An enforcement officer or department employee acting in their official capacity may inspect, at any reasonable hour, the vehicle, boat, processing house, and wholesale business which is connected with nongame commercial fishing activities and the records of a person required to be licensed by this title to ensure compliance. Upon request of the department, the buyers (fish houses) of nongame fish shall report quarterly the volume of sales and other information as required by the department. An enforcement officer or department employee acting in their official capacity may check any game or nongame fishing device and, if unlawful, may seize the device as contraband and dispose of it and any catch provided by law.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-621.01; 1965 (54) 507; 1981 Act No. 170, Section 1; 1983 Act No. 120, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 383, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263; 1976 Code Section 50-13-1193; 2012 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012.
Editor's Note
Prior Laws: Former Section 50-13-680 was entitled "Permit required for taking of fish in Red Bluff Pond in Marlboro County; use of nets to net nongame fish" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-621.01; 1965 (54) 507; 1983 Act No. 120, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 383, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263; repealed by 2012 Act No. 113, Section 4.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment renumbered and rewrote this section.
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