South Carolina S 337: Blue Catfish

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2025-2026 Bill 337 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 15, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 337

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April 15, 2026

S. 337

Introduced 
by Senator Reichenbach 

S. Printed 4/15/26--H.

Read the first time March 20, 2025

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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

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

SECTION 1. Section 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.

SECTION 2. Section 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 301 bridge, 
and the Congaree and Wateree rivers, and all other 
state waterways.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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