§ 20-10-16. Penalties.
(a) Any person who conducts aquaculture activities in excess of those authorized by an
aquaculture permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment not
exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
In addition to that fine and/or imprisonment, all works, improvements, fish, and animal
and plant life involved in the project may be forfeited to the state.
(b) Any person damaging, disturbing, or interfering with any area subject to an aquaculture
permit or any person damaging, disturbing, interfering, or taking by any means whatsoev
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§ 20-10-16. Penalties.
(a) Any person who conducts aquaculture activities in excess of those authorized by an
aquaculture permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment not
exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
In addition to that fine and/or imprisonment, all works, improvements, fish, and animal
and plant life involved in the project may be forfeited to the state.
(b) Any person damaging, disturbing, or interfering with any area subject to an aquaculture
permit or any person damaging, disturbing, interfering, or taking by any means whatsoever,
or possessing the cultivated species in an area subject to an aquaculture permit,
without the permission of the permittee, is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to
imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
($1,000), or both. In addition to that fine and/or imprisonment, all vessels, dredges,
tongs, rakes, and other implements used to damage, disturb, interfere, or take cultivated
species in those areas may be forfeited to the state.