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Bill 3475

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3475
Ratification Number:              383
Act Number:                       320
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990204
Primary Sponsor:                  Limehouse
All Sponsors:                     Limehouse, Cotty, Knotts, Lucas, 
                                  W. McLeod, Meacham-Richardson, Rhoad, Sharpe, 
                                  Trotter and Whipper
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\dka\3188mm99.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20000525
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        20000606
Subject:                          Dolphin game fish, limits on taking; 
                                  Sargassum grass, harvest of prohibited; Fish 
                                  and Game, Natural Resources Department


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20000616  Act No. A320
------  20000606  Signed by Governor
------  20000531  Ratified R383
Senate  20000525  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  20000524  Read second time, unanimous
                  consent for third reading on 
                  Thursday, 20000525
Senate  20000523  Committee report: Favorable            07 SFGF
Senate  20000504  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee
House   20000504  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   20000503  Read second time
House   20000427  Recalled from Committee                20 HANR
House   19990204  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on April 27, 2000 - Word format
Revised on May 23, 2000 - Word format

(A320, R383, H3475)

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 17, CHAPTER 5, TITLE 50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COASTAL FISHERIES LAWS IN CONNECTION WITH FINFISH AND CRUSTACEANS, BY ADDING SECTION 50-5-1711 SO AS TO ESTABLISH LIMITS ON TAKING DOLPHIN GAME FISH, CORYPHAENA HIPPARUS, ALSO KNOWN AS DORADO OR MAHIMAHI, AND TO PROHIBIT THE HARVEST OR POSSESSION OF THE AQUATIC "GRASS" SARGASSUM, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

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

Limits on dolphin; unlawful possession of dolphin and Sargassum; penalties

SECTION 1. Article 17, Chapter 5, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-5-1711. (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."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 31st day of May, 2000.

Approved the 6th day of June, 2000.

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