S.C. Code Ann. § 50-9-540
Recreational statewide saltwater fishing licenses; recreational statewide freshwater fishing licenses; annual saltwater public fishing pier licenses; annual charter vessel licenses
Effective Jul 1, 20132010 Act No. 233, Section 8, eff July 1, 2010; 2013 Act No. 94, Section 8, eff July 1, 2013.
(A) For the privilege of recreational statewide fishing in saltwater:
(1) a resident must purchase:
- (a) a fourteen day temporary saltwater fishing license for five dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
- (b) an annual saltwater fishing license for ten dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
- (c) a three year saltwater fishing license for thirty dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
- (d) a lifetime statewide saltwater fishing license for three hundred dollars at designated licensing locations; or
- (e) any other license which grants saltwater fishing privileges;
(2) a nonresident must purchase:
- (a) a fourteen day temporary saltwater fishing license for eleven dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
- (b) an annual saltwater fishing license for thirty-five dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
- (c) a three year saltwater fishing license for one hundred five dollars, three dollars of which the issuing sales vendor may retain; or
- (d) any other license which grants saltwater fishing privileges.
(B) For the privilege of recreational statewide fishing in freshwater:
(1) a resident must purchase:
- (a) a fourteen day temporary freshwater fishing license for five dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
- (b) an annual freshwater fishing license for ten dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
- (c) a three year freshwater fishing license for thirty dollars, three dollars of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
- (d) a lifetime statewide freshwater fishing license for three hundred dollars at designated licensing locations; or
- (e) any other license which grants freshwater fishing privileges;
(2) a nonresident must purchase:
- (a) a fourteen day temporary freshwater fishing license for eleven dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
- (b) an annual freshwater fishing license for thirty-five dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
- (c) a three year freshwater fishing license for one hundred five dollars, three dollars of which the issuing sales vendor may retain; or
- (d) any other license which grants freshwater fishing privileges.
(C) For the privilege of operating a public fishing pier in the salt waters of this State, the owner or operator must purchase an annual saltwater public fishing pier license. For a pier with a total length:
- (1) of one hundred feet or less, the fee is one hundred fifty dollars;
- (2) greater than one hundred feet, the fee is three hundred fifty dollars.
(D) For the privilege of operating a charter fishing vessel in the salt waters of this State, the owner or operator must purchase an annual charter vessel license for each vessel. For a vessel:
- (1) to carry six or fewer passengers, the fee is one hundred fifty dollars;
- (2) to carry seven but no more than forty-nine passengers, the fee is two hundred fifty dollars;
- (3) to carry fifty or more passengers, the fee is three hundred fifty dollars.
HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 233, Section 8, eff July 1, 2010; 2013 Act No. 94, Section 8, eff July 1, 2013.