History Timeline of years 1950 - 1961

Year	Information
1950	The Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act provides financial assistance for state fish restoration and management plans and projects. This act and the Wallop-Breaux amendment allowed development of the Freshwater Fisheries section.
1952	The State Board of Fisheries was incorporated into the South Carolina Wildlife Resources Department and renamed the Division of Commercial Fisheries.
1954	South Carolina Wildlife magazine published its first issue, a black-and-white free quarterly, that communicated to the public the mission and programs of the newly formed Wildlife Resources Commission.
1959	South Carolina boating law was enacted which required the registration of powered boats.
1961	The first documented production of striped bass in the country was accomplished at the striped bass hatchery in Moncks Corner.