BIL: 3475
RTN: 383
ACN: 320
TYP: General Bill GB
INB: House
IND: 19990204
PSP: Limehouse
SPO: Limehouse, Cotty, Knotts, Lucas, W.McLeod, MeachamRichardson, Rhoad, Sharpe, Trotter and Whipper
DDN: l:\council\bills\dka\3188mm99.doc
DPB: 20000525
GOV: S
DGA: 20000606
SUB: Dolphin game fish, limits on taking; Sargassum grass, harvest of prohibited; Fish and Game, Natural Resources Department
HST:
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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------20000616 Act No. A320
------20000606 Signed by Governor
------20000531 Ratified R383
Senate 20000525 Read third time, enrolled for
ratification
Senate 20000524 Read second time, unanimous
consent for third reading on
Thursday, 20000525
Senate 20000523 Committee report: Favorable 07 SFGF
Senate 20000504 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF
referred to Committee
House 20000504 Read third time, sent to Senate
House 20000503 Read second time
House 20000427 Recalled from Committee 20 HANR
House 19990204 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR
referred to Committee
Versions of This Bill
Revised on 20000427
Revised on 20000523
TXT:
(A320, R383, H3475)
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 17, CHAPTER 5, TITLE 50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COASTAL FISHERIES LAWS IN CONNECTION WITH FINFISH AND CRUSTACEANS, BY ADDING SECTION 5051711 SO AS TO ESTABLISH LIMITS ON TAKING DOLPHIN GAME FISH, CORYPHAENA HIPPARUS, ALSO KNOWN AS DORADO OR MAHIMAHI, AND TO PROHIBIT THE HARVEST OR POSSESSION OF THE AQUATIC “GRASS” SARGASSUM, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Limits on dolphin; unlawful possession of dolphin and Sargassum; penalties
SECTION 1. Article 17, Chapter 5, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
“Section 5051711. (A) It is unlawful to take, catch, have in possession, land, or sell a dolphin game fish, Coryphaena hipparus, also known as dorado or mahimahi in excess of the following limits:
(1) for a commercial boat, a commercial trip limit of four thousand five hundred pounds;
(2) for a recreational headboat or drift boat, a limit of fifty fish;
(3) for a recreational charter boat or other recreational boat not covered by item (2) above, a limit of seven fish for each person or twentysix fish for each boat;
(4) for a commercial fishery, an annual landing quota of one hundred eighty thousand pounds.
(B) It is unlawful to harvest, possess, transport, process, or sell the floating aquatic ‘grass’ known as Sargassum, an important habitat for dolphins and other marine species.
(C) The penalties for convictions of violations of this section are as provided in Section 5051715, and each dolphin fish taken in violation of this chapter and each instance of the harvest, possession, transportation, processing, or sale of Sargassum is a separate offense.”
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 31st day of May, 2000.
Approved the 6th day of June, 2000.
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