South Carolina Statutes
§ 50-13-675 — Nongame fishing devices or gear permitted in certain bodies of freshwater.
South Carolina § 50-13-675
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-13-675 (2026).
Text
Archery equipment, cast nets, crayfish traps, gigs, hand grabbing, landing nets (dip nets), minnow seines, minnow traps, and spears, may be used in freshwaters, except in lakes owned or managed by the department and the freshwaters of the State in Game Zone 1, to take nongame fish except for species-specific restrictions in this title. Where permitted, a recreational fisherman may fish one gill net not more than one hundred yards in length or not more than three gill nets, none of which exceeds thirty yards in length; a commercial fisherman may fish four or more gill nets. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, it is unlawful to use or possess any nongame fishing device or gear or the number not authorized by this section on the particular body of water. Nongame fishing devices,
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 170, SECTION 1; 1982 Act No. 461, SECTION 9; 1983 Act No. 107, SECTION 1; 1983 Act No. 131, SECTION 2; 1984 Act No. 320, SECTION 1; 1984 Act No. 364, SECTION 1; 1984 Act No. 367, SECTION 3; 1984 Act No. 430, SECTION 1; 1985 Act No. 61, SECTION 1; 1986 Act No. 454, SECTION 1; 1992 Act No. 316, SECTION 7; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1263; 1994 Act No. 350, SECTION 2; 2000 Act No. 350, SECTIONS 1, 2; 1976 Code SECTION 50-13-1192; 2012 Act No. 114, SECTION 4, eff July 1, 2012; 2016 Act No. 220 (H.3449), SECTION 1, eff June 3, 2016; 2016 Act No. 220 (H.3449), SECTION 2, eff January 1, 2021; 2021 Act No. 57 (S.545), SECTIONS 1 to 3, eff May 17, 2021; 2022 Act No. 137 (H.4907), SECTION 10, eff April 11, 2022; 2024 Act No. 193 (S.1051), SECTIONS 6, 7, eff June 10, 2024. Editor's Note "SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. However, Section 50-13-675(55)(a)(i) and Section 50-13-675(55)(a)(ii) are repealed on January 1, 2021." Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment renumbered and rewrote the section. 2016 Act No. 220, SECTION 1, in (55)(a), added (i), redesignated former (i) as (ii), and in (ii), deleted "only" following "license". 2021 Act No. 57, SECTION 1, in (46), added (e). 2021 Act No. 57, SECTION 2, in (55)(a), added (i). 2021 Act No. 57, SECTION 3, rewrote (9). 2022 Act No. 137, SECTION 10, in the first undesignated paragraph, in the first sentence, inserted "landing nets (dip nets)," following "hand grabbing," and substituted "and the freshwaters of the State in Game Zone 1, to take nongame fish except for species-specific restrictions in this title" for ", to take nongame fish". 2024 Act No. 193, SECTION 6, in (9), inserted (d). 2024 Act No. 193, SECTION 7, in (23), inserted (c).
Nearby Sections
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§ 50-13-10
Definitions.§ 50-13-1220
Fishways in dams.§ 50-13-1230
Construction of certain fishways or ladders.§ 50-13-1420
Poisoning waters, or producing electric currents or physical shocks to catch fish unlawful.§ 50-13-1430
Casting impurities in waters prohibited.§ 50-13-1440
Using explosives to take fish unlawful.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 50-13-675, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/13/50-13-675.