South Carolina Code § 50-5-1335

Use of blue crab traps in certain locations.
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It is unlawful to set a trap used for taking blue crab for commercial purposes within these waters of the State:
(1) Pawley's Island Creek and Midway Creek on Pawley's Island in Georgetown County;
(2) one hundred fifty feet of the mean low tide watermark on Atlantic Ocean shoreline of Pawley's Island in Georgetown County;
(3) DeBordieu Creek and its tributaries and distributaries above the entrance to Bass Hole Creek and seaward of the causeways of Luvan Boulevard in Georgetown County;
(4) the Sampit River above a line connecting the point on the eastern shoreline of Sampit River at its confluence with Winyah Bay at latitude 33° 21.08' N, longitude 79° 16.71' W and the point on the western shoreline of Winyah Bay generally south of its confluence with Sampit River at latitude 33° 20.68' N, longitude 79° 16.90' W in Georgetown County; and
(5) Little Chechessee Creek in Beaufort County.
Effect of Amendment
The 2013 amendment, in the introductory paragraph, substituted "set a trap used for taking blue crab" for "set or use a blue crab trap".

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