South Carolina Code 50-5-520. Channel net violations; forfeiture of license; seizure of equipment
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-5-520
- Boat: means a vessel. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
- 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 - Fishing: means all activity and effort involved in taking or attempting to take fish. 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
In addition to any other penalty, a person who violates channel net laws forfeits the privilege to hold a channel net license for the next thirty open season days. Any boat, motor, boat trailer, and equipment used in aid of a violation related to channel nets or during the period for which the channel net license has been suspended or revoked must be seized and disposed of as provided in this chapter. This seizure requirement does not apply to requirements relating to lighting of channel nets, distances from the centerline of marked navigation channels if the distance is greater than three hundred feet, and distances between channel nets and other fishing devices.