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S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1335

Use of blue crab traps in certain locations

Known as the South Carolina Marine Resources Act

The act spans §§ 50-5-10 to 50-5-997 (171 sections).

2000 Act No. 245, SECTION 22; 2002 Act No. 247, SECTION 1; 2003 Act No. 60, SECTION 6; 2013 Act No. 7, SECTION 9, eff March 22, 2013.

It is unlawful to set a trap used for taking blue crab for commercial purposes within these waters of the State:

(1) Pawley's Island Creek and Midway Creek on Pawley's Island in Georgetown County;

(2) one hundred fifty feet of the mean low tide watermark on Atlantic Ocean shoreline of Pawley's Island in Georgetown County;

(3) DeBordieu Creek and its tributaries and distributaries above the entrance to Bass Hole Creek and seaward of the causeways of Luvan Boulevard in Georgetown County;

(4) the Sampit River above a line connecting the point on the eastern shoreline of Sampit River at its confluence with Winyah Bay at latitude 33° 21.08' N, longitude 79° 16.71' W and the point on the western shoreline of Winyah Bay generally south of its confluence with Sampit River at latitude 33° 20.68' N, longitude 79° 16.90' W in Georgetown County; and

(5) Little Chechessee Creek in Beaufort County.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.