Iowa Code
Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS
Section 483A.28 - Noncommercial harvest of aquatic species.

483A.28 Noncommercial harvest of aquatic species.
1. A boundary waters sport trotline license entitles the licensee to use a maximum of four trotlines with two hundred hooks in the aggregate and only on boundary waters. All boundary waters sport trotlines shall be tagged with the name and address of the licensee on a weather-resistant tag provided by the licensee and affixed above the waterline. A boundary waters sport trotline licensee is not permitted to sell, barter, or trade fish or turtles taken pursuant to the license.
2. A valid fishing license issued pursuant to this chapter entitles the licensee to take and possess a maximum of one hundred pounds of live turtles or fifty pounds of dressed turtles. Any unattended fishing gear used to take turtles pursuant to a fishing license shall be tagged with the name and address of the licensee on a weather-resistant tag provided by the licensee and affixed above the waterline. A fishing licensee is not permitted to sell, barter, or trade live or dressed turtles taken pursuant to the license.
3. A valid fishing license issued pursuant to this chapter entitles the licensee to take and possess a maximum amount of mussels or shells daily as authorized by rule under the authority of sections 456A.24, 481A.38, and 481A.39. A fishing licensee shall not sell, barter, or trade freshwater mussels or shells taken pursuant to the fishing license.
4. Any person who is issued a valid fishing license pursuant to this chapter may fish with a third line as provided in section 481A.72 only upon the annual purchase of a third line fishing permit as provided in rules adopted pursuant to section 483A.1.
2009 Acts, ch 144, §43; 2012 Acts, ch 1096, §21, 23; 2018 Acts, ch 1159, §24, 28
Referred to in §481A.67, 805.8B(3)(c)
For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph c
Commercial harvest, see chapter 482

Structure Iowa Code

Iowa Code

Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES

Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS

Section 483A.1 - Licenses — fees — rules.

Section 483A.1A - Definitions.

Section 483A.2 - Dual residency.

Section 483A.3 - Wildlife habitat fee.

Section 483A.3A - Fish habitat development funding.

Section 483A.3B - Game bird habitat development programs.

Section 483A.4 - “Permanent disability” defined.

Section 483A.5 - Fur harvester license.

Section 483A.6 - Trout fishing fee.

Section 483A.6A - Paddlefish fishing license and tag.

Section 483A.6B - Nonresident five-day hunting license — fee.

Section 483A.7 - Wild turkey hunting license and tag.

Section 483A.8 - Deer hunting license and tag.

Section 483A.8A - Deer and wild turkey harvest reporting system.

Section 483A.8B - Senior crossbow deer hunting licenses.

Section 483A.8C - Nonambulatory persons — deer hunting licenses.

Section 483A.9 - Blanks.

Section 483A.9A - Combination packages of licenses.

Section 483A.10 - Issuance of licenses.

Section 483A.11 - License agents.

Section 483A.12 - License agent responsibilities — fees and unused blanks — writing fee.

Section 483A.13 - Destroyed license blanks — accountability.

Section 483A.14 - Duplicate licenses and permits.

Section 483A.15 - Accounting.

Section 483A.16 - Duplicate issuance.

Section 483A.17 - Tenure of license.

Section 483A.18 - Form of licenses.

Section 483A.19 - Showing license document to officer.

Section 483A.20 - Reciprocity.

Section 483A.21 - Revocation or suspension.

Section 483A.22 - Record of revocation.

Section 483A.22A - Sale of license lists.

Section 483A.23 - Game birds or animals as pets.

Section 483A.24 - When license not required — special licenses.

Section 483A.24A - License refunds — military service.

Section 483A.24B - Special deer hunts.

Section 483A.24C - Deer depredation management agreements — permits.

Section 483A.25 - Pheasant and quail restoration program — appropriations.

Section 483A.26 - False claims.

Section 483A.27 - Hunter education program — license requirement.

Section 483A.27A - Apprentice hunters.

Section 483A.28 - Noncommercial harvest of aquatic species.

Section 483A.30 - Nonresident deer and turkey license fees.

Section 483A.31 - Reciprocal privileges authorized.

Section 483A.32 - Public nuisance.

Section 483A.33 - Disposition of property seized as public nuisance.

Section 483A.34 - Right to appeal.

Section 483A.35 - “Gun” defined.

Section 483A.36 - Manner of conveyance.

Section 483A.37 - Prohibited guns.

Section 483A.38 - Free fishing days.

Section 483A.39 - Bass fishing tournaments.

Section 483A.42 - Penalties.

Section 483A.50 - Definitions.

Section 483A.51 - Bonds issued by the commission.

Section 483A.52 - Additional powers of commission.

Section 483A.53 - Payment of bonds.

Section 483A.54 - Nonliability of the state and its officials.

Section 483A.55 - Bonds as legal investments.

Section 483A.56 - Rights of bondholders.