When used in this chapter:

(1) "Aquaculture" means controlled cultivation of an aquatic species in confinement.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-18-210

  • Aquaculture: means controlled cultivation of an aquatic species in confinement. See South Carolina Code 50-18-210
  • Aquaculture business: means being involved in aquaculture for a commercial purpose. See South Carolina Code 50-18-210
  • Commercial purpose: means the culture, processing, purchase, sale, transfer, exchange, or the offer or exposure for sale, transfer, or exchange of a product, or engaging in aquaculture or aquaculture business in order to derive income or other consideration. See South Carolina Code 50-18-210
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, club, private body, or other entity. See South Carolina Code 50-18-210

(2) "Aquaculture business" means being involved in aquaculture for a commercial purpose.

(3) "Aquacultured product" means any living or nonliving form, part, or portion of an aquatic species spawned, raised, or produced by means of aquaculture, including an egg or offspring thereof.

(4) "Aquaculturist" means a person or entity engaged in aquaculture.

(5) "Commercial purpose" means the culture, processing, purchase, sale, transfer, exchange, or the offer or exposure for sale, transfer, or exchange of a product, or engaging in aquaculture or aquaculture business in order to derive income or other consideration.

(6) "Nonindigenous species" means a species, strain, or variety not native to this State and not established in the wild in this State.

(7) "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, club, private body, or other entity.

(8) "Processor" means a person who engages in cutting, dressing, or filleting a product for commercial purposes, other than when prepared and sold directly to the consumer.