South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 123 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Article 2 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION
Section 123-22 - Gill Nets

Gill nets are lawful in the following zone established within an enclosed polygon with a linear boundary defined as follows, and with all named features referencing NOAA Navigational Chart 11534 (Myrtle Grove Sound and Cape Fear River to Casino Creek), 40th Edition., September 2019; and also referencing USGS Little River, South Carolina - North Carolina 7.5-minute series Quadrangle, 1:24,000 scale, 2020.

Starting from a point on the western shoreline of Bird Island facing Little River, with latitude 33.85366° N, longitude 078.54396° W; thence following a straight line northwesterly to a point on Goat Island with latitude 33.85971° N, longitude 078.55082° W; thence following the shoreline ("shoreline" herein defined as the line of Mean High Water excluding the shorelines of un-named tributaries) west and southwesterly to a point at the mouth of Horse Ford Creek with latitude 33.85834° N, longitude 078.56444° W; thence following a straight line across the mouth Horse Ford Creek to a point on Mink Island with latitude 33.85846° N, longitude 078.56541° W; thence following the shoreline west then northwesterly to a point with latitude 33.86017° N, longitude 078.56966° W; thence following a straight line to a point with latitude 33.86034° N, longitude 078.56989° W; thence following the shoreline in a northerly direction to a point at the northern tip of Mink Island on the Intracoastal Waterway with latitude 33.86765° N, longitude 078.57158° W; thence following a straight line across Little River to a point on the eastern tip of Little River Neck with latitude 33.86999° N, longitude 078.57405° W; thence following the shoreline in a south-southwesterly direction to point with latitude 33.86498° N, longitude 078.57583° W; thence following the shoreline in a south-southeasterly direction to a point with latitude 33.86186° N, longitude 078.57464° W; thence following a straight line to a point on the northern tip of

The Battery Island with latitude 33.86140° N, longitude 078.57469° W; thence following the shoreline to a point on the southeastern tip of The Battery Island with latitude 33.85757° N, longitude 078.57225° W; thence following a straight line across the mouth of Dunn Sound Creek to a point with latitude 33.85634° N, longitude 078.57031° W; thence following the shoreline in a southeasterly direction to a point on the mouth of Sheephead Creek with latitude 33.85522° N, longitude 078.56852° W; thence following a straight line across the mouth of Sheephead Creek to a point with latitude 33.85492° N, longitude 078.56809° W; thence following the shoreline in a westerly direction to point with latitude 33.85484° N, longitude 078.55635° W; thence following the shoreline in a southeasterly direction to a point with latitude 33.85142° N, longitude 078.55311° W; thence following a straight line across Little River to the starting point on Bird Island with latitude 33.85366° N, longitude 078.54396° W.