2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-6-313. Confinement and separation from wild species.
A. All catfish, minnows, fingerlings, fish, frogs, and other aquatic species which are legally produced, pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall be confined to the lands and waters of the licensee in such a manner so as to prohibit:
1. Contact with wild fish or other aquatic species in public waters; and
2. Such wild fish or other aquatic species in public waters from becoming a part of the commercial production.
B. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall not restrict the manner in which persons, licensed pursuant to this act, gather or impound aquatic species raised within the impoundments in their commercial operations.
2. No person shall sell or attempt to sell game fish and/or paddlefish obtained from public waters that have been commingled with privately produced fish subject to the provisions of this act.
C. No licensee may receive, free of charge, any catfish, minnow, fingerling, fish, frog or other aquatic species from the state or federal government.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 295, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
