The department must monitor the various drainage basins and water bodies of this State and may promulgate regulations to set seasons, take (catch) and size limits, areas, methods, times, equipment requirements, and catch reporting requirements for taking of shad, herring, and sturgeon as needed for proper management in each basin or water body as a zone. It is unlawful to take or attempt to take shad, herring, or sturgeon except as authorized by this article. It is unlawful to possess more than the legal limit of shad, herring, or sturgeon.
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1505
Taking of shad, herring, or sturgeon
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 8; 2001 Act No. 5, SECTION 1; 2001 Act No. 12, SECTION 1; 2001 Act No. 20, SECTIONS 1, 2; 2002 Act No. 183, SECTIONS 1, 2; 2002 Act No. 342, SECTION 32.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.