{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-5-997","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-997","heading":"Shellfish mariculture permittees; out-of-season harvest permits.","body":"(A) The department may issue an out-of-season harvest permit to a Shellfish Mariculture permittee for the privilege of harvesting or selling maricultured shellfish out of season. The department may consider a permittee's past compliance with the provisions of this chapter in making its determination to issue an out-of-season harvest permit.\n(B) In order to obtain an out-of-season harvest permit, a mariculture permittee must provide the following to the department:\n(1) a shellfish operations plan that meets requirements established by regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control pursuant to Section 44-1-140; and\n(2) a list of authorized harvesters and wholesale dealers that will possess the permittee's out-of-season shellfish.\n(C) Out-of-season harvest permits issued pursuant to this section may include conditions related to:\n(1) harvest times and harvest areas;\n(2) species;\n(3) testing;\n(4) reporting, record keeping, and inspection requirements;\n(5) genetic strains including ploidy;\n(6) tagging;\n(7) authorized harvesters; and\n(8) protection of the natural resources of this State.\n(D) An authorized harvester acting under the provisions of a permittee's out-of-season harvest permit must first complete any shellfish training required by regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control pursuant to Section 44-1-140. A Mariculture permittee must ensure that an authorized harvester acting under the permittee's out-of-season harvest permit abides by the conditions of the permit, receives proper training, and holds all required permits and licenses.\n(E) The department may suspend or revoke a mariculture permittee's out-of-season harvest permit for a violation of a permit condition by the permittee or by an authorized harvester of the permittee. The filing of a judicial appeal does not act as an automatic stay of enforcement of the out-of-season permit suspension or revocation.","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":"aa5e0b8baa4d132c5260ee0c6de4e67f4e8bdbee1eb01614abe512a643f76ac6","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-5-995","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-5-1000"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}