History. Ga. L. 1924, p. 101, § 23; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 25; Code 1933, § 45-818; Ga. L. 1943, p. 543, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 374, § 4; Ga. L. 1955, p. 483, § 112; Code 1933, § 45-919, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Code 1933, § 45-917, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1979, p. 678, § 46; Ga. L. 1991, p. 693, § 5; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1133, § 12; Ga. L. 2007, p. 93, § 12/HB 100; Ga. L. 2017, p. 27, § 16/HB 208.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, added paragraph (a)(1); redesignated former paragraph (a)(1) as present paragraph (a)(2); substituted “required to have a seafood dealer license” for “owning or operating shellfish canning or shucking facilities or otherwise dealing in purchasing, landing, packing, or supplying raw shrimp, shellfish, crabs, fish, or other seafood for commercial purposes” near the beginning of paragraph (a)(2); redesignated former paragraph (a)(2) as present paragraph (a)(3); substituted “paragraph (2)” for “paragraph (1)” in paragraph (a)(3); and added subsection (c). See Editor’s note for applicability.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2017, p. 27, § 20/HB 208, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment of this Code section by that Act shall be applicable to all offenses occurring on or after July 1, 2017.
Structure Georgia Code
§ 27-4-130. Authority to Close Salt Waters; Notice; Regulations Prohibiting Sale of Seafood
§ 27-4-132. Fishing for Shrimp for Noncommercial Purposes Generally
§ 27-4-132.1. Limit on Amount of Shrimp Fished by Cast Net; Penalty for Violation
§ 27-4-133. Lawful Nets; Opening and Closing Waters; Identification on Boats Fishing for Shrimp
§ 27-4-134. Requirements for Commercial Fishing Boat License; Penalty for Violation
§ 27-4-135. Maintenance of Records by Sellers; Reports of Oysters and Clams Harvested
§ 27-4-136. Seafood Dealer License; Maintenance of Records; Purchase of Seafood
§ 27-4-137. Civil Forfeiture Proceedings
§ 27-4-140. Penalties for Using Recreational Food Shrimp Cast Netting