Georgia Code, Title 27, Chapter 4, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 27-4-1 - Salt-Water and Fresh-Water Demarcation Line
  (a) The line established in this state as the separation point between salt waters and fresh waters for commercial fishing and sport fishing is...
• § 27-4-2 - Fishing in Waters or From Lands of Another Without Permission; Obstruction or Interference With Rights of Others
  It shall be unlawful for any person to fish in the waters or from upon the lands of another without first having obtained permission...
• § 27-4-3 - Right to Take Shellfish From Stream or Estuary
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1991, p. 693, § 2, effective July 1, 1991.
• § 27-4-4 - Unlawful Dumping; Recovery of Damages
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, dump, drain, or allow to pass into any waters of this state which belong...
• § 27-4-5 - Methods for Taking Fish Generally
  (a) It shall be unlawful to fish for game fish, except American shad, hickory shad, flathead catfish, and channel catfish, by any means other...
• § 27-4-6 - Use of Minnow Seines
  It shall be unlawful to take any game fish or American eels by minnow seines from the fresh waters of this state. It shall...
• § 27-4-7 - Use of Gill Nets; Seizure of Illegal Nets
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law or rule and regulation, it shall be unlawful for any person to use a gill net in...
• § 27-4-8 - Unlawful Devices or Substances
  It shall be unlawful for any person to use any firearm, battery, generator or other similar device or any dynamite, explosives, or destructive substances,...
• § 27-4-9 - Possession of Nets or Other Devices for Taking Shad During Closed Season Deemed Evidence of Violation
  The possession, in any boat upon the waters of this state, of nets or other devices capable of taking shad during such time as...
• § 27-4-10 - Creel and Possession Limits; Size Restrictions
  (a) It shall be unlawful to take in one day or to possess at any one time, except at a commercial storage facility or...
• § 27-4-11 - Fishing in Department Fish Hatcheries.
  It shall be unlawful to fish in ponds or other waters of fish hatcheries owned or operated by the department, except for those waters...
• § 27-4-11.1 - Possession of Firearms and Intoxication on Public Fishing Areas; Fishing in Closed Fishing Areas; Other Restrictions in Public Fishing Areas
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person on any public fishing area owned or operated by the department: (1) To possess a firearm...
• § 27-4-12 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations by Board; Reporting; Legislative Overruling of Rules and Regulations
  (a) In accordance with current, sound principles of wildlife research and management, the board shall have the authority to adopt rules and regulations establishing...
• § 27-4-13 - Size and Construction Requirements of Cast Nets
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2007, p. 93, § 3, effective July 1, 2007.

Last modified: October 14, 2016