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Use of Fishing Equipment

S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-500— Use of nets; penalties
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-505— Net use requirements and restrictions; mariculture impoundment net use permit
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-510— Channel nets; season; observation of use by department; restrictions as to possession; requirements applicable to use of net and possession of license; penalties
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-515— Channel nets to be used only in designated areas; Turtle Excluder Device requirements; penalties
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-520— Channel net violations; forfeiture of license; seizure of equipment
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-525— Unlawful deployment of net; penalty
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-530— Placement of stationary and channel nets; time for setting and removal of channel nets; penalty
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-535— Placement of fishing equipment near public fishing pier or man-made jetty equipped with fishing walkway
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-540— Use of seine or gill net in state park; shrimp net exception
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-545— Commercial blue crab traps; escape vent requirements; peeler trap exemption
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-550— Trap buoy size, material, catch release feature and identification tag or other identifying information requirements; seizure of unmarked traps
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-555— Trap placement and attention requirements; department inspection, removal, seizure, and disposal
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-560— Blue crab traps on Cooper River
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-565— Time restrictions for placement of commercial traps
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-570— Use of live bait on lines with more than three hooks
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-575— Violation of provision for which no penalty provided; seizure and disposal of unlawful devices
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-580— Gigging for fish in saltwaters of Georgetown County
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-581— Gigging for flounder