permit, registration, or license under which the report or recordkeeping is required until accurate and complete reports are submitted to the department. Each delinquent or inaccurate report must be handled as a separate offense.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 60, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 18 - Aquaculture › Section 50-18-270. Intentional release of imported species into public waterways; penalties.

(A) Except as provided in this subsection it is unlawful to place or release intentionally any species imported from another state or jurisdiction into public waters in this State without a permit issued by the department. This section does not apply to the use of live bait. The department may grant permits at no cost to allow permitted aquaculturists to release aquacultured products into the public waters of this State as a part of a stocking program conducted or approved by the department.
(B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars and not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. In addition to any penalty the presiding magistrate may order restitution to the department.
(C) A person who violates this section for a second or subsequent offense within three years of a first offense must be fined five thousand dollars, no part of which may be suspended, or imprisoned for up to one year, or both. In addition to any penalty the presiding judge may order restitution to the department.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 60, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 18 - Aquaculture › Section 50-18-275. Freshwater game fish acquired for brood stock.

Freshwater game fish may be acquired for brood stock for aquaculture from the freshwaters of this State only as allowed by this title.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 60, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 18 - Aquaculture › Section 50-18-280. Transfer, alteration, use, and acquisition of permit, registration, license, or required instrument; penalties.

(A) It is unlawful to transfer, alter, damage, deface, tamper with, reuse, counterfeit, or use in a fraudulent manner a permit, registration, license, method of labeling, record, or other instrument required by this chapter; or to attempt to transfer, alter, damage, deface, tamper with, reuse, counterfeit, or use in a fraudulent manner a permit, registration, license, method of labeling, record, or other instrument required by this chapter.
(B) It is unlawful to acquire or to attempt to acquire fraudulently a permit, registration, or license provided in this chapter.
(C) It is unlawful to acquire or attempt to acquire a permit, registration, or license provided in this chapter if the privilege to hold the permit or license has been suspended.
(D) It is unlawful to misuse any instrument required by this chapter to defraud any person or the department.
(E) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
(F) A person who violates this section for a second or subsequent offense within three years of a first offense must be fined one thousand dollars, no part of which may be suspended, or imprisoned for up to thirty days, or both.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 60, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 18 - Aquaculture › Section 50-18-285. Tampering, damaging, vandalizing, poisoning, or stealing of aquaculture products or facilities; penalties.

(A) No person may tamper with, damage, vandalize, poison, steal, or attempt to tamper with, damage, vandalize, poison, or steal the products or facilities utilized in aquaculture or aquaculture businesses of a person permitted, registered, or licensed under this chapter.
(B) No person may cast or cause to be cast poison, impurities, or other substances that are injurious to aquatic species into the waters or water supply of any permitted or registered aquaculture facility.
(C) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, for a first offense must be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than one year. For a second or subsequent offense and, upon conviction, must be fined five thousand dollars, no part of which may be suspended, or imprisoned for one year, or both. Equipment, vessels, and vehicles used in a second or subsequent violation must be seized and forfeited to the department.
(D) For any violation of this section in addition to other penalties, the person convicted must pay restitution to the victim as determined by the court.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 60, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 18 - Aquaculture › Section 50-18-290. Jurisdiction of magistrates court; restitution; penalties.

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the magistrate's court has jurisdiction to try any criminal case that arises under this chapter and to impose the penalties set forth herein up to a maximum fine of five thousand dollars or imprisonment for up to thirty days. In addition to any penalty imposed under this chapter, the presiding magistrate may order restitution for losses or damages to natural resources and order full compensation to the aquaculture business for losses sustained.
(B) Unless otherwise provided, any person who violates a provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished:
(1) for a first offense, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment of not more than thirty days;
(2) for a second offense within three years of a first offense, by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days;
(3) for a third or subsequent offense within three years of a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 60, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-10. Repealed.

HISTORY: Former Section, titled Creation of Cherokee Fish and Game Club; purpose; duties of officers, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1002; 1952 Code Section 28-1002; 1942 Code Section 1801-2; 1936 (39) 1311; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-110 to 50-19-130. Repealed.

HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-110, titled Creation of Darlington County Advisory Fish and Game Commission; membership; terms of office; vacancies, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1091; 1959 (51) 517; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-120, titled Officers of Commission; meetings, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1092; 1959 (51) 517; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-130, titled Powers and duties of Commission, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1093; 1959 (51) 517; 1972 (57) 2431; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-210 to 50-19-240. Repealed.

HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-210, titled Creation of Prestwood Lake Wildlife Refuge Board; membership; terms of office, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1095; 1957 (50) 177; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-220, titled Organization and meetings of Board; compensation of members, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1096; 1957 (50) 177; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-230, titled Powers and duties of Board, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1097; 1957 (50) 177; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-240, titled Rules and regulations of Board as to means of taking nongame fish, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1098; 1958 (50) 1999; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-250. Night fishing prohibited.

Fishing at night in that portion of Four Hole Swamp known as Bridge Lake, in Dorchester County, is prohibited except during the shad season.
HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 200, Section 12, eff May 28, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-251. Slade Lake fishing and recreational requirements.

(A) The lawful size for black bass in Slade Lake in Edgefield County is twelve inches. The lawful catch limit for bass in Slade Lake is two per day, and the lawful catch limit for all other fish is fifteen per day.
(B) The open season for fishing on Slade Lake is the first day of April and ends on the first day of November. During the open season, fishing is only allowed on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, opening one-half hour before sunrise and closing one-half hour after sundown. A valid fishing license is required for a person sixteen years of age or older.
(C) It is unlawful to take any fish of any kind from Slade Lake except by hook and line, which includes poles, rod and reel, and natural or artificial bait, excluding minnows, and no person may use more than two poles at the same time. Nongame fishing devices may not be used.
(D) It is unlawful on Slade Lake or the recreational area of Slade Lake to:
(1) use watercraft of any kind on Slade Lake unless the watercraft is operated using oars or an electric trolling motor;
(2) have rifles, shotguns, or other firearms in one's possession;
(3) litter;
(4) have a glass container in one's possession;
(5) have beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverages in one's possession;
(6) operate a motor vehicle off designated roadways or park a vehicle outside of designated parking areas.
(E) A person violating a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than ten dollars or more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than ten days or more than thirty days, or both.
HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 200, Section 13, eff May 28, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-310. Fishing on causeway crossing Belle Isle Lake prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to fish at any time on the causeway crossing Belle Isle Lake on the Old South Island Road in Georgetown County. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not to exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars or be confined for a period not to exceed thirty days, in the discretion of the court, for each separate offense.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1099; 1957 (50) 255; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-410. Agreement respecting Lanier Lake.

The department may enter into an agreement with the owners of Lake Lanier, located in Greenville County, whereby the department may take over the management of the lake and lake property for fisheries and hunting purposes and shall take the necessary steps toward restocking the lake with fish, designating open and closed seasons for fishing and hunting thereon, making rules and regulations by which permits may be issued to persons for fishing and hunting thereon and in all other ways exercising complete control of the waters of the lake in such a manner that will most successfully restock, propagate and protect the fish and game in the lake for the benefit of the public in general.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1031; 1952 Code Section 28-1031; 1942 (42) 1574; 1952 (47) 2890; 1972 (57) 2431; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-450. Promulgation of regulations.

Notwithstanding any other provisions in this title, the department shall promulgate regulations to manage and protect fisheries in Lake William C. Bowen, Lake Blalock, and Spartanburg Municipal Reservoir #1 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 116, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-510. Fishing in spillway or race permitted.

Fishing shall be permitted along, in and on the spillway or race south of the floodgates of the Greenwood hydroelectric plant on or near waters of the Saluda River as provided in this article.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1041; 1952 Code Section 28-1041; 1949 (46) 189; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-520. Erection of fence on each side of race or spillway.

The Greenwood County Electric Power Commission shall erect on each side of such race or spillway a fence to run to the edge of the water as follows: Along the Newberry side or steam plant side such fence shall be erected at a point two hundred and twenty-five feet from the south side of the floodgate of the hydroelectric power plant, which shall be at or near the end of the riprap or cement abutment on such side and on the Greenwood side of such spillway or race a fence shall be erected at a point two hundred and twenty-six feet south of the floodgate of such hydroelectric plant, which shall be at or near the end of the riprap or cement abutment on such side. The fence or line to be erected on either side of such race or spillway shall be of such height and so constructed as not to materially interfere with fishing as herein permitted.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1042; 1952 Code Section 28-1042; 1949 (46) 189; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-530. Fishing beyond fence line.

No fishing shall be allowed beyond such fence toward the floodgate on the south side of the plant, nor shall any person be allowed beyond this point, either on the land or on the water, by boat or otherwise, except that any person fishing may cast or fish above the fence toward the floodgates of the hydroelectric plant if he does not go beyond the fence line to be established in accordance herewith.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1043; 1952 Code Section 28-1043; 1949 (46) 189; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-540. Restrictions on northern and lake side of plant.

No fishing shall be allowed nor shall any person go within three hundred feet of the northern edge of the floodgates on the northern and lake side of the hydroelectric power plant. The Greenwood County Electric Power Commission shall erect a fence or signs to identify such line so that members of the public shall be fully informed as to its location. Fishers may cast or fish beyond such line provided they do not go beyond it.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1044; 1952 Code Section 28-1044; 1949 (46) 189; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-550. "No trespass" signs posted.

The Greenwood County Electric Power Commission shall establish and maintain proper and suitable "no trespass" signs so that members of the public shall be sufficiently warned and notified as to the lines established.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1045; 1952 Code Section 28-1045; 1949 (46) 189; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-560. Manner of fishing.

Fishing permitted along such area, as herein provided, shall only be done by hook or line, which shall include poles, rods and reels and natural or artificial bait.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1046; 1952 Code Section 28-1046; 1949 (46) 189; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-570. Persons fish at own risk.

Any person fishing or going along the area as herein provided shall do so at his own risk, and no liability shall be imposed upon the counties or the authority involved in any manner whatever. Signs shall be erected at conspicuous places declaring that persons fishing and going along the area as herein authorized shall do so at their own risk.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1049; 1952 Code Section 28-1049; 1949 (46) 189; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-580. Article does not affect operations of Greenwood County Electric Power Commission.

The provisions of this article shall not affect in any manner the authority of the Greenwood County Electric Power Commission and the acts of the employees, agents, licensees and servants of the Commission in carrying on their duties and responsibilities in connection with the operation of such plant.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1050; 1952 Code Section 28-1050; 1949 (46) 189; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-590. Penalties.

Any person violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as follows:
(1) For a first offense by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not less than ten days or more than thirty days;
(2) For a second offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not less than fifteen days or more than thirty days; and
(3) For a third offense by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not less than thirty days, in the discretion of the court having jurisdiction.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1051; 1952 Code Section 28-1051; 1949 (46) 189; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-710. Temporary use of nongame fishing devices on the Little Pee Dee River.

Beginning on July 1, 2012, and for three years thereafter on the Little Pee Dee River, the following nongame devices are permitted:
(1) Hoop nets:
(i) recreational license-one;
(ii) commercial license-twenty-five;
(2) Traps:
(i) recreational license-two;
(ii) commercial license-twenty-five.
To fish these devices only in the Little Pee Dee River the department will issue special tags valid for three years at no cost.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1061; 1952 Code Section 28-1061; 1946 (44) 1353; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267; 2012 Act No. 114, Section 7, eff July 1, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-720 to 50-19-780. Omitted by 2012 Act No. 114, Section 7, eff July 1, 2012.

Editor's Note
Former Section 50-19-720 was entitled "Terms of commissioners; organization; election of officers; vacancies" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1062; 1952 Code Section 28-1062; 1946 (44) 1353; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
Former Section 50-19-730 was entitled "Meetings of Commission" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1063; 1952 Code Section 28-1063; 1946 (44) 1353; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
Former Section 50-19-740 was entitled "Compensation of commissioners" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1064; 1952 Code Section 28-1064; 1951 (47) 506; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
Former Section 50-19-750 was entitled "Salaries of conservation officers" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1066; 1952 Code Section 28-1066; 1946 (44) 1353; 1952 (47) 2890; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
Former Section 50-19-760 was entitled "Reports on conservation officers; recommendation of suspension or discharge" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1067; 1952 Code Section 28-1067; 1946 (44) 1353; 1952 (47) 2890; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
Former Section 50-19-770 was entitled "Fish and game seasons" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1068; 1952 Code Section 28-1068; 1946 (44) 1353; 1952 (47) 2890; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
Former Section 50-19-780 was entitled "Unlawful to bathe, fish, or trespass near ocean fishing piers" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1069; 1956 (49) 1815; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-960. Use of dogs to hunt deer during open season in certain parts of Lancaster County.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be lawful to hunt deer with dogs from September fifteenth through January first in the following described area of Lancaster County:
Beginning at a point where the old Kershaw-Lancaster County line crosses State Road 522, thence easterly along such line to Beaver Creek, thence southerly along Beaver Creek to the present Kershaw-Lancaster County line, thence westerly along such line to Mud Hole Road, thence northerly along Mud Hole Road to Road 522 in Stoneboro, thence northerly along Road 522 to the point of beginning.
HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 490, Section 1; 1981 Act No. 74, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1010, 50-19-1020. Repealed.

HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1010, titled Recommendations as to laws and closed seasons, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1102; 1952 Code Section 28-1102; 1949 (46) 408; 1951 (47) 389; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1020, titled Cooperation with and reports to Division of Game, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1104; 1952 Code Section 28-1104; 1949 (46) 408; 1951 (47) 389; 1952 (47) 2890; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1110 to 50-19-1190. Repealed.

HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1110, titled Creation of Marion County Fish and Game Commission; appointment and qualifications of members, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1121; 1952 Code Section 28-1121; 1949 (46) 229; 1950 (46) 1977; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1120, titled Terms of commissioners; vacancies, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1122; 1952 Code Section 28-1122; 1949 (46) 229; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1130, titled Organization of Commission; meetings, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1123; 1952 Code Section 28-1123; 1949 (46) 229; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1140, titled General powers and duties of Commission, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1124; 1952 Code Section 28-1124; 1949 (46) 229; 1952 (47) 2890; 1957 (50) 279; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1150, titled Commission to recommend changes in laws, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1125; 1952 Code Section 28-1125; 1949 (46) 229; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1160, titled Nomination of enforcement officers, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1126; 1952 Code Section 28-1126; 1949 (46) 229; 1952 (47) 2890; 1957 (50) 279; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1170, titled Determination of enforcement officers' salaries, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1127; 1952 Code Section 28-1127; 1949 (46) 229; 1952 (47) 2890; 1957 (50) 279; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1180, titled Report on enforcement officers; recommendation of suspension or discharge, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1128; 1952 Code Section 28-1128; 1949 (46) 229; 1952 (47) 2890; 1957 (50) 279; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1190, titled Shelly Lake fish sanctuary, had the following history: 2010 Act No. 200, Section 14, eff May 28, 2010. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
Article 21
Marlboro County; Fish and Wildlife Projects [Repealed]
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1310 to 50-19-1330. Repealed.

HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1310, titled Department may acquire land in Marlboro County for fish and wildlife projects, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1131; 1955 (49) 17; 1972 (57) 2431; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1320, titled Power of condemnation; procedure, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1132; 1955 (49) 17; 1972 (57) 2431; 1987 Act No. 173, Section 32; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1330, titled Expenditure of funds, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1133; 1955 (49) 17; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1510. License unnecessary for hunting crows in York County.

It shall be lawful for residents of York County to hunt and kill crows in said county without a hunting license.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1191; 1952 Code Section 28-1191; 1944 (43) 1264; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1610. Establishment of Catawba Lake Fishing Area.

That body of backwater lying above the India Hook Dam on the Catawba River in York County, and extending to the North Carolina state line, together with the waters of the streams tributary thereto from the points at which such tributaries empty into the lake to the points where the flow of such streams is normal and the water level not raised by the impounding of the backwaters of the lake, are hereby set apart as the Catawba Lake Fishing Area, such tributary limits to be clearly marked with signs by the department.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1201; 1952 Code Section 28-1201; 1947 (45) 531; 1952 (47) 2890; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1620. Fishing near India Hook Dam.

It is unlawful for any person to fish from a raft, boat or any other floating device in the following described areas on the Catawba River in York County: An area lying downstream from the Catawba dam and powerhouse of the Duke Power Company in York County, such area extending for a distance of approximately three hundred and seventy-five feet downstream from the south or downstream wall of the powerhouse and extending from the east bank of the river to the southwestern corner of the dam; also an area on the upstream side of the powerhouse extending for a distance of approximately one hundred feet from the northern or upstream wall of the powerhouse and extending from the eastern bank of the pond to the western wall of the powerhouse.
However, this section shall not be construed to prevent fishing from any point on the rock pile situate below the India Hook Dam or on the banks adjacent to the areas above described. The term "banks adjacent to the areas above described" shall not include any part or extension of the dam.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, in the discretion of the trial court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1202; 1952 (47) 2889; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1630. Appropriation and taxes.

Whatever funds are necessary for the carrying out of the purpose and intent of this article are hereby appropriated for the payment of expenses, including salaries. Whatever the amount, the county auditor and the county treasurer shall fix a levy and collect the taxes upon all of the taxable property in York County to meet the needs of the funds herein appropriated and such taxes shall be collected as any other taxes are collected.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1204; 1952 Code Section 28-1204; 1947 (45) 531; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1710 to 50-19-1730. Repealed.

HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1710, titled Creation of Catawba-Wateree Fish and Game Commission; membership, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1011; 1952 Code Section 28-1011; 1949 (46) 335; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1720, titled Meetings of Commission; compensation of members; records, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1012; 1952 Code Section 28-1012; 1949 (46) 335; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
HISTORY: Former Section 50-19-1730, titled Powers and duties of Commission, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-1013; 1952 Code Section 28-1013; 1949 (46) 335; 1952 (47) 2890; 1972 (57) 2431; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 231, Section 1.A, eff June 17, 2022.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1810. Fishing below Wateree Dam in Kershaw County; liability of power company.

It shall not be unlawful for anyone to fish from the banks of the watercourse below the Duke Power Company Wateree Dam in Kershaw County within two hundred feet from the dam, but it shall be unlawful to fish from any structure or abutment erected by Duke Power Company, and Duke Power Company shall not be liable for any injury sustained by any fisherman fishing within the two hundred foot prohibited zone. Anyone violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1023; 1957 (50) 62; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1820. Fishing above Wateree Dam in Kershaw County.

It shall not be unlawful for anyone to fish from the banks of the watercourse above the Duke Power Company Wateree Dam in Kershaw County within one hundred feet from the dam, but it shall be unlawful to fish from any structure or abutment erected by Duke Power Company. Nothing in this section or Section 50-25-320 shall be construed to prohibit fishing in waters within one hundred feet of the dam from a boat which is further than one hundred feet from the dam.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1024; 1961 (52) 663; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1830. Unlawful to hunt or molest waterfowl or nests on certain waters of Wateree Lake.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or molest in any manner any species of waterfowl or to molest any nests of any waterfowl on the waters of Wateree Lake between the Wateree Dam and Dutchman's Creek in Kershaw County.
(2) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1025; 1971 (57) 2033; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1840. Penalties.

Except as otherwise provided, any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or sentenced to serve not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1017; 1952 Code Section 28-1017; 1949 (46) 335; 1957 (50) 62; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1910, 50-19-1920. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 200, Section 15, eff May 28, 2010.

Editor's Note
Former Section 50-19-1910 was entitled "Holders of temporary nonresident licenses may fish in private ponds in Clarendon County" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1212; 1952 Code Section 28-1212; 1951 (47) 258; 1953 (48) 217; 1957 (50) 276; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
Former Section 50-19-1920 was entitled "Fishing regulations applicable to Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, the Diversion Canal, and the Tail Canal" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1214; 1952 Code Section 28-1214; 1951 (47) 258; 1952 (47) 2890; 1955 (49) 476; 1957 (50) 276; 1958 (50) 1615; 1960 (51) 1632; 1961 (52) 151, 152; 1962 (52) 2146; 1964 (53) 2397; 1973 (58) 418; 1975 (59) 621; 1981 Act No. 170, Section 5; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1925. Department to regulate fisheries in Santee River.

The Department shall promulgate regulations to manage and protect fisheries in the Santee River.
HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 122, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1930. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 200, Section 15, eff May 28, 2010.

Editor's Note
Former Section 50-19-1930 was entitled "Penalties for violating Sections 50-19-1910 and 50-19-1920" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1215; 1952 Code Section 28-1215; 1951 (47) 258; 1975 (59) 621; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-1935. Department of Health and Environmental Control and Department of Natural Resources to monitor bass fishery in Wateree-Santee riverine system.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control, in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources shall, from the funds appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, monitor the striped bass fishery in the Wateree-Santee riverine system.
Both departments shall have oversight responsibility for any studies which may be required as a condition of a DHEC permit.
HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 466, Part II, Section 10; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-2210. Authority for reciprocal agreement with Georgia as to recognition of resident licenses applicable below Clark Hill Dam.

The department may negotiate a reciprocal agreement with the authorities of the state of Georgia whereby any resident of Georgia properly licensed by that state may fish anywhere in the Savannah River, but not in its tributaries, below Clark Hill Dam with no other license being required, provided any resident of this State, properly licensed by this State, shall be permitted the same fishing privilege.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1254; 1961 (52) 408; 1972 (57) 2431; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-2215. Authority for reciprocal agreement with Georgia as to recognition of resident fishing licenses applicable between highway bridge and Hartwell Reservoir Dam.

The department may negotiate a reciprocal agreement with the authorities of the State of Georgia whereby any resident of Georgia properly licensed by that State may fish anywhere in the Savannah River, but not its tributaries, in that area between the highway bridge between Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, and Elberton, Georgia, and the Hartwell Reservoir Dam, including all waters impounded by the Richard B. Russell Dam.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 57, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-2220, 50-19-2230. Repealed by 2008 Act No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008.

Editor's Note
Former Section 50-19-2220 was entitled "Fishing regulations for certain waters of the Savannah River" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1255; 1952 (47) 1926; 1953 (48) 365; 1954 (48) 1560; 1959 (51) 359; 1961 (52) 152; 1975 (59) 621; 1981 Act No. 170, Section 6; 1982 Act No. 439, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
Former Section 50-19-2230 was entitled "Amendments and additions to fishing regulations" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-1256; 1954 (48) 1560; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-2240. Procedures for entering into reciprocal agreement with Georgia.

The department shall also negotiate for and enter into a reciprocal agreement with the authorized officials of the state of Georgia, adopting rules and regulations for the preservation and propagation of fish and game within the area as provided by law, the recognition of the licenses and permits of one state by the other and the enforcement of the laws of the two states over the area involved. If necessary to reach such an agreement or it is deemed advisable for the better protection and management of the game and fish of this area, the department may increase the bag limit to not more than twelve bass and thirty other game fish in possession at one time and may make and agree to other reasonable rules and regulations with the Georgia authorities, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, and may change or alter them from time to time. Any rules and regulations so adopted by the authorized officials of the two states on the above subjects and not inconsistent with the laws of this State shall have the force and effect of law, after being published in newspapers circulating in the area at least once a week for three weeks and after copies thereof have been filed with the Secretary of State, as provided by law. Any reciprocal agreement so entered into shall contain a provision that either party thereto may cancel it upon ninety days' written notice to the other party.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1257; 1954 (48) 1560; 1961 (52) 152; 1975 (59) 621; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, "as provided by law" was substituted for "described in Section 50-19-2220" in the first sentence.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 19 - Special Hunting And Fishing Provisions For Certain Counties And Areas › Section 50-19-2250. Penalties.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article, except Section 50-19-2210, or any of the rules or regulations adopted and promulgated under the authority thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-1259; 1952 (47) 1926; 1953 (48) 365; 1954 (48) 1560; 1961 (52) 408; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1267.