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;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-5-1335

  • Shoreline: means the line of mean high water along that portion of a land mass which is in direct contact with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Trap: is a n enclosed device used for taking fish, constructed to facilitate entry but prohibit or restrict exit of fish and is also called "pot". See South Carolina Code 50-5-15

(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.

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