South Carolina General Assembly
106th Session, 1985-1986

Bill 1075


                    Current Status

Bill Number:               1075
Ratification Number:       585
Act Number:                506
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Size limits on spotted sea trout and
                           closed season on red drum
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(A506, R585, S1075)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-17-55, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CLOSED SEASONS AND SIZE LIMITS ON NUMEROUS SALTWATER FISH AND SHELLFISH SPECIES, SO AS TO ADD SIZE LIMITS ON SPOTTED SEA TROUT AND RED DRUM, AND TO IMPOSE A POSSESSION LIMIT FROM JUNE FIRST TO SEPTEMBER FIRST OF EACH YEAR ON RED DRUM.

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

Season, size, trout, and drum

SECTION 1. Section 50-17-55 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding after subsection (3):

"(4) (a) It is unlawful to take, catch, have in possession, land, or sell any spotted sea trout 'Cynoscion nebulosus', known locally as winter trout, of less than twelve inches in total length or from June first to September first of each year any red drum 'Sciaenops ocellatus' known locally as channel or spot-tail bass, of less than fourteen inches in total length.

(b) It is unlawful for any person to take or have in possession more than one red drum exceeding thirty-two inches in total length in any one day.

(c) Any spotted sea trout or red drum of less than the minimum size limits or exceeding the catch limit provided in this subsection must be released immediately in the waters where caught."

Time effective

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