S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1711 – Limits on taking, possessing or selling dolphins and mahimahi; harvest, possession or sale of Sargassum; penalties | Midpage
§ 50-5-1711
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1711
Limits on taking, possessing or selling dolphins and mahimahi; harvest, possession or sale of Sargassum; penalties
(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 twenty-six 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 50-5-1715, 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.