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S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-520: Channel net violations; forfeiture of license; seizure of equipment.

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  1. Title 50 - FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT
  2. CHAPTER 5 Marine Resources Act
  3. ARTICLE 5 Use of Fishing Equipment

In addition to any other penalty, a person who violates channel net laws forfeits the privilege to hold a channel net license for the next thirty open season days. Any boat, motor, boat trailer, and equipment used in aid of a violation related to channel nets or during the period for which the channel net license has been suspended or revoked must be seized and disposed of as provided in this chapter. This seizure requirement does not apply to requirements relating to lighting of channel nets, distances from the centerline of marked navigation channels if the distance is greater than three hundred feet, and distances between channel nets and other fishing devices.

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