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2005 Minnesota Statutes - Chapter 97C — Fishing
- Repealed, Renumbered, etc. Sections within Chapter 97C
- 97C.001 — Experimental waters.
- 97C.003 — Repealed, 2002 c 351 s 34
- 97C.005 — Special management waters.
- 97C.011 — Muskellunge lakes.
- 97C.015 — Repealed, 2005 c 146 s 52
- 97C.02 — Acquisition of critical aquatic habitat.
- 97C.021 — Angling restricted in trout streams.
- 97C.025 — Fishing and motorboats restricted in certain areas.
- 97C.031 — Lakes with unbalanced fish populations.
- 97C.035 — Endangered fish populations.
- 97C.041 — Commissioner may remove rough fish and catfish.
- 97C.045 — Removal of rough fish from boundary waters.
- 97C.051 — Special permits to use piscicides.
- 97C.055 — Dead fish removal.
- 97C.061 — Dragging a weight or an anchor through vegetation.
- 97C.065 — Pollutants in waters.
- 97C.071 — Permit required for structure in public waters.
- 97C.075 — Fish screens in flowing waters.
- 97C.077 — Fish screens in lakes.
- 97C.081 — Fishing contests.
- 97C.085 — Permit required for tagging fish.
- 97C.087 — Special fish management tags.
- 97C.201 — State fish stocking prohibited without public access.
- 97C.203 — Disposal of state hatchery products.
- 97C.205 — Rules for transporting and stocking fish.
- 97C.209 — Repealed, 1992 c 566 s 23
- 97C.211 — Private fish hatcheries.
- 97C.215 — Special permits for United States agents.
- 97C.301 — License required to take fish.
- 97C.305 — Trout and salmon stamp validation.
- 97C.311 — Lake Superior fishing guide license.
- 97C.315 — Angling lines and hooks.
- 97C.317 — Fishing as a party.
- 97C.321 — Restrictions on unattended lines.
- 97C.325 — Prohibited methods of taking fish.
- 97C.327 — Measurement of fish length.
- 97C.331 — Snagging fish prohibited.
- 97C.335 — Use of artificial lights to take fish prohibited.
- 97C.341 — Certain fish prohibited for bait.
- 97C.345 — Restrictions on use and possession of nets and spears.
- 97C.347 — Repealed, 1988 c 588 s 17
- 97C.351 — Fish nets must have tag attached.
- 97C.355 — Dark houses and fish houses.
- 97C.361 — Restrictions on fish houses and dark houses in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
- 97C.365 — Spears prohibited while angling in fish house or dark house.
- 97C.371 — Spearing fish.
- 97C.375 — Taking rough fish by spearing or archery.
- 97C.381 — Harpooning rough fish.
- 97C.385 — Commissioner's authority to regulate winter fishing.
- 97C.391 — Buying and selling fish.
- 97C.392 — Never effective, 2004 c 215 s 29; 2004 c 255 s 51
- 97C.395 — Open seasons for angling.
- 97C.401 — Limits.
- 97C.402 — Repealed, 1988 c 588 s 17
- 97C.403 — Repealed, 2005 c 146 s 52
- 97C.405 — Muskellunge size limits.
- 97C.411 — Sturgeon and paddlefish.
- 97C.415 — Trout and salmon.
- 97C.501 — Minnow licenses required.
- 97C.505 — Minnows.
- 97C.511 — Minnow seines.
- 97C.515 — Imported minnows.
- 97C.521 — Transportation of carp fingerlings prohibited.
- 97C.525 — Restrictions on transportation of minnows.
- 97C.601 — Frogs.
- 97C.605 — Turtles.
- 97C.611 — Snapping turtles; limits.
- 97C.615 — Repealed, 1989 c 266 s 5
- 97C.621 — Areas may be closed to taking turtles.
- 97C.701 — Taking mussels.
- 97C.705 — Mussel seasons.
- 97C.711 — Undersized mussels.
- 97C.801 — Taking rough fish on Mississippi River.
- 97C.805 — Netting of lake whitefish and ciscoes.
- 97C.811 — Commercial fishing in inland waters.
- 97C.815 — Commercial fishing areas.
- 97C.821 — Possession, sale, and transportation of commercial fish.
- 97C.825 — Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake fishing.
- 97C.827 — Lake of the Woods; commercial fishing of rough fish.
- 97C.831 — Namakan and Sand Point Lakes; commercial fishing.
- 97C.835 — Lake Superior commercial fishing.
- 97C.841 — Apprentice license.
- 97C.843 — Possession for commercial netting.
- 97C.845 — Interference with commercial fishing.
- 97C.851 — Commercial fishing in international waters; resort owners.
- 97C.855 — Upper and Lower Red Lake and Nett Lake; transportation, sale, and disposal.
- 97C.861 — Fish vendor requirements.
- 97C.865 — Fish packers.
- 97C.871 — Crayfish.
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