---
title: O.C.G.A. § 27-4-70. Fishing in waters not opened for commercial fishing.
collection: code
id: 27-4-70
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 27-4-70 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-4-70
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-4-70.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-4-70/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t27-t30-(v22)-2018-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=f493d811_0#page=204
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-4.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-4-53.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-4-71.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: GAME AND FISH / FISH / COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH DEALING GENERALLY / GENERAL PROVISIONS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 27-4-70. Fishing in waters not opened for commercial fishing.

It shall be unlawful to fish commercially except in waters opened for commercial fishing by regulation of the board.

## History

Ga. L. 1955, p. 483, § 91; Code 1933, § 45-801, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1.