State v. Hendriks

Goolsby, Judge:

Henry H. Hendriks and John M. Hendriks were charged and convicted of violating state restrictions on the use of gill nets for shad fishing, set forth in S.C. Code Ann. § 50-17-422 (Supp. 1994). The Hendrikses contend the statute under which they were convicted does not apply to the shad fishing technique they employed and ask this court to construe the meaning of the statute. We affirm.

On March 18,1993, a South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Enforcement Officer observed the Hendrikses shad fishing with a gill net. He noted the gill net was pulled taut and barely…