(A) Effective July 1, 2000, the following may not obtain or attempt to obtain a shrimp baiting license:

(1) any person who, or officer of a corporation which, owns a vessel specified on a trawl license;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-5-1102

  • Cast net: means nonbaited circular webbing having a weighted peripheral line which is thrown by hand and retrieved by a central line connected to radiating tuck lines attached to the peripheral line. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Channel net: means any conical-shaped, fixed, or stationary net used for taking shrimp which:

    (a) is attached to poles, stakes, anchors, buoys, or other fixed objects; and

    (b) has a mesh size of less than two and one-half inches when the mesh is stretched; and is also known as a set net. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Commercial purpose: means :

    (a) being engaged in buying or selling fish;

    (b) taking or attempting to take fish in order to derive income or other consideration;

    (c) using commercial equipment; and

    (d) otherwise being engaged in the fisheries industry with the intent to derive income. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • Person: means an individual, a partnership, a firm, a corporation, an association, or other legal entity. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
  • Trawl: means a net, other than a haul seine, towed behind a boat. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Use: means operate, navigate, or employ. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
  • Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane regulated by the federal government, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10

(2) any person named as master of a vessel specified on a trawl license application;

(3) any person licensed to use a channel net;

(4) any person licensed to use a cast net for a commercial purpose; or

(5) any person who, or officer of a corporation which, is licensed as a wholesale seafood dealer.

(B) No person holding a shrimp baiting license may be a person specified in subsection (A).

(C) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.