South Carolina § 50-9-610 - Additional requirements for attempting to take nongame freshwater fish.

§ 50-9-610. Additional requirements for attempting to take nongame freshwater fish.

(A) In addition to the licenses required for freshwater fishing, each licensee attempting to take nongame freshwater fish must obtain:

(1) a tag for each eel pot, at five dollars a tag for residents and fifty dollars a tag for nonresidents;

(2) a tag for each fyke net, at ten dollars for residents and fifty dollars for nonresidents;

(3) a tag for each gill net, at five dollars a tag for residents and fifty dollars a tag for nonresidents;

(4) a tag for each hoop net, at ten dollars a tag for residents and fifty dollars a tag for nonresidents;

(5) a tag for each trap, at five dollars a tag for residents and fifty dollars a tag for nonresidents;

(6) a tag for each trotline, not to exceed fifty hooks each, at two dollars fifty cents a tag for residents and fifty dollars a tag for nonresidents;

(7) a permit for using up to fifty jugs, at five dollars a permit for residents and fifty dollars for nonresidents;

(8) a permit for using up to fifty set hooks, at five dollars a permit for residents and fifty dollars for nonresidents.

(B) Permits for jugs and set hooks are not required for residents assisting permit holders.

(C) The licensee must affix the tag or identification information to the respective device.

HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 200, SECTION 10, eff May 28, 2010; 2013 Act No. 94, SECTION 9, eff July 1, 2013.

Effect of Amendment

The 2013 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "for freshwater fishing, each licensee attempting to take nongame freshwater fish must obtain" for "to take freshwater fish each licensee taking nongame freshwater fish, when using these devices must have"; and rewrote subsection (C).