S337 is a bill in the South Carolina Legislature (126th General Assembly): Blue Catfish.

What is the status of S337?

Signed into law as of May 26, 2026. Latest action: Act No. 120 (May 26, 2026).

Where is the official record for S337?

On the South Carolina Legislature website: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/337.htm

South Carolina legislation · 126th General Assembly

South Carolina S337: Blue Catfish

Q: What does S337 do?

In its own words: TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-13-640, RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF BLUE CATFISH, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A DAILY LIMIT OF SEVENTY-FIVE BLUE CATFISH IN STATE WATERWAYS OTHER THAN IN LAKE MARION, LAKE MOULTRIE, AND THE UPPER REACH OF THE SANTEE RIVER. Amend Title To Conform B e it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: S ECTION 1. S ection 50-13-640(B) of the S.C. Code is amended to read: ( B) It is unlawful to take possess more than twenty - five blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) a day in Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, the section of.

Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026

What the bill says

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-13-640, RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF BLUE CATFISH, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A DAILY LIMIT OF SEVENTY-FIVE BLUE CATFISH IN STATE WATERWAYS OTHER THAN IN LAKE MARION, LAKE MOULTRIE, AND THE UPPER REACH OF THE SANTEE RIVER. Amend Title To Conform B e it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: S ECTION 1. S ection 50-13-640(B) of the S.C. Code is amended to read: ( B) It is unlawful to take possess more than twenty - five blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) a day in Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, the section of.

From the amended text, April 15, 2026:

A bill TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-13-640, RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF BLUE CATFISH, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A DAILY LIMIT OF SEVENTY-FIVE BLUE CATFISH IN STATE WATERWAYS OTHER THAN IN LAKE MARION, LAKE MOULTRIE, AND THE UPPER REACH OF THE SANTEE RIVER. Amend Title To Conform B e it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: S ECTION 1. S ection 50-13-640(B) of the S.C. Code is amended to read: ( B) It is unlawful to take possess more than twenty - five blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) a day in Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, the section of the Pee Dee River from the state border with North Carolina to the Highway 301 bridge, and the upper reach of the Santee River, and it is unlawful to possess more than one-hundred-fifty blue catfish a day in all other state waterways. S ECTION 2. S ection 50-13-640(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read: ( A) It is unlawful to possess more than two blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) greater than thirty-two inches in length in any one day in Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, or the upper reach of the Santee River, the section of the Pee Dee River from the state border with North Carolina to the Highway …

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