2015 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
29. Wild animals and plants.
29.529 Trammel net fishing in the Mississippi River.
29.529 Trammel net fishing in the Mississippi River.
29.529(1)(1) The department may issue a trammel net license to any resident who applies for this license.
29.529(2) (2) This license authorizes the use of trammel nets in that part of the Mississippi River over which this state has jurisdiction.
29.529(3) (3) No person may use a trammel net which exceeds 300 feet and no person may use a trammel net unless it is properly tagged. In order to be properly tagged, a trammel net is required to have attached to it a tag stamped to designate the kind of net and the number of the trammel net license. Trammel net tags are required to remain attached to the nets until replaced by renewal tags.
29.529(4) (4) No trammel net may be set within 100 feet of any muskrat or beaver house. Any trammel net found in any waters during the closed season for the use of trammel nets and any trammel nets found on the Wisconsin banks or shores without a trammel net tag and showing evidence of being used in the previous 5 months shall be seized and held subject to the order of the court or judge under s. 29.931 (2).
29.529(5) (5) No person who holds a trammel net license issued under this section may operate a fish farm that contains a species of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch under this section.
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