(21) 'Elver' means all American eels (Anguilla rostrata) less than or equal to six inches in total length. (20) 'Drop net' means a net mounted to a rigid frame with its diameter or diagonal width being eight feet or less and designed to be fished vertically by hand. (19) 'Dredge' means equipment used for harvesting bottom dwelling aquatic life which is not a trawl and is powered by mechanical means, and is designed to contact the bottom when in operation. (18) 'Department' means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources unless otherwise stated. Live rock culture specifically entails the deposition of substrate materials for the express purpose of removing the material at a later date for use, sale, or trade as live rock. (17) 'Cultured live rock' means a type of live rock which has been produced as a result of cultivation under controlled conditions, as in aquaculture operations. (16) 'Culch' means oyster shell or other substrate which is purposely placed for propagation of oysters through the attachment of oyster larvae. (15) 'Crustacean' means all forms of crabs, shrimp, crayfish, stone crabs, lobsters, and other motile fish having a chitonized shell excluding snails and horseshoe crabs. (14) 'Conviction' or 'convicted' means adjudication at trial or civil hearing and includes the entry of a plea of guilty, or nolo contendere, or the forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure a defendant's appearance in court.

(13) 'Conservation of fisheries' means management, regulation, data collection and analysis, permitting, public interactions, enhancement and protection of fisheries stocks and habitat, law enforcement, and research. (d) otherwise being engaged in the fisheries industry with the intent to derive income. (b) taking or attempting to take fish in order to derive income or other consideration (a) being engaged in buying or selling fish (b) any net, seine, trap, pot, tongs, rake, fork, trotline, or other device or appliance when used for taking or attempting to take fish for a commercial purpose. (a) any trawl, haul seine, gill net, channel net, bull rake, seed fork, grabs, escalator, or dredge and (10) 'Charter fishing vessel' means a vessel used to transport recreational saltwater fishermen for hire and includes charter, party, and head boats. (b) has a mesh size of less than two and one-half inches when the mesh is stretched and is also known as a set net. (a) is attached to poles, stakes, anchors, buoys, or other fixed objects and (9) 'Channel net' means any conical-shaped, fixed, or stationary net used for taking shrimp which:

(8) 'Catadromous' identifies fish which undertake adult migration from freshwater into brackish or salt water to spawn. (7) 'Cast net' means nonbaited circular webbing having a weighted peripheral line which is thrown by hand and retrieved by a central line connected to radiating tuck lines attached to the peripheral line. (5) 'Bull rake' means a rake having a basket and a width greater than twelve inches. (4) 'Bottoms' are all of the lands within this State covered at mean high water from the freshwater/saltwater dividing line seaward to the seawardmost limits of the territorial sea. (3) 'Board' means the South Carolina Board of Natural Resources. (2) 'Bang stick' means a device containing a charge mounted on a spear, pole, or other contrivance which is activated in order to stun or kill fish or other marine resource. (1) 'Anadromous' identifies fish which undertake adult migration from brackish or salt waters into freshwaters to spawn, except striped bass or rock fish and hybrid bass, and includes landlocked stocks of those fish.

245, Section 1.Īs used in this title pertaining to saltwaters: This chapter may be cited as the 'South Carolina Marine Resources Act of 2000'.

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