2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 30 - FISH
Chapter 27 - Fishing Licenses
Section 2708.1 - Farmlands open to public fishing

     § 2708.1.  Farmlands open to public fishing.
        (a)  Fishing agricultural lands without license.--Unless the
     privilege to fish has been denied, any person domiciled within
     this Commonwealth who has reached his 16th birthday and, except
     for payment of any fee, meets the requirements prescribed in
     section 2701 (relating to resident fishing licenses) and, as a
     primary means of gaining a livelihood, is regularly and
     continuously engaged in cultivating the soil for general farm
     crop purposes, commercial truck growing, commercial orchards or
     commercial nurseries, as either the owner, lessee or tenant of
     these lands, or as a member of the family or household, or
     regularly hired help of the owner, lessee or tenant, shall be
     eligible to fish on lakes and ponds located wholly within said
     lands and in rivers and streams open to free public fishing
     flowing through these lands, including the woodlands connected
     therewith and operated as a part thereof, without a fishing
     license as required in this title. Any person eligible to fish
     on these lands without securing the required license may also,
     by and with the written consent of the owner or lessee thereof,
     fish upon any lands other than those publicly owned which lie
     immediately adjacent to and are connected with the lands upon
     which these persons may lawfully fish without securing a
     license.
        (b)  Reduced fee license.--A resident owner or possessor of
     land comprising greater than 80 contiguous acres farmed under a
     conservation plan which does not conflict with the act of June
     22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, and
     which meets the requirements of 25 Pa. Code Ch. 102 (relating to
     erosion control) and which has a stream, creek or river of at
     least 200 linear feet in length flowing through or a lake or
     pond of at least one-half acre in area on this land if that
     person permits free public fishing shall, if that person desires
     to fish in waters located off that property, be issued a
     resident fishing license at one-half the regular fee upon
     application to the commission. The license shall be issued to
     the owner or possessor or an immediate family member of either
     the owner or possessor living in the same household so
     designated by the owner or possessor in the case of a single
     owner or possessor and to the individual so designated in the
     case of more than one owner or possessor. No person shall be
     issued a fishing license under this subsection unless the person
     is 16 years of age or older, has met the requirements prescribed
     in section 2701 and has not been denied the privilege to fish. A
     person entitled to receive a fishing license under this
     subsection shall certify to the commission in the form and
     manner prescribed by the commission that the land tract that
     person owns or possesses is presently in the ownership or
     possession of that person and that the waters described are open
     to free public fishing.
        (c)  Definition.--As used in this section, the term "person"
     shall be limited to any person cultivating, as a primary means
     of gaining a livelihood, any lands for general or specialized
     crop purposes, truck farming or fruit orchard or nursery being
     regularly maintained, as either the owner, lessee or a member of
     the family of the owner or lessee assisting with the cultivation
     of the land, or a domiciled member of the household of the owner
     or lessee or an employee of the owner or lessee, regularly and
     continuously assisting in the cultivation of the land.
     (Nov. 3, 1999, P.L.447, No.41, eff. Jan. 1, 2000)

        1999 Amendment.  Act 41 added section 2708.1.