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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
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(A) The department may grant permits to licensed commercial saltwater fishermen to trawl or dredge for finfish, blue crabs, whelks (conchs), or other marine resources in any portion of the General Trawling Zone and for horseshoe crabs in the salt waters of this State. A captain e…
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-760 Illegal trawling
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The operator of any vessel operating in an area or during a time when trawling is restricted or prohibited and which vessel does not have its trawl doors completely out of the water is illegally trawling.
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-765 Use of turtle excluder devices; penalty
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(A) Except as provided in this section, a turtle excluder device must be used in trawl nets in the salt waters of this State under the same conditions required by federal regulations. (B) Until the federal regulations are amended to require turtle excluder device escape openings …
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-770 Shrimp trawl requirements; penalties
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(A) A shrimp trawl made in part or in whole of any webbing less than two and one-half inches stretched mesh and exceeding a head rope length of sixteen feet used in the waters of this State must contain one or more department-approved, properly installed bycatch reduction devices…
