South Carolina Code 50-5-1705. Catch limits
(B) The limits established in this article apply to all state waters.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-5-1705
- Boat: means a vessel. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
- Fish: means finfish, shellfish including mollusks, crustaceans, horseshoe crabs, whelks (conchs), turtles, and terrapin or products thereof. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Fork length: means the length of a fish laid flat and measured from the tip of the closed mouth (snout) to the center of the fork of the tail. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Gig: means a device used to spear fish by hand; to take fish by hand by use of a prong, spear, or similar device and includes bow and arrow. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Mariculture: means controlled cultivation in confinement of marine and estuarine organisms in salt waters. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Person: means an individual, a partnership, a firm, a corporation, an association, or other legal entity. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
- Take: means to harass intentionally, hunt, capture, gather, harvest, remove, catch, wound, or kill or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, gather, harvest, remove, catch, wound, or kill. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
(C) It is unlawful for a person to take or have in possession more than ten spotted seatrout in any one day.
(D) It is unlawful for a person to take or have in possession more than two red drum in any one day, not to exceed six red drum in any one day on any boat.
(E) It is unlawful for a person to take or possess more than one tarpon in any one day or a tarpon of less than seventy-seven inches in fork length.
(F) It is unlawful for a person to take or have in possession more than five black drum (Pogonias cromis) in any one day.
Text of (G) effective until June 30, 2024. See, also, text of (G) effective June 30, 2024.
(G) It is unlawful for a person to take or possess more than five flounder (Paralichthys species) taken by means of gig, spear, hook and line, or similar device in any one day, not to exceed ten flounder in any one day on any boat.
Text of (G) effective June 30, 2024. See, also, text of (G) effective until June 30, 2024.
(G) It is unlawful for a person to take or possess more than ten flounder (Paralichthys species) taken by means of gig, spear, hook and line, or similar device in any one day, not to exceed twenty flounder in any one day on any boat.
(H) It is unlawful for a person to take or have in possession more than one weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) in any one day.
(I) It is unlawful for a person to take or possess more than ten sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus) in any one day, not to exceed thirty sheepshead in any one day on any boat.
(J) It is unlawful for a person to take or possess in any one day more than fifty of a combination of the following: spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), whiting (Menticirrhus spp.), and Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) taken by hook and line.
(K) It is unlawful to take or possess hardhead catfish (Ariopsis felis) or gafftopsail catfish (Bagre marinus).
(L) It is unlawful to gig for spotted seatrout or red drum from December first through the last day of February, inclusive.
(M) It is unlawful to take or possess a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Any great white shark that is caught must be released immediately and must remain completely in the water at all times while being released.
(N) The possession limits do not apply to the possession or sale of properly identified fish imported by seafood dealers or produced by permitted mariculture operations, or to possession as allowed under permit authorized by this chapter.
(O) It is unlawful for a person to take or have in possession more than ten spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) in any one day, not to exceed thirty spadefish in any one day on any boat.
(P) It is unlawful for a person to take or have in possession more than three tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) in any one day, not to exceed nine tripletail in any one day on any boat.