South Carolina Code 50-5-945. Permit to take shellfish for replanting or use in mariculture; conditions
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(A) Shellfish Culture permittees must acquire a permit to take shellfish for replanting from state bottoms designated by the department for that purpose. The permittee must make application to the department ten days before removing shellfish.
(B) Shellfish Mariculture permittees must acquire a permit from the department to take wild shellfish seed for use in mariculture.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-5-945
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources unless otherwise stated. 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
- Shellfish: means oysters, clams, mussels, scallops, and all nonmotile molluscan fish having shells. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Shellfish seed: means any shellfish that does not exceed one inch in height or maximum dimension. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- 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
- Use: means operate, navigate, or employ. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
(C) Permits issued pursuant to this section may include conditions related to:
(1) harvest dates and harvest areas;
(2) shellfish size and quantity limits;
(3) cull requirements; and
(4) protection of the natural resources of this State.