South Carolina Code 50-5-555. Trap placement and attention requirements; department inspection, removal, seizure, and disposal
(B) No trap may be set so as to leave any portion of the trap dry at any stage of the tide.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-5-555
- Boat: means a vessel. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources unless otherwise stated. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, who claims lawful possession of a vessel or outboard motor by virtue of legal title or equitable interest in it which entitled him to possession. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
- Person: means an individual, a partnership, a firm, a corporation, an association, or other legal entity. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
- 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
- Trawling: means fishing with a trawl or having part of a trawl door in the water. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
(C) No trap may be unattended for more than five days. Without having written permission of the owner, no person may retrieve or remove catch from any trap the buoy of which is marked with a number assigned by the department to another person.
(D) No trap may be set so as to obstruct navigation in any creek or other navigable water course, access point, or mooring point. A trap determined by the department to be in violation of this section may be removed by the department and disposed of as provided in this chapter.
(E) The department may inspect traps for compliance with this section at any time. If the department finds any trap:
(1) set in violation of this section;
(2) containing excessive dead catch or only dead catch; or
(3) with buoy, line, or trap displaying excessive marine growth, the trap is contraband and must be seized and disposed of as provided in this chapter.
(F) No trap may be in the waters of the General Trawling Zone as established by § 50-5-705 when these waters are open to trawling for shrimp.