2017 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 29. Wild animals and plants.
29.707 Propagation of fish; department rules.
29.707 Propagation of fish; department rules.
(1) The department shall promulgate rules that do all of the following:
(a) Define the role and extent that genetics is involved in the department's fish stocking strategies.
(b) Standardize the department's fish donation procedures.
(2) The department and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall review the departments' rules relating to viral hemorrhagic septicemia, and shall promulgate new rules as the departments determine are necessary.
(3) The department, with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, shall assess the efficiency and utility of the fish hatchery classification system under rules promulgated by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall promulgate new rules as it determines are necessary.
(4) The department shall assess the viability and use of bait fish and forage fish and of the continued classification of bait fish and forage fish as established nonnative fish species, and shall promulgate new rules as it determines are necessary.
(5) The department shall consider economic factors, healthy fish populations, and fishing opportunities, and shall consult with interested parties, including fishing groups and the aquaculture industry, when promulgating rules under this section.
(6) The final draft of a proposed rule under this section shall be submitted under s. 227.19 (2) no later than June 28, 2019.
