South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 123 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Article 2 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 123-33 - Taking American Eels and Catfish in Certain Waters

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
1. This rule and regulation regulates the
			 taking of American eels (onguilla rostrata) in the following waters of this
			 State: In the Cooper River and its tributaries from the Seaboard Coastline
			 Railroad Bridge located three thousand three hundred (3,300') feet downstream
			 from the lock and deck of the Jeffries Hydro Plant seaward to the point of the
			 confluence of the Cooper River and the Wando River at a line running from the
			 tip of Daniel Island westerly to the Old Coal Tipple Site.
2. There shall be no limit on the number of
			 eels taken.
3. All persons actively
			 engaged in the taking of eels in such waters shall be required to have a valid
			 statewide fishing license as provided under Section
			 50-9-450
			 or
			 50-9-460.
			 In addition all such persons shall be required to have a valid land and sell
			 license as provided under Section 50-17-180, and any vessel used shall be
			 required to be licensed under Section 50-17-210.
4. Eels may be taken legally from those
			 waters subject to its rule and regulation only with the following equipment and
			 gear:
a. Pots and baskets not to exceed two
			 (2') feet in diameter and four (4') feet in length with bar mesh of not less
			 than one-half ( 1/2 "') inch square and throat opening not to exceed two (2"')
			 inches in any direction. Each such pot or basket shall be tagged and marked in
			 accordance with Section
			 50-5-110,
			 Section 50-19-2910, and Section 50-19-2920, with the cost of each tag being one
			 ($1.00) dollar.
That records shall be maintained in accordance with the
				provisions of Section
				50-5-80(3).
Provided, that pots and baskets may be set or used only from
				Stoney Landing seaward in the Cooper River and its tributaries; and that the
				use of any pot or basket at any time in the Cooper River from the Seaboard
				Coastline Railroad Bridge located three thousand three hundred (3,300') feet
				downstream from the lock and deck of the Jeffries Hydro Plant to Stoney Landing
				shall be a violation of this Rule and Regulation. Pots and baskets shall be
				allowed to be set or used twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a
				week in all of the authorized areas of such use.
b. Fyke nets with wings not exceeding ten
			 (10') feet in length and fourteen (14') feet in depth; with the distance from
			 throat to cod end not to exceed twenty (20') feet. Maximum bar mesh for any
			 portion of the nets shall not exceed one-eighth ( 1/8 "') inch square; and all
			 fyke nets must be set with the cod end upstream from the wings. Fyke nets shall
			 be set only between sunset and sunrise, and all such nets shall be removed from
			 such waters between sunrise and sunset. A license as required under the
			 provisions of Section 50-17-360 shall be required for each fyke net used for
			 the taking of eels from such waters.
c. Hand-operated dip nets not to exceed two
			 (2') feet in diameter.