Bill 401

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               401
Ratification Number:       206
Act Number                 122
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Legal areas for shrimp trawling

(A122, R206, S401)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-17-1510, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LEGAL AREAS FOR SHRIMP TRAWLING, SO AS TO REVISE AND CLARIFY THE BOUNDARIES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Powers for shrimp trawling

SECTION 1. Section 50-17-1510, of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 590 of 1976, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-17-1510. It shall be lawful to trawl for shrimp or prawn seaward from the boundary described in this section from May fifteenth to December thirty-first, both inclusive: Beginning at a point on the west bank of Wright River at its entrance to the sea extending north-eastward across the mouth of the river to the southernmost tip of Turtle Island; thence following the shoreline of Turtle Island to a point on the northeasternmost tip of Turtle Island; thence turning and running east in a line tangent to the southernmost tip of Bloody Point; thence turning and running northeasterly along Daufuskie Island to a proposed marker (SC 1), latitude 32, 07.1'N. and longitude 80, 50.4'W.; thence running east across Caliboque Sound to a proposed marker (SC 2), latitude 32, 07.1'N. and longitude 80, 49.6'W.; thence northeasterly and continuing along the shoreline of Hilton Head Island around to its northernmost point and continuing therefrom to a flashing light designated on National Ocean Survey chart 11513 as FL R 4 sec "6" and thence to FL 2.5 sec "3" at the northern tip of Hilton Head Island, running easterly through bell buoy No. R "2"; thence continuing to red-lighted gong buoy; thence to black day marker No. A-19 at the mouth of Station Creek; thence seaward around Bay Point Island to a proposed marker (SC 3) at latitude 32, 16.9'N. and longitude 80, 35.2'W; thence running eastward across Trenchards Inlet to a proposed marker (SC 4) at latitude 32, 16.9'N. and longitude 80, 34.7'W.; thence turning seaward and following the shoreline, but excluding all creeks, to a point at the northernmost point of Fripp Island at Fripp Inlet; thence turning and running true north to the shoreline of Hunting Island; thence along the seaward edge of Hunting Island across the mouth of Johnson Creek to a point at the northernmost part upon the island; thence following the shoreline of Hunting Island to the Highway 21 Bridge crossing Harbor River; thence from the center of the swing span of the Highway 21 Bridge in a northeasterly direction to Marker A6; thence continuing to the flashing range light on the Combahee Bank; thence to a proposed marker (SC 5) on the west of Otter Island at latitude 32, 29.1'N., and longitude 80, 25.2'W.; thence seaward along the shoreline of Otter Island to a point at the mouth of Jefford and Fish Creek on the southern tip of Otter Island opposite Pine Island; thence turning and running in a southeasterly direction to the southernmost tip of Bay Point on Edisto Island; thence along the shoreline of Edisto Island, excluding all creeks, to a point on the western bank of the North Edisto River; thence due east across the North Edisto River to a point at the southwesternmost tip of Seabrook Island; thence seaward to the shoreline of Seabrook and Kiawah Islands, excluding all inlets, to Sandy Point; thence northeasterly to buoy C-7; thence in a northerly direction to the southwesternmost tip of Folly Island; thence along Folly Island, across Lighthouse Inlet and along the seaward side of Morris Island to a point at Cummings Point where the jetty meets the beach; thence in an easterly direction following the submerged jetty to the point where the emergent portion of the south jetty begins; thence in a northeasterly direction across the Charleston Harbor entrance channel to a point where the emergent portion of the north jetty begins; thence in a northwesterly direction following the submerged portion of the north jetty to a point on Sullivans Island where the jetty intersects the beach; thence along Sullivans Island, the Isle of Palms, Dewees Island, Capers Island, and Bull Island; excluding all creeks, to a point at the northernmost tip of Bull Island; thence in a straight line northeasterly to the westernmost tip of Sandy Point; thence seaward along Raccoon Key to its easternmost tip; thence southeasterly to round the seaward side of Cape Romain and northward along the seaward shore of Cape Island to a point on the northernmost tip of such island; thence turning and running in a northwesterly direction to a point on the southeasternmost bank of Alligator Creek; thence turning and running in a northeasterly direction across Alligator Creek to a point on its northeastern bank; thence turning seaward and running along the shoreline of Murphy Island to a point on the western bank of the Santee River and across the mouth thereof to a point on the southwestern tip of Cedar Island; thence along Cedar Island across the mouth of the North Santee Bay to Santee Point; thence along the seaward shore of South Island to the northernmost point on the easternmost peninsula of the island; thence in a straight line to nun buoy 2 N; thence turning and running in a northwesterly direction following the north jetty to the southernmost tip of North Island; thence northeasterly following the shoreline to the North Carolina-South Carolina boundaries, excluding all inlets."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.