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9(b) "Validated" means marked with specified information in the manner
10required by the department.
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11Section
5. 29.237 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
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29.237
(1) (a) "Lake Winnebago and upper Fox and Wolf rivers system" means
13Buttes des Morts Lake, Winneconne Lake, Poygan Lake, Winnebago Lake, and all
14of the following:
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1. Each stream that flows into any of these lakes, from the mouth of the stream
16upstream to the first dam on the stream.
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2. The Fox River from the point that it flows into Lake Winnebago upstream
18to the dam above the city of Princeton.
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3. Each tributary of the Fox River from the point that it flows into the Fox River
20upstream to the first dam on the tributary.
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4. The Wolf River from its mouth upstream to the dam in the city of Shawano.
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5. Each tributary of the Wolf River from the point that it flows into the Wolf
23River to the first dam on the tributary.
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24Section
6. 29.237 (1m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
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25Section
7. 29.237 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.237
(2) The sturgeon spearing license shall be accompanied by sturgeon
2carcass tags in the quantity to correspond with the season bag limit for spearing
rock
3or lake sturgeon established by the department. The serial numbers of these tags
4shall be entered on the license by the person issuing the license or by the department.
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5Section
8. 29.237 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.237
(3) A sturgeon spearing license authorizes the spearing of
rock or lake
7sturgeon subject to any limit imposed under s. 29.192 (3) and only during the open
8season for spearing these sturgeon established by the department. No person may
9fish for sturgeon by means of a spear
unless the person is issued a conservation
10patron license or unless the person is issued a sturgeon spearing license. The
11conservation patron license or the sturgeon spearing license shall be carried on the
12person of the licensee at all times while fishing for sturgeon by means of a spear.
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13Section
9. 29.237 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.237
(4) Any person having taken a
rock or lake sturgeon by means of a spear
15shall immediately attach a current, validated sturgeon carcass tag issued to that
16person to the tail of the sturgeon. No person may possess, control, store or transport
17a
rock or lake sturgeon carcass unless it is tagged as required under this section.
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18Section
10. 29.237 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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29.237
(5) The department shall deposit receipts from the sale of sturgeon
20spearing licenses under this subsection into the conservation fund and shall credit
21these receipts to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (kw).
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22Section
11. 29.503 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.503
(3) Rock and lake
Lake sturgeon. A wholesale fish dealer license does
24not authorize a person to sell, buy, barter, trade, possess, control or transport
rock
25or lake sturgeon.
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1Section
12. 29.563 (3) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
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29.563
(3) (a) 10. Sturgeon spearing: $19.25.
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3Section
13. 29.563 (3) (b) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
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29.563
(3) (b) 7. Sturgeon spearing: $49.25.
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5Section
14. 29.563 (3) (d) (title) and 2. of the statutes are consolidated and
6renumbered 29.563 (3) (d).
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7Section
15. 29.563 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
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8Section
16. 29.569 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.569
(3) (b)
Restrictions on issuance of sturgeon spearing licenses during the
10open season. No sturgeon spearing license may be issued during the open season for
11the spearing of
rock or lake sturgeon.
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12Section
17. 29.977 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.977
(1) (i) Any muskellunge or
rock or lake sturgeon, $43.75.
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14Section
18. 29.983 (1) (b) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.983
(1) (b) 9. For any muskellunge
, rock sturgeon or lake sturgeon, $43.75.
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(1) The treatment of sections 29.235 (2) and (2m) and 29.237 (3) of the statutes
18first applies to conservation licenses issued on the effective date of this subsection.
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(1) This act takes effect on March 10, 2003.