Point & Suspension Systems

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Table A Game & Fish Points
#	Violation	Pt.
1	Resisting arrest by force, violence, or weapons against the person of any law enforcement officer enforcing natural resource laws	18
2	Attempting escape after arrest	14
3	Hunting or fishing in a state sanctuary	14
4	Hunting, fishing, or trapping out of season	10
5	Unlawful selling of game or game fish	14
6	Using a borrowed or altered hunting or fishing license, permit, stamp, or tag	10
7	Taking more than the legal limit of game or fish (except striped bass)	8
8	Hunting or fishing without a proper license, permit, stamp, or tag	6
9	Trespassing to hunt, fish, or trap	14
10	Intentional trespassing to hunt, fish, or trap	18
11	Violating Wildlife Management Area regulations	8
12	Unlawful hunting, taking, possessing, or selling alligators	14
13	Killing or attempting to kill or molest deer from a motorboat	14
14	Night hunting deer or bear	18
15	Unlawful transportation of furs or hides and possession of untagged hides	10
16	Trapping quail or turkeys	10
17	Unlawful hunting over bait	8
18	Unlawful killing or possession of antlerless deer	14
19	Unlawful night hunting other game, except deer or bear, or hunting during prohibited or after hours	8
20	Unlawful possession of buckshot	5
21	Hunting migratory birds with an unplugged gun	4
22	Killing or possession of wild turkey during the closed season	18
23	Killing or possession of a hen turkey during the spring gobbler season	14
24	Roost shooting turkey between one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise	18
25	Shooting turkey over bait (game taken)	18
26	Hunting turkey over bait (no game taken)	10
27	Failing to report the harvest of a wild turkey	6
28	Trespassing to hunt waterfowl	18
29	Hunting waterfowl over bait	10
30	Shooting waterfowl over bait (game taken)	10
31	Hunting waterfowl out of season	15
32	Taking or possession of more than one waterfowl over the legal limit	15
33	Unlawful possession, taking, or attempting to take raccoons during the season for hunting without firearms	14
34	Trapping, netting, or seining game fish unlawfully	10
35	Taking game or fish in any illegal manner not specifically mentioned elsewhere in the point systems	8
36	Taking or possessing an undersized striped bass	14
37	Taking or possessing more than the legal limit of striped bass	14
38	Taking or possessing more than the legal creel or size limit of blue catfish.	14
NOTE: Some examples of Item 34 are: a. Taking waterfowl with lead shot. b. Taking fish with too many devices. c. Killing birds of prey (Hawks, Kites, Vultures, Kestrels, Owls, or Falcons). d. Killing/possession of nongame birds. e. Taking fish while violating specific freshwater nongame fishing laws such as illegal bait on trotlines or set hooks. f. Taking game while violating specific trapping laws such as unlawful traps. Other less common examples are, but are not limited to, taking game while unlawfully hunting with an electronic call, or killing a turkey with a rifle. The application of item 34 is very broad and examples are given for clarification. Item 34 applies to unlawfully taking game or fish in a way that is not specifically addressed by the Game and Fish Point System.

Table B Saltwater Points
Saltwater points are assessed in two categories: Recreational and Commercial. Upon an accumulation of eighteen (18) or more points in a category, the privileges of that category will be suspended for one year. While under Recreational Suspension, a person found guilty of a commercial saltwater violation will have all saltwater privileges suspended for one year. While under Commercial Suspension, a person found guilty of a recreational violation will have all saltwater privileges suspended for one year.
#	Violation	Pt.
1	Failing to keep records or make reports as required by law, permit or regulation	4
2	Violations of law pertaining to crab size limit or sponge crabs	4
3	Violations of a section of Title 50 pertaining to saltwater fisheries not mentioned specifically in this section (NOTE: This point assessment applies to all other convictions that are not specifically mentioned herein. Any conviction for a violation of a saltwater fisheries law will be assessed a minimum of 6 points).	6
4	Taking, attempting to take, or possessing fish, shellfish or crustaceans in an unlawful manner, in unlawful or closed areas, during unlawful hours, or during the closed season except trawling violations	8
5	Selling or offering for sale fish, shellfish, crustaceans, or other seafood or marine products without a proper license, permit, stamp, or tag	8
6	Violating Department of Health and Environmental Control regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 44-1-140 related to the harvesting and handling of shellfish resulting in adulterated product as defined in Regulation 61-47	10
7	Unlawfully buying fish, shellfish, crustaceans or other seafood or marine products without a proper license, permit, stamp or tag	8
8	Trawling inside the General Trawling Zone other than in restricted areas: (a) more than one quarter nautical mile during the closed season (b) more than one quarter nautical mile at a time more than ten minutes before daily opening or ten minutes after daily closing times during the open season	10 10
9	Trawling in a restricted area during the closed season	10
10	Trawling outside the General Trawling Zone: (a) one hundred yards or less distance from the nearest point of the General Trawling Zone during the open season (b) more than one hundred yards distance from the nearest point of the General Trawling Zone during the open season (c) during the closed season	10 18 18
11	Taking or attempting to take fish, shellfish or crustaceans for a commercial purpose without a proper license, permit, stamp or tag	10
12	Captain or crew of a boat failing to cooperate with an enforcement officer	18
13	Channel netting in an area closed to channel netting or during closed season for channel netting	18
14	Applying for or obtaining any resident license as provided in this chapter using a falsified application or supporting documentation, or simultaneously possessing any current, valid South Carolina resident license as provided in this chapter while possessing any resident license from another state	18
NOTE: It is unlawful for a person whose commercial privileges are suspended under this chapter to be on board any vessel while the vessel is being utilized to take or attempt to take saltwater fish for commercial purposes.

Table C Statutory Suspensions
Many laws pertaining to natural resources and boating contain mandatory suspensions. These suspensions start upon conviction and run for specified times according to law. These suspensions will affect privileges and may affect licenses, permits, stamps, tags or registrations. Examples of violations for which suspensions are mandated include, but are not limited to:
A	Hunting from a public road	1 year
B	Unlawfully taking a wild turkey	1 year
C	Conspiracy to violate natural resource laws	1 year
D	Obtaining a license, permit, stamp, or tag by fraud	1 year
E	Altering, post dating, borrowing, or lending a license, permit, stamp, or tag	1 year
F	Criminal, negligent use of a firearm	1 to 5 years
G	Boating under the influence	6 months to 5 years
H	Trawling violations	1 year
I	Killing a Bald Eagle	5 years
J	Failure to pay fines or restitution	Suspended until payment is received
K	Third (3) offense negligent operation of a watercraft	6 months
L	Bear violations	3 years
M	Impeding the right to hunt, fish, or trap	1 year
The above listed violations are examples of statutory suspensions. Other statutory suspensions exist with time periods ranging from 10 days to 10 years for certain violations and certain privileges