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for the ultimate outdoor adventure! South Carolina Wildlife South Carolina Subscribe to RRulesules && See page 55 for details. RRegulationsegulations for Hunting, Fishing & Wildlife Management Areas July 1, 2007 - August 14, 2008 Stop Natural Resource Violations Call Operation Game Thief 1-800-922-5431Or call free from your cellular phone (for reporting violations only) *OGT (SunCom network) #OGT (Verizon network) To report the capture of a tagged fish call 1-888-TAGS-4-SC Visit DNR at www.dnr.sc.gov Licenses now available on-line and by phone and 24 hours a day 1-866-714-3611$3.00 processing fee Not for Sale Published July 1, 007 Changes in Laws and Regulations Table of Contents This brochure is printed after the end of the legislative session, but prior to some late What’s New for 007-008 ..........7 legislation or regulation changes and is provided for information only. Changes will be publicized Law Enforcement Education in local newspapers and on the DNR web site at www.dnr.sc.gov as any new legislation is passed. Programs .....................................8 Discrepancies between the brochure and any statute or regulation shall be governed by the statute Education Programs .....................9 Invasive Aquatic Plants & or regulation. Also, errors sometimes appear in this brochure, and news releases are published to Animals .....................................10 clarify these situations. To research laws visit www.scstatehouse.net/code/statmast.htm. Hunting and Fishing License Other information is published only in DNR news releases. This includes announcements relative Information ..............................11 to shrimp baiting, public hearings, fishing rodeos, DNR Board decisions and position statements, new License Fees .............................1 legislation, youth activities, mobility impaired hunts, US Dept. of Agriculture cost-share programs, Point & Suspension Systems ......1 special drawing hunts, schedules for newly acquired areas and many other items of interest. DNR Boating: news releases are published weekly and distributed free to editors of all regional and local newspapers Titling & Registration Fees ......16 and are available to the public on the DNR web site. Freshwater Fishing: Regulations & Limits ...............17 SCDNR Managed State Lakes .18 Freshwater/Saltwater Dividing Line .........................18 Nongame Fishing: Methods & Devices .................19 Areas & Limits..........................1 Saltwater Fishing: License & Permit Fees ............. Methods & Devices - Sportfishing ............................ Size & Daily Catch Limits for Fish ................................... Shrimp Harvesting ................... Liberty press ad Crab, Lobster & Shellfish Harvesting ..............................6 Marine Fisheries License Report 8 Hunting Rules & Regs ...............0 Game Zone Map ......................0 Antlerless Deer Tags .................0 Rifle Ranges .............................. WMA Abuse ............................ Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Regulations ............................... WMA Public Drawing Hunts .. Waterfowl Management Areas (Non Draw Areas) ................... Hunting on Private Lands ... 7-9 Mark Sanford, Governor Heritage Perserve Regulations ..0 Department of Natural Resources WMA Properties ......................0 Director, John E. Frampton WMA Locations Map .............. Chief of Staff, Hank W. Stallworth Game Seasons and Regulations Deputy Directors (By Game Zones) ..................... Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, D. Breck Carmichael, Jr. Thanks to Landowners ............... Law Enforcement, Colonel Alvin Taylor Hog Hunts ...................................6 Marine Resources, Robert H. Boyles, Jr. Outreach & Support Services, Carole Collins Special Youth Hunts ...................7 Land, Water & Conservation, Interim Deputy Director, Steven J. de Kozlowski Wildlife Disease ..........................8 Department of Natural Resources Board Applications: Chairman, Michael G. McShane Shrimp Baiting Permit .............7 Vice Chairman, R. Michael Campbell II Antlerless Deer Tag .................. Stephen L. Davis Lifetime, Gratis License ............9 John P. Evans Frank Murray, Jr. Disability License .....................60 Norman F. Pulliam SCDNR Directory .....................61 Caroline C. Rhodes NOTE: Abbreviations used in this Cover Photo- Phillip Jones book: SCDNR or DNR indicates South Carolina Department of Natural The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, prohibits discrimination Resources. WMA indicates Wildlife on the basis of gender, race, color, national origin, disability, religion or age. Direct all inquiries to the Office of Human Resources, PO Box 167, Columbia, SC 90. Management Area (a SCDNR Printed on recycled paper Total cost $,100.00, Number of copies 00.00, Total cost per copy .07. 07WL1 managed public hunting area). SCDNR South Carolina Rules & Regulations • 007-008 • www.dnr.sc.gov What’s New for 2007-2008 NOTICE: Any personal information collected Flounder (southern flounder; summer flounder; or possessed pursuant to a permit issued by the by the Department for licenses, boat titles and gulf flounder) department. This includes, but is not limited to, registrations, except social security numbers, • Bag Limit: 0 per person per day, not to watercraft not being used in navigation; however, is subject to disclosure under the Freedom of exceed 0 per BOAT per day this does not include registered or documented Information Act. However, if released, state • Size Limit: 1 inch TL minimum watercrafts that are capable of navigation and law prohibits the use of this information for are legally anchored or legally moored to a solicitation or commercial purposes. Black Seabass (blackfish) • Made state regulations mimic federal dock or marina. Also specifically excluded from Legislation Passed in 2007 regulations this definition are fishing camps, bait shops, • Federal regulations are as follows: restaurants, or other commercial establishments, Please Note: Detailed information on these laws marinas, or docks permitted under applicable Bag Limit: 1 per person per day and regulations can be found at many local libraries South Carolina or federal law, which do not or on the Internet at www.scstatehouse.net. (The Size Limit: 1 inch TL minimum discharge sewage into the public waters of the Bill numbers are indicated in bold type.) Dolphin (mahi) State and are operated in conformance with the LEGISLATION ADOPTED • Made state regulations mimic federal zoning ordinances, if any, of the municipality or S. 489 Finfish—This Act’s adoption supports regulations county in which they are located. a proactive and precautionary approach in natural • Federal recreational regulations are as follows: S. 132 Arkansas Blue Catfish Limit—Provides resources management to help deal with the Bag Limit: 10 per person per day, 60 per boat that no more than 1 Arkansas blue catfish over negative consequences of increasing pressures per day (headboats excluded from boat limit) 6 inches may be taken from the waters of Lakes and environmental stresses placed on the state’s Size Limit: No size limit Marion and Moultrie by any 1 person in 1 day, marine finfish resources from unprecedented Additionally, this Act increases the daily and provides that provisions of this section apply growth and development along the coast. Details bag limit on Red Drum from to , while to commercial and recreational fishermen. of the new laws are as follows: accordingly reduces the maximum length on the S. 448 Prohibition on taking Elk—This Act Newly Regulated Species: slot size from to inches. makes it unlawful to take or attempt to take elk Black Drum Red Drum (spot tailed bass; redfish) (Cervus elaphus). A person convicted of violating the • Bag Limit: per person per day • Bag Limit: per person per day provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor • Size Limit: 1 inch TL minimum to 27 inch • Size Limit: 1 inch TL minimum to 23 inch and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than TL maximum slot TL maximum twenty-five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both. Weakfish (summer trout; gray trout) H. 3466 The “Public Waters Nuisance • Bag Limit: 10 per person per day Abatement Act”/ River Shacks—This Act S. 597 Youth Hunting Days Age Guidelines— • Size Limit: 1 inch TL minimum declares all structures located upon any public This Act removes the minimum age of ten years waters of this State a nuisance, whether the old as a requirement to be a youth hunter. The Hardhead and Gafftopsail Saltwater Catfish structure is floating or is built upon pilings when new statute allows any person who is less than • Possession is prohibited the structure is being used, has been used, or is eighteen years of age to be a youth hunter so Previously Regulated Species: capable of being used as a place of habitation long as a licensed adult accompanies them at Spotted Seatrout (winter trout; speckled trout) for any length of time; is not being used or is least twenty-one years of age who still may not not capable of being used primarily as a means harvest or attempt to harvest game during this • Bag Limit: 10 per person per day of transportation; and is not owned, occupied, special hunting event. • Size Limit: 1 inch TL minimum What’s New continued on page 8 New Game Zones GREENVILLE Legislation passed in 2006 The Wildlife Management with an effective date of 1 Area maps are now available on July 1, 007 reduced the