27,1086
Section 1086
. 29.174 (2) (eg) of the statutes is created to read:
29.174 (2) (eg) The department may limit the number of persons fishing for sturgeon by hook and line or by spear, or both, and may limit the maximum harvest of sturgeon in any area.
27,1087
Section 1087
. 29.174 (2) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.174 (2) (em) The department may impose any of the limitations under pars. (d) to (e) (eg) by establishing a system for the issuance of permits.
27,1087g
Section 1087g. 29.174 (2) (er) of the statutes is created to read:
29.174 (2) (er) If the department decides to limit the number of hunters or trappers taking Canada geese, sharp-tailed grouse, fishers, otters, bobcats or sturgeon by issuing permits and if the number of persons seeking the permits exceeds the number of available permits, the department shall issue the permits according to a cumulative preference system established by the department. The department shall give a preference point to each applicant for each previous season for which the applicant applied but was not issued a permit. The system shall establish preference categories for these applicants, with higher priority given to those categories with more points than those with fewer points. Applicants who fail to apply at least once during any 3 consecutive years shall lose all previously accumulated preference points. If the number of applicants within a preference category or a subcategory under this subsection exceeds the number of permits available in the category or subcategory, the department shall select at random within the category or subcategory the applicants to be issued the permits.
27,1087m
Section 1087m. 29.174 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
29.174 (4m) The department shall promulgate rules to establish standards for tolerable levels of damage caused by deer living in the wild to crops on agricultural land, including commercial seedings, orchard trees and nursery stock. The department shall use the standards in setting goals for managing the deer herd.
27,1098m
Section 1098m. 29.226 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
29.226 (4) A person who is subject to sub. (1) may prove compliance with sub. (1) when submitting an application for an approval authorizing hunting by presenting any of the following:
(a) His or her certificate of accomplishment issued under s. 29.225.
(b) An approval authorizing hunting that was issued to him or her under this chapter within 365 days before submitting the application.
(c) An approval authorizing hunting that was issued to him or her under this chapter for a hunting season that ended within 365 days before submitting the application.
27,1099b
Section 1099b. 29.24 of the statutes is renumbered 29.24 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
29.24 (1) (intro.) The owner or occupant of any land, and any member of his or her family, may hunt or trap beaver, coyotes, foxes, raccoons, woodchucks, rabbits and squirrels on the land without a license at any time, except that such as follows:
(a) Such persons may not hunt any of these wild animals during the period of 24 hours prior to the opening date for deer hunting in those counties or parts of counties where an open season for hunting deer with firearms is established.
(2) The owner or occupant of any land and any member of his or her family may take beaver, rabbits, raccoons and squirrels on the land at any time by means of live trapping with box traps in areas where the discharge of a firearm is unlawful illegal.
27,1099bn
Section 1099bn. 29.24 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
29.24 (1) (b) Such persons may not hunt coyotes during an open season for hunting deer with firearms in an area that is closed by the department by rule to coyote hunting.
27,1103m
Section 1103m. 29.286 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
29.286 (3) This section does not apply to any net or trap used to take, catch or kill farm-raised fish.
27,1103n
Section 1103n. 29.29 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.29 (4) Use of pesticides. The department of natural resources, after public hearing, may promulgate rules governing the use of any pesticide which it finds is a serious hazard to wild animals other than those it is intended to control, and the making of reports thereon. In making such determinations, the department to the extent relevant shall consider the need for pesticides to protect the well-being of the general public. It shall obtain the recommendation of the pesticide review board and such rules, other than rules to protect groundwater promulgated to comply with ch. 160, are not effective until approved by the pesticide review board. “Pesticide" has the meaning designated in s. 94.67.
27,1103p
Section 1103p. 29.29 (5) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
29.29 (5) (title) Exceptions.
27,1103q
Section 1103q. 29.29 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 29.29 (5) (a).
27,1103r
Section 1103r. 29.29 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
29.29 (5) (b) 1. This section does not apply to toxicants placed in the waters of a self-contained fish rearing facility or a state or municipal fish hatchery if the toxicants are necessary to the operation of the fish farm or fish hatchery.
2. This section does not apply to toxicants placed in the waters of a preexisting fish rearing facility that is an artificial body of water if the toxicants are necessary to the operation of the fish farm and the department has issued a permit under s. 283.31 for the preexisting fish rearing facility.
27,1103u
Section 1103u. 29.30 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
29.30 (3) Exemption. This section does not apply to any net, trap, snare, hook, setline or other device used to take, catch or kill farm-raised fish.
27,1105m
Section 1105m. 29.33 (4g) of the statutes is created to read:
29.33 (4g) Prohibition against operating fish farms. No person who holds a commercial fishing or crew 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 or rules promulgated under this section.
27,1105r
Section 1105r. 29.33 (4m) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.33 (4m) (c) (intro.) A commercial fisher licensed under sub. (1) may fish by trawl for the total allowable commercial harvest of smelt, as set by rule by the department, on the waters of Green Bay at any time during nighttime hours the period beginning one hour after sunset and ending 3 hours after sunrise if all of the following apply:
27,1105s
Section 1105s. 29.33 (4m) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.33 (4m) (c) 2. The fishing occurs in the areas and during the seasons established by the department for the fishing of smelt on Green Bay.
27,1105t
Section 1105t. 29.33 (4m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
29.33 (4m) (d) A commercial fisher licensed under sub. (1) may fish by trawl for the total allowable commercial harvest of smelt, as set by rule by the department, on Lake Michigan during any month except May if all of the following apply:
1. The smelt will be used or sold for human consumption.
2. The fishing occurs in the areas and during the hours established by the department for the fishing of smelt on Lake Michigan.
27,1105u
Section 1105u. 29.33 (4m) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
29.33 (4m) (e) The department shall establish by rule a harvest limit for alewife on the waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
27,1108
Section 1108
. 29.34 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.34 (4) (c) The department or the county clerk shall issue net tags to the licensee at the time of issuing the net license.
27,1108m
Section 1108m. 29.34 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
29.34 (6) No person who holds a net license may operate a fish farm that contains a variety of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch under this section or under rules promulgated under this section.
27,1109
Section 1109
. 29.343 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.343 (1) A slat net license authorizing the taking of commercial fish through the use of slat nets in that part of the Mississippi river over which this state has jurisdiction between the Minnesota-Iowa boundary line extended and the Wisconsin-Illinois boundary line extended may shall be issued subject to s. 29.09 by the county clerk of a county bordering these waters
department to any resident who applies for this license.
27,1111
Section 1111
. 29.343 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.343 (5) Except as herein provided slat net licenses shall be issued to any resident applying therefor and shall be subject to s. 29.09, except that they shall be issued by the county clerk of the counties bordering on such waters. A sufficient supply of slat net tags shall be furnished such county clerks by the department to persons issuing approvals under this section.
27,1111m
Section 1111m. 29.343 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
29.343 (6) No person who holds a slat net license may operate a fish farm that contains a species of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch under this section or under rules promulgated under this section.
27,1111r
Section 1111r. 29.344 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
29.344 (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 or under rules promulgated under this section.
27,1113
Section 1113
. 29.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.36 (1) A set or bank pole license authorizing the use of not to exceed 5 set or bank poles for taking, catching or killing fish in the inland waters of the state where the use of setlines is permitted shall be issued subject to s. 29.09 by the department or the county clerk of the county where the set or bank poles are intended to be used to any resident of the state applying for this license.
27,1115
Section 1115
. 29.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.36 (2) No set or bank pole shall be used unless there is securely attached thereto a metal tag stamped with the number of the license covering the same. Tags shall be furnished by the department to the county clerk, or agents of the same or of the department and by such agency to the licensee at the time of issuing the license.
27,1115m
Section 1115m. 29.36 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
29.36 (4) No person who holds a set or bank pole license may operate a fish farm that contains a species of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch under this section or under rules promulgated under this section.
27,1116
Section 1116
. 29.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.37 (1) A setline license authorizing the use of setlines and hooks in inland waters in the manner determined by the department for taking, catching or killing fish shall be issued subject to s. 29.09 by the department or the county clerk of the county bordering on the waters where the setlines are intended and permitted to be used to any resident of the state applying for this license.
27,1118
Section 1118
. 29.37 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.37 (3) (b) The department or the county clerk shall issue setline tags to the licensee at the time of issuing the setline license.
27,1118m
Section 1118m. 29.37 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
29.37 (5) No person who holds a set line license issued under this section may operate a fish farm that contains a kind of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch under this section or under rules promulgated under this section.
27,1119b
Section 1119b. 29.405 (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 29.405 (1) and amended to read:
29.405 (1) In this section: (b) “Group, “group deer hunting party" means 2 or more hunters hunting in a group all using firearms or all using bows and arrows, each of whom holds an individual license to hunt deer.
27,1119c
Section 1119c. 29.405 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
27,1119d
Section 1119d. 29.405 (2) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 29.405 (2) and amended to read:
29.405 (2) Any member of a group deer hunting party who are all using firearms may kill a deer for another member of the group deer hunting party if both of the following conditions exist: (b) The the person for whom the
deer is killed possesses a current unused deer carcass tag which is authorized for use on the deer killed.
27,1119e
Section 1119e. 29.405 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
27,1119f
Section 1119f. 29.405 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
29.405 (2m) Any member of a group deer hunting party who are all using bows and arrows may kill an antlerless deer for another member of the group deer hunting party if the person for whom the antlerless deer is killed possesses a current unused deer carcass tag which is authorized for use on the antlerless deer killed.
27,1119g
Section 1119g. 29.405 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.405 (3) A person who kills a deer under sub. (2) or (2m) shall ensure that
inform a member of his or her group deer hunting party without delay of the kill and shall ensure that the member attaches a his or her current validated deer carcass tag to the deer in the manner specified under s. 29.40 (2). The person who kills the deer may not leave the deer unattended until after it is tagged within one hour after the deer is killed. The person who killed the deer may not use a telephone, cellular mobile telecommunications device, radio or other means of electronic communication to inform any member of the group deer hunting party of the kill.
27,1119k
Section 1119k. 29.42 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.42 (4) (title) Farm-raised deer
and fish. This section does not permit the seizure by the department, or prohibit the possession or sale, of farm-raised deer or farm-raised fish.
27,1119m
Section 1119m. 29.43 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.43 (5) (b) Subsections (1) to (4) do not apply to the possession, transportation, delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer or farm-raised fish.
27,1119p
Section 1119p. 29.44 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.44 (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the possession, transportation, delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer or farm-raised fish.
27,1119s
Section 1119s. 29.47 (7) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
29.47 (7) (title) Exemptions.
27,1119t
Section 1119t. 29.47 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 29.47 (7) (a).
27,1119u
Section 1119u. 29.47 (7) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
29.47 (7) (b) This section does not apply to the transportation, delivery, receipt or shipping of farm-raised fish.
27,1119w
Section 1119w. 29.48 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
