Register April 2024 No. 820
Chapter NR 19
MISCELLANEOUS FUR, FISH, GAME AND OUTDOOR RECREATION
Subchapter I — Miscellaneous
NR 19.01 Approval deadlines.
NR 19.02 Handling fees for certain approvals.
NR 19.025 Waivers for an educational outdoor skills activity.
NR 19.03 Control of muskrats on cranberry marshes.
NR 19.05 Release, importation and transportation of fish.
NR 19.055 Drainage of water from boats and equipment required.
NR 19.057 Bait dealer's wild harvest permit required; criteria; records required.
NR 19.0575 White sucker spawning permit required.
NR 19.058 Sport trolling.
NR 19.06 Fish nets and traps.
NR 19.07 Commercial fishing studies on inland, outlying, and boundary waters.
NR 19.09 Wild rice conservation.
NR 19.11 Scientific collectors permits and scientific research licenses.
NR 19.115 Fish, fur, game seals.
NR 19.12 Tagging the carcasses of wild animals, birds and fish taken on Indian reservations.
NR 19.13 Animals killed by motor vehicles.
NR 19.25 Wild animal protection.
NR 19.26 Season and restrictions for taking frogs.
NR 19.27 Seasons, limits, restrictions on taking crayfish.
NR 19.30 Criminal history checks; volunteer instructors.
NR 19.40 Department authority to void local hunting, fishing and trapping ordinances.
NR 19.50 All-terrain vehicle and bowhunter, snowmobile and hunter education program fee.
NR 19.51 Wisconsin cooperative trapper education program fee.
NR 19.60 Feeding of wild animals.
Subchapter II — Wildlife Rehabilitation
NR 19.72 General wildlife rehabilitation provisions.
NR 19.76 Facility inspection.
NR 19.77 Facility standards.
NR 19.78 Care and treatment of wildlife.
NR 19.79 Infectious disease reporting and response.
NR 19.80 Record keeping and reporting.
NR 19.81 Qualifications of sponsors.
NR 19.83 Additional conditions.
Subchapter III — Permitting the Use of Natural Bodies of Water as Fish Farms
NR 19.90 Purpose and applicability.
NR 19.92 Natural body of water permit application fees.
NR 19.93 Applicant permit procedures for use of natural bodies of water for fish farms.
NR 19.94 Department determinations.
NR 19.001(1)(1)
“Active service", for purposes of s.
29.194, Stats., means full time employment as a member of the armed services and does not include annual summer training by members of the national guard or reserves.
NR 19.001(2)
(2) “Application" means a written request for any approval of a regulatory agency required as a condition of operating a business in this state completed in the form required by and acceptable to the department and accompanied by additional plans, information and the appropriate fee.
NR 19.001(3)
(3) “Approval" means a license, permit or other form of approval required from the department to conduct business activities in Wisconsin.
NR 19.001(3m)
(3m) “Asian carp" means bighead carp (
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), and all other non-native carp species except common carp (Cyprinus carpio), goldfish (Carassius auratus), and koi carp (Cyprinus carpio).
NR 19.001(4)
(4) “Bird feeding devices and structures" means any device or structure that has the primary purpose of attracting or feeding birds or small mammals.
NR 19.001(4m)
(4m) “Business" means a building used primarily to carry out commercial activities at which regular scheduled business hours are maintained for employees and the public such as restaurants and retail stores, but does not include associated lands, warehouses, outbuildings or other buildings that are not normally open to the public.
NR 19.001(5)
(5) “Carcass" means the dead body of any animal including the head, hair, skin, plumage, skeleton, eggs, or any other part thereof.
NR 19.001 Note
Note: Milk is not considered to be a part of an animal carcass or an animal byproduct for the purposes of this chapter.
NR 19.001(5m)
(5m) “Daily bag limit" as used in s.
NR 19.275, means the maximum number of a turtle species or group of turtle species which may be taken by a person each day.
NR 19.001(5r)
(5r) “Disinfect” or “disinfected” means to decontaminate or be decontaminated with heat, drying, or a chemical solution approved by the department so as to neutralize infectious diseases and invasive species.
NR 19.001(6)
(6) “Environmental consulting organization" means an individual or consortium of individuals funded to provide consulting services including status assessment of wild animals and their habitats.
NR 19.001(6m)
(6m) “Fish, fur, game seal" or “seal" means a numbered, non-reusable, locking device bearing the embossed inscription Fish, Fur, Game F-(number) which is issued by the department.
NR 19.001(7)
(7) “File" or “filed" means receipt by the department of a written notice, verified claim or other document.
NR 19.001(7m)
(7m) “Hooking", as used in s.
NR 19.275, means any activity which utilizes a dull-pointed, metal, barbless hook attached to a staff to remove a turtle from a body of water.
NR 19.001(8)
(8) “In the process of being mounted" means, for the purposes of the sale of part or all of a private collection, as authorized by s.
29.354, Stats., a physical process which includes taxidermy work accomplished on the carcass, including at least removal of the skin.
NR 19.001(8g)
(8g) “Live fish" means, for purposes of this chapter, any fish possessed by a person that is handled or treated in a manner that will keep it alive, such as keeping it in water, or that is revived by placement back into water. “Live fish" includes any minnow that is possessed by a person for use as bait and that dies while the person who possesses it is on the water, bank or shore for the purpose of fishing, but only until the minnow is transported away from water, bank or shore where it died.
NR 19.001(8r)
(8r) “Live fish eggs" means, for purposes of this chapter, fertilized or unfertilized fish eggs that are handled or treated in a manner likely to keep them alive or viable for the purpose of propagation.
NR 19.001(9)
(9) “Maintain records" means, for the purpose of s.
29.503 (5), Stats., to legibly prepare triplicate records and retain at least one copy of each record at the place of business for inspection purposes.
NR 19.001(10)
(10) “Mount", “mounted", or “mounting" means, for the purposes of ss.
29.354 (3) and
29.506 (1), Stats., and this section, to prepare and preserve the head, skin or carcass in a lifelike manner.
NR 19.001(11)
(11) “Natural resources", for purposes of s.
23.095, Stats., includes wild rice growing in navigable lakes.
NR 19.001(12)
(12) “Navigable lake", for the purpose of interpreting s.
29.607, Stats., means a natural navigable lake or a flowage or pond, or portion of a flowage or pond, where the bed is in town, county, city, village, state or federal ownership.
NR 19.001(12e)
(12e) “Owner-occupied residence" for the purpose of this section means a dwelling or building devoted to human occupancy when used while feeding deer as a residence by the owner, members of the owner's immediate family, or when used as a residence by individuals as a rental property while feeding deer
.
NR 19.001(12m)
(12m) “Possession limit" as used in s.
NR 19.275, means the maximum number of a turtle species or group of turtle species which may be possessed by a person at any time.
