Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-5-760

  • Operator: means the person who operates or has charge or command of the navigation or use of a vessel or watercraft. 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
  • Trawling: means fishing with a trawl or having part of a trawl door in the water. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • 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
The operator of any vessel operating in an area or during a time when trawling is restricted or prohibited and which vessel does not have its trawl doors completely out of the water is illegally trawling.