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                                   TITLE 36
                                FISH AND GAME
                                  CHAPTER 8
                              COMMERCIAL FISHING
    36-802.  COMMERCIAL FISHING AUTHORIZED. The commission shall at such times
and in such amounts as, through investigations it deems proper, allow
commercial fishing for fish or crustacea in the waters under the jurisdiction
of the state. Commercial fishing shall mean the taking or attempting to take
fish or crustacea for the purpose of selling, bartering, exchanging, offering,
or exposing for sale. No person shall conduct, operate or manage a commercial
fishing operation without obtaining a commercial fishing license and
commercial gear tags from the director prior to engaging in such commercial
fishing operation. Fishermen using five (5) or fewer traps or a single minnow
net and having annual gross retail sales of five hundred dollars ($500) or
less, are exempt from purchasing a commercial license. Either the licensed
commercial operator or a licensed employee must be present whenever the
commercial gear is operated, lifted, or fished. The director shall charge the
fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for each resident license and
the fee as specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code, for each nonresident
license. Said licenses shall expire on June 30 next following date of
issuance. The director shall charge the following fees for the commercial gear
tags:  for each crayfish or minnow trap, the fee as specified in section
36-416, Idaho Code; and for each net longer than four (4) feet, the fee as
specified in section 36-416, Idaho Code.