House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee
Wildlife Subcommittee

TO: ALL WILDLIFE SUBCOMITTEE MEMBERS

FROM: THE HONORABLE TED VICK, CHAIRMAN

DATE: March 13, 2013

There will be a meeting of the Wildlife Subcommittee Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 410 of the Blatt Building. The following matters are on the agenda:

H. 3777 -- Reps. Goldfinch, Clemmons, Huggins, Bedingfield, Vick, McCoy, Allison, Ballentine, Barfield, Hardee, Kennedy, G.R. Smith, Sottile, Toole, Wells and Wood: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-520, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HUNTING SEASON BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, FOR THE HUNTING AND TAKING OF MALE WILD TURKEYS, SO AS TO ESTABLISH ONE STATEWIDE HUNTING SEASON, TO PROVIDE A BAG LIMIT OF FOUR GOBBLERS PER SEASON AND NOT MORE THAN TWO PER DAY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY DECLARE AN OPEN OR CLOSED SEASON ONLY ON WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS LANDS.

H. 3735 -- Reps. Goldfinch, Hardwick, H.A. Crawford, Huggins, Hardee, Clemmons, Vick, Finlay, Chumley, Hamilton, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, V.S. Moss, Owens, Pitts, Sottile, Wells and Wood: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-2730, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE STATE'S ADOPTION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT REGULATE THE TAKING OF FISH IN STATE WATERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT LAWS AND REGULATIONS DO NOT APPLY TO BLACK SEA BASS (CENTROPRIATES STRIATA), TO PROVIDE A LAWFUL CATCH LIMIT AND SIZE FOR THIS SPECIES OF FISH, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THERE IS NO CLOSED SEASON ON THE CATCHING OF BLACK SEA BASS (CENTROPRIATES STRIATA).

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