In addition to any other penalty, a person who violates channel net laws forfeits the privilege to hold a channel net license for the next thirty open season days. Any boat, motor, boat trailer, and equipment used in aid of a violation related to channel nets or during the period for which the channel net license has been suspended or revoked must be seized and disposed of as provided in this chapter. This seizure requirement does not apply to requirements relating to lighting of channel nets, distances from the centerline of marked navigation channels if the distance is greater than three hundred feet, and distances between channel nets and other fishing devices.
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-520
Channel net violations; forfeiture of license; seizure of equipment
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 3; 2002 Act No. 342, SECTION 22.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.