South Carolina § 50-5-1335 - Use of blue crab traps in certain locations.

§ 50-5-1335. Use of blue crab traps in certain locations.

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.

HISTORY: 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.

Effect of Amendment

The 2013 amendment, in the introductory paragraph, substituted "set a trap used for taking blue crab" for "set or use a blue crab trap".