(A) Except as otherwise provided, no person sixteen years of age or older may engage in fishing for recreation in South Carolina salt waters seaward of the dividing lines between salt water and freshwater without a saltwater recreational fisheries license issued pursuant to this article.
(B) The license must be validated by the signature of the licensee.
(C) No vessel may transport saltwater recreational fishermen for a fee without a charter fishing license. No person may charge a fee to the public to fish from a pier without obtaining a saltwater public fishing pier license.
(D) The license must be available for inspection at all times.
(E) A person who violates subsection (A), (B), or (D) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
(F) A person who violates subsection (C) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.