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O.C.G.A. § 27-4-195 — Times and places for taking shellfish | Georgia Code
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TITLE 27 GAME AND FISH

Section 4. Fish, 27-4-1 through 27-4-283.

ARTICLE 4 SEAFOOD

27-4-195. Times and places for taking shellfish.

  1. It shall be unlawful to take shellfish from any of the salt waters of this state except at such times and places as the commissioner may establish.The commissioner is authorized to open or close for the purpose of taking shellfish any or a portion of the salt waters of this state at any time between January 1 and December 31, provided that he has determined that such action in opening or closing said salt waters is in accordance with current, sound principles of wildlife research and management.
  2. It shall be unlawful to give permission to take shellfish from any area not opened pursuant to this Code section or to give permission to harvest shellfish from areas for which the individual granting such permission does not have harvest rights.

(Code 1981, §27-4-195, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 693, § 6.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, a comma was inserted following "December 31" in subsection (a).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

For an update of crimes and offenses for which the Georgia Crime Information Center is authorized to collect and file identifying data, see 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 91-35.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fish, Game, and Wildlife Conservation, §§ 52, 53, 59 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 36A C.J.S., Fish, § 31 et seq.

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