(a) General rule.--The commission may set aside, in its discretion, such areas as it may judge best as refuge areas in which fishing or entry shall be prohibited for such periods of time as the commission prescribes. Notices of these closings shall be posted at the refuge areas.
(b) Penalty.--Any person fishing in a refuge area posted under subsection (a) commits a summary offense of the first degree. Any person entering a refuge area commits a summary offense of the third degree.
(Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 23 - Fish Restoration and Management
Section 2301 - Propagation and distribution of fish
Section 2302 - Cooperative fish restoration projects
Section 2303 - Federal cultural stations
Section 2304 - Fish migration studies