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- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-525 · Unlawful deployment of net; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-530 · Placement of stationary and channel nets; time for setting and removal of channel nets; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-535 · Placement of fishing equipment near public fishing pier or man-made jetty equipped with fishing walkway.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-540 · Use of seine or gill net in state park; shrimp net exception.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-545 · Commercial blue crab traps; escape vent requirements; peeler trap exemption.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-550 · Trap buoy size, material, catch release feature and identification tag or other identifying information requirements; seizure of unmarked traps.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-555 · Trap placement and attention requirements; department inspection, removal, seizure, and disposal.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-560 · Blue crab traps on Cooper River.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-565 · Time restrictions for placement of commercial traps.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-570 · Use of live bait on lines with more than three hooks.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-575 · Violation of provision for which no penalty provided; seizure and disposal of unlawful devices.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-580 · Gigging for fish in saltwaters of Georgetown County.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-581 · Gigging for flounder.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-700 · Trawling prohibited.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-705 · Trawling Zone established.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-710 · Restrictions on trawling for shrimp in General Trawling Zone; prohibition on trawling outside General Trawling Zone; penalties; seizure and disposition of contraband.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-715 · Trawling restriction areas within General Trawling Zone.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-720 · Disposal of trawl bycatch; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-725 · Trawling waters description references.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-730 · Trawling near public fishing pier; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-735 · Night trawling; finfish exception.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-740 · Blue crab trawling season; penalty for trawling out of season; seizure and disposal of contraband.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-745 · Blue crab taken by legal shrimp trawlers.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-750 · Crab trawling equipment restrictions; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-755 · Permits to trawl or dredge for finfish, blue crabs, whelks, and horseshoe crabs; limitations and conditions as to equipment; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-760 · Illegal trawling.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-765 · Use of turtle excluder devices; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-770 · Shrimp trawl requirements; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-900 · Commercial shellfish culture or mariculture permits; term.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-905 · Permit applications; fee.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-910 · Permit requirements; lottery; sworn statement as to distribution through properly licensed wholesale seafood dealer.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-915 · Review of applications; permit requirements or conditions; revocation duties delegated to deputy director for Marine Resources.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-920 · Mitigation of adverse impacts on shellfish bottoms and waters.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-925 · Publication of notice of application.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-930 · Preference.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-935 · Fees; late payment penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-940 · Replanting for Shellfish Culture permittees; notice to department; revocation of permit or reduction of acreage for failure to replant.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-945 · Permit to take shellfish for replanting or use in mariculture; conditions.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-950 · Specification of other terms and conditions.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-955 · Designation and maintenance of Public Shellfish Grounds; areas containing DHEC permitted structure; taking for commercial purpose prohibited.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-960 · Rules governing recreational shellfish bottom harvests.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-965 · Taking shellfish from bottoms designated for commercial harvest; individual harvester permits; written approvals; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-970 · Mechanical harvest permits; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-975 · Commercial and personal harvest limited to areas specified on permit; penalties; voluntary surrender of commercial permit.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-980 · Erection and maintenance of signs; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-985 · Setting season for taking shellfish; bringing shellfish into State during closed season; night harvests; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-990 · Size limitations for hard clams of the genus Mercenaria; permits for possession and sale of undersized clams; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-995 · Shellfish mariculture operation permits.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-997 · Shellfish mariculture permittees; out-of-season harvest permits.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1000 · Wholesale seafood dealer prohibited from purchasing from unlicensed fisherman or dealer; maintenance of records; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1005 · Shellfish importation permits; conditions; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1010 · Shell removal permits; conditions; remedy in event of significant ecological perturbations; payment.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1015 · Unlawful removal of shell; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1020 · Possession of undersized whelk of genus Busycon taken for commercial purpose prohibited.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1100 · Lawful and unlawful taking of shrimp; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1102 · Persons who may not obtain or hold shrimp baiting license; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1105 · Catch limits; bait dealer taking and possession requirements; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1110 · Mesh size and stretch measure for shrimp cast nets.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1300 · Taking of sponge crabs prohibited; import permits; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1302 · Blue crab taking and possession limits.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1305 · Blue crabs; commercial taking at night prohibited; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1310 · Size limitations for blue crabs; peeler crab and clam mariculture exceptions.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1315 · Importation of undersize blue crabs; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1320 · Identification of vessels taking blue crabs by trap; buoy colors; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1325 · Stone crabs; claw size, removal and sale limitations; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1330 · Horseshoe crab permits, taking and handling requirements; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1335 · Use of blue crab traps in certain locations.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1340 · Repealed by 2012 Act No. 7, SECTION 12, March 22, 2013.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1345 · Season for taking blue crabs by trap.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1500 · Regulation of devices for taking shad, herring, or eels.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1505 · Taking of shad, herring, or sturgeon.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1506 · Zones, seasons, times catch limits, size limits, methods, and equipment for taking shad.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1507 · Zones, seasons, times, catch limits, size limits, methods, and equipment for taking herring.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1508 · Zones, seasons, times, catch limits, size limits, methods, and equipment for taking sturgeon.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1510 · Special provisions as to shad and herring.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1515 · Shad hook and line catch limits.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1520 · Herring catch limits.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1525 · Unlawful taking of Atlantic sturgeon; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1530 · Receiving Atlantic sturgeon; record keeping requirements; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1535 · Taking of shortnose sturgeon prohibited; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1540 · Net placement.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1545 · Removal of nets during off times and periods; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1550 · Seizure of net or seine containing decomposed fish.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1555 · Commercial eel taking permits; conditions; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1556 · Striped bass.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1557 · Shad, herring, or eel sale requirements.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1560 · Penalty for offense for which no penalty prescribed; seizure and disposal of equipment.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1700 · Taking of saltwater game fish; importation by wholesale or retail seafood dealer of red drum or spotted seatrout.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1705 · Catch limits.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1707 · Repealed by 2009 Act No. 47, SECTION 1, eff June 2, 2009.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1710 · Size limits.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1711 · Repealed by 2007, Act No. 85, SECTION 4, eff June 15, 2007.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1713 · Cobia limits established.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1715 · Penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1900 · Article title.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1915 · Charter fishing vessel and public pier logs; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1930 · Reciprocal recognition of recreational fisheries licenses issued by other coastal states.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1935 · Commemorative stamps authorized.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1940 · Creation and design of stamps, licenses, prints, and related articles.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1945 · Repealed by 2009 Act No. 15, SECTION 10, eff July 1, 2009.