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
Section 97C.701 — Taking Mussels.
97C.701 TAKING MUSSELS. Subdivision 1. Commissioner’s authority. The commissioner may by rule set size limits and prescribe conditions for the taking, possession, transportation, sale, and purchase of mussels. Subd. 1a. [Repealed, 2017 c 93 art 2 s 166] Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1993 c 269 s 32] Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1993 c 269 s 32] Subd. […]
Section 97C.801 — Taking Rough Fish On Mississippi River.
97C.801 TAKING ROUGH FISH ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1997 c 216 s 90; 1997 c 226 s 51] Subd. 2. Commercial fish netting on Mississippi River. (a) A license is required to commercially take rough fish with seines in the Mississippi River from the St. Croix River junction to St. Anthony Falls. (b) […]
Section 97C.805 — Netting Lake Whitefish And Ciscoes.
97C.805 NETTING LAKE WHITEFISH AND CISCOES. Subdivision 1. Open season. (a) The commissioner shall, by rule, prescribe the open season and open state waters for netting lake whitefish and ciscoes. The commissioner may open specific lakes and waters that are otherwise closed if the commissioner posts notice of the date and time in appropriate public […]
Section 97C.415 — Trout And Salmon.
97C.415 TROUT AND SALMON. Subdivision 1. Hours for taking trout restricted. A person may not take trout, except lake trout, between 11:00 p.m. and one hour before sunrise. Subd. 2. Lake Superior streams. The commissioner may prescribe the open season and conditions for taking brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, steelhead trout, and salmon in […]
Section 97C.417 — Reporting Invasive Carp.
97C.417 REPORTING INVASIVE CARP. A person who takes any of the following invasive carp species must report the type of carp taken to the commissioner within seven days of taking: (1) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella); (2) bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis); or (3) silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix). History: 2007 c 131 art 1 s 50; 2014 […]
Section 97C.501 — Minnow Licenses Required.
97C.501 MINNOW LICENSES REQUIRED. Subdivision 1. Minnow retailers. (a) A person may not be a minnow retailer without a minnow retailer license except as provided in subdivisions 2, paragraph (d), and 3. A person must purchase a minnow retailer license for each minnow retail outlet operated, except as provided by subdivision 2, paragraph (d). (b) […]
Section 97C.502 — Minnows And Leeches; Invasive Species Training Required.
97C.502 MINNOWS AND LEECHES; INVASIVE SPECIES TRAINING REQUIRED. Subdivision 1. Minnows; invasive species training required. A minnow dealer, and each person working under the minnow dealer’s license, must annually satisfactorily complete aquatic invasive-species-related training provided by the commissioner before taking, selling, or transporting for sale minnows within the state. Subd. 2. Training certification required. Minnow […]
Section 97C.505 — Minnows.
97C.505 MINNOWS. Subdivision 1. Authority to take, possess, buy, and sell. (a) Minnows may be taken, possessed, bought, and sold, subject to the restrictions in this chapter, section 84D.03, subdivision 3, and rules adopted by the commissioner under paragraph (b). A person may not take, possess, or sell minnows except for use as bait or […]
Section 97C.511 — Minnow Seines.
97C.511 MINNOW SEINES. Subdivision 1. Size restrictions. Except as provided in subdivision 2, a person may not take minnows with a seine longer than 25 feet, and deeper than: (1) 148 meshes of 1/4-inch bar measure; (2) 197 meshes of 3/16-inch bar measure; or (3) four feet of material of less than 3/16-inch bar measure. […]