2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 30 - FISH
Chapter 35 - Dams, Bar Racks and Migration Devices
Section 3509 - Obstructing migration of fish

     § 3509.  Obstructing migration of fish.
        (a)  General rule.--No person shall place any device or
     object in waters within this Commonwealth in a manner that
     obstructs the migration or passage of fish therein or obstructs
     any fishway but the commission may, as it deems necessary in the
     interest of fish management, authorize the erection of such
     devices and prescribe such conditions for the operation and
     maintenance of such devices as may be necessary for a fee of
     $10.
        (b)  Fish rodeos.--After giving written notice to the
     commission, an organized fishing or sportsmen's club that has
     been in existence for a period of one year or more may obstruct
     the passage of fish for a period not exceeding 48 hours for the
     purpose of conducting fish rodeos the primary objective of which
     is to encourage fishing by children. Such obstructions shall not
     be erected more than twice in one year within a distance of one
     mile from any similar obstruction on the same stream or body of
     water. The obstructions shall be at least one-half mile from
     other such obstructions and shall be erected and designed in
     such a manner that fish will not normally be injured.
        (c)  Penalty.--Any person violating any provision of this
     section commits a summary offense of the first degree.