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Section 1103p. 29.29 (5) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: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:
29.48 (1m) Subsection (1) does not apply to farm-raised deer or farm-raised fish.
27,1119x
Section 1119x. 29.48 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.48 (3) The eggs from trout and salmon that are not farm-raised fish and that are lawfully taken and possessed, when removed from the fish under this chapter are exempted from this section if removed from the fish. The whole fish shall be taken to the buyer of the eggs and the eggs removed in the presence of the buyer. The fish carcass shall be legally disposed of.
27,1120c
Section 1120c. 29.49 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.49 (1) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 29.52, no No innkeeper, manager or steward of any restaurant, club, hotel, boarding house, tavern, logging camp or mining camp may sell, barter, serve or give, or cause to be sold, bartered, served or given to the guests or boarders thereof:
27,1120e
Section 1120e. 29.49 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.49 (3) Exemption. This section does not apply to the meat from farm-raised deer or from farm-raised fish.
27,1120hg
Section 1120hg. 29.50 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.50 (title) Propagation privileged of fish; protected wild animals.
27,1120hm
Section 1120hm. 29.50 of the statutes is renumbered 29.50 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
29.50 (1) (intro.) Nothing in the foregoing provisions this chapter concerning the protection of wild animals shall affect the applies to any of the following:
(a) The operation of state fish hatcheries, the.
(b) The removal of fish which have died from natural causes or the removal of deleterious fish by the department or under its authority; or the as authorized under this chapter.
(c) The propagation or transportation, collecting and transplanting of fish or fish fry by state authority; nor the by the department.
(d) The transportation of fish into or through this state or out of it by the commissioners of fisheries of other states or of the United States; nor the operation of private fish hatcheries, or the propagation of fish in private waters, or the.
(e) The transportation and sale of fish therefrom as hereinafter provided; but the.
(2) The department, or its agents and employes, shall may not furnish fish or fry from state hatcheries to private ponds, private clubs, corporations or preserves, and shall may not introduce, stock or plant them in waters where the general public is not allowed the rights and privileges enjoyed by any individual.
27,1120hr
Section 1120hr. 29.50 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
29.50 (3) An operator of a fish farm, or an employe of the operator, may capture turtles that are on the fish farm, transport them to different locations and release them into the wild.
27,1120jm
Section 1120jm. 29.51 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
29.51 (title) Propagation of fish; removal of fish.
27,1120km
Section 1120km. 29.51 (1) (intro.) and (e) of the statutes are amended to read:
