South Carolina § 16-13-65 - Aquaculture operations; stealing or damaging products or facilities.
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§ 16-13-65. Aquaculture operations; stealing or damaging products or facilities.
(A) All wildlife including finfish, shellfish, crustacean, and plant species held and cultivated by bonafide aquaculture operations remain the private property of the culturist until sold, traded, or bartered.
(B) It is unlawful for a person to steal or attempt to steal or otherwise take without prior authorization any cultured wildlife including finfish, shellfish, crustacean, or plants from a bonafide aquaculture operation, posted as such, in this State.
(C) It is unlawful for a person to transfer, damage, vandalize, poison, or attempt to transfer, damage, vandalize, or poison the product or facilities of a bonafide aquaculture operation, posted as such, in this State. No person may cast or cause to be cast poison, impurities, or other substances which are injurious to aquaculture species into the waters or water supply of a bonafide aquaculture operation, posted as such, in this State. No person may attempt to impair or impede an aquaculturist or his employees while in pursuit of lawful activities associated with aquaculture.
Nothing in this section precludes the enforcement of or the applicability of a statute contained in Title 50.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 121, SECTION 1.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16-13-65 ("Aquaculture operations; stealing or damaging products or facilities.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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