South Carolina § 50-5-1915 Charter fishing vessel and public pier logs; penalties.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 50-5-1915 — Charter fishing vessel and public pier logs; penalties.

South Carolina § 50-5-1915

Title 50FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT

Ch. 5MARINE RESOURCES ACT

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S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1915 (2026).

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(A)Charter fishing vessels shall maintain a log of the number of persons carried each day, number of hours engaged in fishing, number of fish by species caught each day and other information considered necessary by the department. The logs must be submitted to the department monthly by the tenth day of the following month. A person licensed to operate a charter fishing vessel who fails to maintain or submit a log as required is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, and a subsequent charter fishing vessel license must not be issued until the requirements of this subsection are met.

(B)Public fishing piers shall maintain a log of the number of persons fis

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(A) Charter fishing vessels shall maintain a log of the number of persons carried each day, number of hours engaged in fishing, number of fish by species caught each day and other information considered necessary by the department. The logs must be submitted to the department monthly by the tenth day of the following month. A person licensed to operate a charter fishing vessel who fails to maintain or submit a log as required is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, and a subsequent charter fishing vessel license must not be issued until the requirements of this subsection are met. (B) Public fishing piers shall maintain a log of the number of persons fishing from that structure each day. The logs must be submitted to the department monthly by the tenth day of the following month as prescribed or approved by the department. An owner or operator who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days and a subsequent license must not be issued until the requirements of this subsection are met.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 245, SECTION 10; 2002 Act No. 342, SECTION 40; 2009 Act No. 15, SECTION 6, eff July 1, 2009. Effect of Amendment The 2009 amendment, in subsection (A), in the second sentence of the first paragraph substituted "to the department monthly by the tenth day of the following month" for "as prescribed or approved by the department"; and, in subsection (B), in the first sentence added "to the department monthly by the tenth day of the following month" and in the second sentence substituted "An owner or operator" for "A person" and "five hundred dollars" for "two hundred dollars". SECTIONS 50-5-1920, 50-5-1925. Repealed by 2009 Act No. 15, SECTION 10, eff July 1, 2009. Editor's Note Former SECTION 50-5-1920 was entitled "Saltwater recreational fisheries licenses; saltwater public fishing pier licenses; charter vessel licenses; fees" and was derived from 2000 Act No. 245, SECTION 10; 2000 Act No. 370, SECTION 6; 2002 Act No. 178, SECTION 3. Former SECTION 50-5-1925 was entitled "Individuals exempt from purchase of stamp" and was derived from 2000 Act No. 245, SECTION 10; 2000 Act No. 370, SECTION 7.