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House: Rhoad, Witherspoon
Attorney: Draffin
Stenographer: Kubala
Date: April 9, 2003
Doc Name: L:\Council\Bills\GJK\20485SD03.DOC
TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1506, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FISHING FOR SHAD FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, SO AS TO CLOSE THE SEASON, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THERE BE NO LAWFUL TIMES, METHODS, AND EQUIPMENT, OR SIZE AND TAKE LIMITS FOR SHAD IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BEGINNING JULY 1, 2004.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-5-1506(i) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 342 of 2002, is amended to read:
"(i) Atlantic Ocean territorial sea as follows:
(1) Season: February 1 through March 31; beginning July 1, 2004, no open season;
(2) Times: 7:00 a.m. Tuesday to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, local time; beginning July 1, 2004, no open times;
(3) Methods and equipment: gill net; may be drift fished only; anchor nets are prohibited; gill nets, stake row nets, or pound nets are prohibited off Winyah Bay within three nautical miles of the midpoint of a line extending from where the north jetty of Winyah Bay intersects North Island running southwesterly to where the south jetty of Winyah Bay intersects Sand Island, including all waters between the jetties; beginning July 1, 2004, no lawful methods or equipment;
(4) Size and take limits: No limits. Beginning July 1, 2004, no take allowed."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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