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150.450 Use, operation, and possession of certain fishing gear.
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The department shall promulgate reasonable regulations governing the taking
of minnows and crayfish from the waters of the Commonwealth. The
regulations shall prescribe the type of gear to be used, and shall prescribe the
types of minnows and crayfish that may be taken and the purposes for which
they may be used.
Any person possessing a commercial fishing license may take rough fishes, by
the use of commercial fishing gear, the types and specifications of which shall
be prescribed by the department by regulation.
No person shall operate any commercial fishing gear as prescribed by
regulation unless he has procured a commercial fishing license and a tag for
the use of each piece of commercial fishing gear and has complied with the
provisions of this chapter or the regulations of the department. The tags shall
be affixed to and displayed on each piece of commercial fishing gear in use.
This section shall not be construed to require retail or wholesale dealers, or
manufacturers to obtain licenses and tags for commercial fishing gear in their
possession.
Effective:July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 8, effective July 14, 1992. -Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 474, sec. 8, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended
1968 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 23. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 4. -Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 18. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 200,
sec. 63. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 2. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts
ch. 84, sec. 26. -- Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 13. -- Amended 1942
Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 46. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1893d-10, 1954d-40, 1954d-41.
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