{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-5-975","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-975","heading":"Commercial and personal harvest limited to areas specified on permit; penalties; voluntary surrender of commercial permit.","body":"(A) A person permitted to harvest shellfish from state- owned bottoms for commercial purposes must harvest, whether for commercial or personal use, from only the areas of state bottoms specified on the permit. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.\n(B) Following voluntary surrender of a commercial shellfish harvest permit by a commercial saltwater fisherman, the department must not reissue a commercial shellfish harvest permit to the person during the remainder of the license year.","path":["Title 50 - FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT","CHAPTER 5 Marine Resources Act","ARTICLE 9 Shellfish"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t50c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:47:24Z","sha256":"4a4299a2107f29006be943246d2ce2a00c7b48980923f12edec2677392cc2060","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-5-970","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-5-980"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}