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Section 97C.001 — Experimental Waters. - Subdivision 1. Definition; designation. (a) Experimental waters are lakes and...
Section 97C.005 — Special Management Waters. - Subdivision 1. Definition; designation. (a) Special management waters are waters...
Section 97C.007 — Northern Pike Experimental And Special Management Waters. - The combined number of lakes designated for northern pike under...
Section 97C.02 — Acquiring Critical Aquatic Habitat. - The commissioner shall acquire lands that are critical for fish...
Section 97C.021 — Angling Restricted In Trout Streams. - A person may only take fish from a designated trout...
Section 97C.025 — Fishing And Motorboats Restricted In Certain Areas. - (a) The commissioner may prohibit or restrict the taking of...
Section 97C.035 — Endangered Fish Populations. - Subdivision 1. Conditions. If the commissioner determines that fish are...
Section 97C.041 — Commissioner May Remove Rough Fish And Catfish. - The commissioner may take rough fish, lake whitefish, and rainbow...
Section 97C.045 — Removing Rough Fish From Boundary Waters. - The commissioner may enter into agreements with North Dakota, South...
Section 97C.051 — Special Permits To Use Piscicides. - Subdivision 1. Permit. (a) The commissioner may issue a special...
Section 97C.055 — Removing Dead Fish. - The commissioner shall remove and dispose of dead fish that...
Section 97C.061 — Dragging Weight Or Anchor Through Vegetation. - A person may not use a motorboat to drag an...
Section 97C.065 — Pollutants In Waters. - A person may not dispose of any substance in state...
Section 97C.071 — Structures In Public Waters. - A person may not construct or maintain a dam or...
Section 97C.075 — Fish Screens In Flowing Waters. - A person may not obstruct a creek, stream, or river...
Section 97C.077 — Fish Screens In Lakes. - Subdivision 1. Lake in single county. If all or a...
Section 97C.081 — Fishing Contests. - Subdivision 1. Restrictions. A person may not conduct a fishing...
Section 97C.085 — Permit Required For Tagging Fish. - A person may not tag or otherwise mark a live...
Section 97C.087 — Special Fish Management Tags. - Subdivision 1. Tags to be issued. If the commissioner determines...
Section 97C.201 — State Fish Stocking Prohibited Without Public Access. - The commissioner and state agencies may only stock fish in...
Section 97C.203 — Exchanging Fish Or Wildlife Resources; Disposal Of State Hatchery Products. - (a) The commissioner shall dispose of fish hatchery products or...
Section 97C.205 — Transporting And Stocking Fish. - (a) Except on the water body where taken, a person...
Section 97C.211 — Private Fish Hatcheries. - Subdivision 1. License required. A person may not operate a...
Section 97C.215 — Special Permits For United States Agents. - The commissioner may issue a special permit, without a fee,...
Section 97C.301 — License Required To Take Fish. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. Unless exempted under section 97A.445, 97A.451, or...
Section 97C.303 — Conservation Angling License. - Subdivision 1. Availability. The commissioner shall make available a conservation...
Section 97C.305 — Trout-and-salmon Stamp Validation. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. Except as provided in subdivision 2 or...
Section 97C.311 — Lake Superior Fishing-guide License. - Subdivision 1. License required. A person may not operate a...
Section 97C.315 — Angling Lines And Hooks. - Subdivision 1. Lines. An angler may not use more than...
Section 97C.317 — Fishing By Party. - While two or more persons are taking fish by angling...
Section 97C.321 — Restrictions On Unattended Lines. - Subdivision 1. General prohibition. A person may not take fish...
Section 97C.325 — Restrictions On Taking Fish. - (a) Except as specifically authorized, a person may not take...
Section 97C.327 — Measuring Fish Length. - For the purpose of determining compliance with size limits for...
Section 97C.331 — Snagging Fish Prohibited. - Subdivision 1. General prohibition. A person may not: (1) intentionally...
Section 97C.335 — Use Of Artificial Lights To Take Fish Prohibited. - (a) A person may not use artificial lights to lure...
Section 97C.341 — Certain Aquatic Life Prohibited For Bait. - (a) A person may not use live minnows imported from...
Section 97C.342 — Disease-free Certification; Frozen Or Dead Fish Bait. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following...
Section 97C.345 — Restrictions On Using And Possessing Nets And Spears. - Subdivision 1. When use prohibited. Except as specifically authorized, a...
Section 97C.351 — Fish Nets; Tags. - A person may not possess a fish net unless specifically...
Section 97C.355 — Shelters On Ice; Dark Houses And Fish Houses. - Subdivision 1. Identification required. All shelters on the ice of...
Section 97C.361 — Restrictions On Fish Houses And Dark Houses In Boundary Waters Canoe Area. - A person may only use a portable fish house or...
Section 97C.371 — Spearing Fish. - Subdivision 1. Species allowed. Only rough fish, catfish, lake whitefish,...
Section 97C.375 — Taking Rough Fish By Spearing. - (a) A resident or nonresident may take rough fish by...
Section 97C.376 — Bow Fishing. - Subdivision 1. Season. (a) The regular bow-fishing season for residents...
Section 97C.381 — Harpooning Rough Fish. - A resident or nonresident may use a rubber powered gun,...
Section 97C.385 — Commissioner's Authority To Regulate Winter Fishing. - Subdivision 1. Effect on summer angling season. If the commissioner...
Section 97C.391 — Buying And Selling Fish. - Subdivision 1. General restrictions. A person may not buy or...
Section 97C.395 — Open Seasons For Angling. - Subdivision 1. Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons...
Section 97C.401 — Limits. - Subdivision 1. Duty to prescribe limits. Unless otherwise provided in...
Section 97C.411 — Sturgeon And Paddlefish. - Lake sturgeon, shovelnose sturgeon, and paddlefish may not be taken,...
Section 97C.415 — Trout And Salmon. - Subdivision 1. Hours for taking trout restricted. A person may...
Section 97C.417 — Reporting Invasive Carp. - A person who takes any of the following invasive carp...
Section 97C.501 — Minnow Licenses Required. - Subdivision 1. Minnow retailers. (a) A person may not be...
Section 97C.502 — Minnows And Leeches; Invasive Species Training Required. - Subdivision 1. Minnows; invasive species training required. A minnow dealer,...
Section 97C.505 — Minnows. - Subdivision 1. Authority to take, possess, buy, and sell. (a)...
Section 97C.511 — Minnow Seines. - Subdivision 1. Size restrictions. Except as provided in subdivision 2,...
Section 97C.515 — Imported Minnows. - Subdivision 1. General prohibition. A person may not bring live...
Section 97C.521 — Transporting Carp Fingerlings Prohibited. - Except as provided in section 17.4984, subdivision 2, paragraph (g),...
Section 97C.525 — Restrictions On Transporting Minnows. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section does not apply to the...
Section 97C.601 — Frogs. - Subdivision 1. Season. The open season for frogs is May...
Section 97C.605 — Turtles. - Subdivision 1. Resident angling license required. In addition to any...
Section 97C.611 — Turtle Species; Limits. - Subdivision 1. Snapping turtles. A person may not possess more...
Section 97C.621 — Areas May Be Closed To Taking Turtles. - The commissioner may prohibit the taking of turtles from state...
Section 97C.701 — Taking Mussels. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner's authority. The commissioner may by rule set...
Section 97C.801 — Taking Rough Fish On Mississippi River. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1997 c 216 s 90; 1997 c...
Section 97C.805 — Netting Lake Whitefish And Ciscoes. - Subdivision 1. Open season. (a) The commissioner shall, by rule,...
Section 97C.811 — Commercial Fishing In Inland Waters. - Subdivision 1. Inland waters defined. For the purposes of this...
Section 97C.815 — Commercial Fishing Areas. - Subdivision 1. Designation. The commissioner shall specify inland commercial fishing...
Section 97C.821 — Possessing, Selling, And Transporting Commercial Fish. - Subdivision 1. Transporting and holding commercial fish. Subject to the...
Section 97C.825 — Lake Of The Woods And Rainy Lake Fishing. - Subdivision 1. New commercial fishing licenses prohibited. The commissioner may...
Section 97C.831 — Namakan And Sand Point Lakes; Commercial Fishing. - Subdivision 1. Lake whitefish and rough fish. Lake whitefish and...
Section 97C.835 — Lake Superior Commercial Fishing. - Subdivision 1. Commercial fishing license for Lake Superior. (a) A...
Section 97C.836 — Lake Superior Lake Trout; Expanded Assessment Harvest. - The commissioner shall provide for taking of lake trout by...
Section 97C.841 — Apprentice License. - (a) A person with a commercial fishing license may list...
Section 97C.843 — Possession For Commercial Netting. - When commercial nets, seines, bags, or cribs are lawfully set...
Section 97C.845 — Interference With Commercial Fishing. - A person may not: (1) knowingly place or maintain an...
Section 97C.851 — Commercial Fishing In International Waters; Resort Owners. - A license to buy or sell fish or to take...
Section 97C.855 — Upper And Lower Red Lake And Nett Lake; Transportation, Sale, And Disposal. - The commissioner may, by rule, allow the transportation, sale, and...
Section 97C.861 — Fish Vendors; Requirements. - Subdivision 1. License required. A person may not sell fish...
Section 97C.865 — Fish Packers. - Subdivision 1. License required; records. (a) A person engaged in...
Section 97C.871 — Crayfish. - The commissioner may adopt rules, including record-keeping requirements, for taking,...