§ 50-13-1410 Pollution of waters injuring fish and shellfish unlawful; enforcement
§ 50-13-1415 Importation, possession, or placing water hyacinth and hydrilla in waters of State
§ 50-13-1420 Poisoning waters, or producing electric currents or physical shocks to catch fish unlawful
§ 50-13-1430 Casting impurities in waters prohibited
§ 50-13-1440 Using explosives to take fish unlawful
§ 50-13-1460 Penalty for conviction of use of explosives to take fish
§ 50-13-1470 Failure to report use of explosives to take fish
§ 50-13-1480 Informers not subject to criminal prosecution or civil suit
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 50 > Chapter 13 > Article 9 - Pollution and Poisoning of Waters; Use of Explosives

  • Boat: means a vessel. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
  • convicted: means adjudication at trial or civil hearing and includes the entry of a plea of guilty, or nolo contendere, or the forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure a defendant's appearance in court. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources unless otherwise stated. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Fish: means finfish, shellfish including mollusks, crustaceans, horseshoe crabs, whelks (conchs), turtles, and terrapin or products thereof. 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means an individual, a partnership, a firm, a corporation, an association, or other legal entity. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
  • Shellfish: means oysters, clams, mussels, scallops, and all nonmotile molluscan fish having shells. 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
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Use: means operate, navigate, or employ. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
  • 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