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New laws for popular saltwater finfish

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New fisheries laws adding or changing catch limits and retention sizes on a number of recreationally important saltwater finfish species in SC have been passed by the SC General Assembly and are now in place. The new laws concern the harvest of black drum, weakfish, hardhead and gafftopsail saltwater catfish, red drum, spotted seatrout, flounder, black seabass, and dolphin.

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