S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1102: Persons who may not obtain or hold shrimp baiting license; penalty.

(A) Effective July 1, 2000, the following may not obtain or attempt to obtain a shrimp baiting license:

(1) any person who, or officer of a corporation which, owns a vessel specified on a trawl license;

(2) any person named as master of a vessel specified on a trawl license application;

(3) any person licensed to use a channel net;

(4) any person licensed to use a cast net for a commercial purpose; or

(5) any person who, or officer of a corporation which, is licensed as a wholesale seafood dealer.

(B) No person holding a shrimp baiting license may be a person specified in subsection (A).

(C) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.