Section 97C.841 — Apprentice License.
97C.841 APPRENTICE LICENSE. (a) A person with a commercial fishing license may list one person as an apprentice on the license. A person acting as an apprentice for a commercial fishing licensee must have an apprentice license. The commercial fishing licensee or the apprentice listed on the license must be present at all commercial fishing […]
Section 97C.843 — Possession For Commercial Netting.
97C.843 POSSESSION FOR COMMERCIAL NETTING. When commercial nets, seines, bags, or cribs are lawfully set and tended, incidentally taken fish not included in the license are not considered in possession if they are returned to the water or if they are tagged in accordance with section 97C.835 before they are placed on a motor vehicle […]
Section 97C.845 — Interference With Commercial Fishing.
97C.845 INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCIAL FISHING. A person may not: (1) knowingly place or maintain an obstruction that will hinder, prevent, or interfere with a licensed commercial fishing operation; (2) remove fish from nets licensed under the game and fish laws; or (3) knowingly damage, disturb, or interfere with commercial fishing nets. History: 1986 c 386 […]
Section 97C.851 — Commercial Fishing In International Waters; Resort Owners.
97C.851 COMMERCIAL FISHING IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS; RESORT OWNERS. A license to buy or sell fish or to take fish commercially in international waters extending from Pigeon Point West to the North Dakota boundary line may not be issued to a person engaged in the business of conducting a summer resort, or to a member of […]
Section 97C.521 — Transporting Carp Fingerlings Prohibited.
97C.521 TRANSPORTING CARP FINGERLINGS PROHIBITED. Except as provided in section 17.4984, subdivision 2, paragraph (g), a person may not transport live carp fingerlings. History: 1986 c 386 art 3 s 50; 2000 c 331 s 5
Section 97C.525 — Restrictions On Transporting Minnows.
97C.525 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSPORTING MINNOWS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section does not apply to the transportation of 24 dozen minnows, or less, or to transportation with a permit issued under section 97C.515, subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Transporting out of state. A person may not transport minnows out of the state, except as provided in this […]
Section 97C.601 — Frogs.
97C.601 FROGS. Subdivision 1. Season. The open season for frogs is May 16 to March 31. The commissioner may, by rule, establish closed seasons in specified areas. Subd. 2. License required. (a) A person may not take or possess frogs without an angling license if the person is required to have an angling license to […]
Section 97C.605 — Turtles.
97C.605 TURTLES. Subdivision 1. Resident angling license required. In addition to any other license required in this section, a person may not take, possess, or transport turtles without a resident angling license, except as provided in subdivision 2c. Subd. 2. Turtle seller’s license. (a) A person may not take, possess, buy, or transport turtles for […]
Section 97C.611 — Turtle Species; Limits.
97C.611 TURTLE SPECIES; LIMITS. Subdivision 1. Snapping turtles. A person may not possess more than three snapping turtles of the species Chelydra serpentina without a turtle seller’s license. Until new rules are adopted under section 97C.605, a person may not take snapping turtles of a size less than ten inches wide including curvature, measured from […]
Section 97C.621 — Areas May Be Closed To Taking Turtles.
97C.621 AREAS MAY BE CLOSED TO TAKING TURTLES. The commissioner may prohibit the taking of turtles from state waters where operations are being conducted to aid fish propagation. History: 1986 c 386 art 3 s 56