AB100-ASA1,517,1612 29.37 (1) A setline license authorizing the use of setlines and hooks in inland
13waters in the manner determined by the department for taking, catching or killing
14fish shall be issued subject to s. 29.09 by the department or the county clerk of the
15county bordering on the waters where the setlines are intended and permitted to be
16used
to any resident of the state applying for this license.
AB100-ASA1, s. 865 17Section 865. 29.37 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,517,1918 29.37 (3) (b) The department or the county clerk shall issue setline tags to the
19licensee at the time of issuing the setline license.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1119k 20Section 1119k. 29.42 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,517,2321 29.42 (4) (title) Farm-raised deer and fish. This section does not permit the
22seizure by the department, or prohibit the possession or sale, of farm-raised deer or
23farm-raised fish
.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1119m 24Section 1119m. 29.43 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,518,2
129.43 (5) (b) Subsections (1) to (4) do not apply to the possession,
2transportation, delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer or farm-raised fish.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1119p 3Section 1119p. 29.44 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,518,54 29.44 (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the possession, transportation,
5delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer or farm-raised fish.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1119s 6Section 1119s. 29.47 (7) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100-ASA1,518,77 29.47 (7) (title) Exemptions.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1119t 8Section 1119t. 29.47 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 29.47 (7) (a).
AB100-ASA1, s. 1119u 9Section 1119u. 29.47 (7) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,518,1110 29.47 (7) (b) This section does not apply to the transportation, delivery, receipt
11or shipping of farm-raised fish.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1119w 12Section 1119w. 29.48 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,518,1413 29.48 (1m) Subsection (1) does not apply to farm-raised deer or farm-raised
14fish
.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1119x 15Section 1119x. 29.48 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,518,2016 29.48 (3) The eggs from trout and salmon that are not farm-raised fish and that
17are
lawfully taken and possessed, when removed from the fish under this chapter are
18exempted from this section if removed from the fish. The whole fish shall be taken
19to the buyer of the eggs and the eggs removed in the presence of the buyer. The fish
20carcass shall be legally disposed of.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120c 21Section 1120c. 29.49 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,518,2522 29.49 (1) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 29.52, no No innkeeper, manager
23or steward of any restaurant, club, hotel, boarding house, tavern, logging camp or
24mining camp may sell, barter, serve or give, or cause to be sold, bartered, served or
25given to the guests or boarders thereof:
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120e
1Section 1120e. 29.49 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,519,32 29.49 (3) Exemption. This section does not apply to the meat from farm-raised
3deer or from farm-raised fish.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120g 4Section 1120g. 29.50 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120h 5Section 1120h. 29.50 of the statutes is renumbered 29.53 (3) (b) and amended
6to read:
AB100-ASA1,519,197 29.53 (3) (b) Nothing in the foregoing provisions concerning the protection of
8wild animals shall affect the operation of state hatcheries, the removal of fish which
9have died from natural causes or the removal of deleterious fish by the department
10or under its authority; or the propagation or transportation, collecting and
11transplanting of fish or fish fry by state authority; nor the transportation of fish into
12or through this state or out of it by the commissioners of fisheries of other states or
13of the United States; nor the operation of private fish hatcheries, or the propagation
14of fish in private waters, or the transportation and sale of fish therefrom as
15hereinafter provided; but the
The department, or its agents and employes, shall may
16not furnish fish or fry from state hatcheries to private ponds, private clubs,
17corporations or preserves, and shall may not introduce, stock or plant them in the
18waters of the state where the general public is not allowed the rights and privileges
19enjoyed by any individual.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120j 20Section 1120j. 29.51 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,519,21 2129.51 (title) State propagation Propagation of fish; removal of fish.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120k 22Section 1120k. 29.51 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 29.51 (1m), and 29.51
23(1m) (intro.) and (e), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,520,3
129.51 (1m) (title) State fish hatcheries; fish management by state. (intro.)
2The department shall have general charge of the following matters for operating
3state fish hatcheries
, and all necessary powers therefor, namely:
AB100-ASA1,520,124 (e) The Subject to s. 95.60, the receiving from the U.S. commissioners of
5fisheries, from the commissioners of fisheries of other states or from other persons
6of all spawn, fry fish eggs or fish donated to the state or purchased, and in the most
7practical ways, by exchange or otherwise, to procure, receive, distribute and dispose
8of spawn fish eggs and fish; to make contracts and carry on the same for the
9transportation of fish cars, cans, departmental officers and employes by land or
10water as is most advantageous to the state; and to take such other measures as in
11their judgment best promotes the abundant supply of food fishes in the waters of the
12state.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120m 13Section 1120m. 29.51 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,520,1514 29.51 (1b) Definition. In this section, "waters of the state" has the meaning
15given in s. 29.53 (1) (b) and (c).
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120n 16Section 1120n. 29.51 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,521,217 29.51 (2) Transplantation of fish. The department may take or cause to be
18taken fish at any time of the year from any waters of the state for stocking other
19waters or for the purpose of securing eggs for artificial propagation of the state.
20These fish or eggs may be taken only under a special permit issued by the department
21and only in the presence of the department or its wardens. This permit shall specify
22the kinds of fish that may be taken and the manner in which they may be taken. This
23permit is subject to the conditions that the holder pay for the services of and furnish
24free transportation and meals on his or her boat to a competent person approved by

1the department to spawn the fish and fertilize the eggs and that the eggs are
2delivered at the place designated by the department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120p 3Section 1120p. 29.51 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,521,134 29.51 (3) (title) Delivery of spawn fish eggs. Any person fishing in any waters
5of this the state shall deliver, on demand, to the department or its wardens or
6authorized agents, all kinds of fish, during the spawning season, for the purpose of
7being stripped of their eggs and milt; and the person receiving them shall,
8immediately after having stripped the fish, return them to the person from whom
9received. Any such person shall permit the department, or its wardens, or
10authorized agents to enter any boats, docks, grounds or other places where such fish
11may be, for the purpose of stripping the same while alive, and shall render such
12assistance as may be necessary to expedite the work of mixing the eggs and milt for
13proper impregnation.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120q 14Section 1120q. 29.51 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,521,1815 29.51 (4) (title) Removal of spawn fish eggs or fish from state. No person shall
16may remove any fish eggs or live fish from this state except as authorized by law,
17unless a permit therefor has been issued to the person by the department. This
18subsection does not apply to farm-raised fish.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120r 19Section 1120r. 29.51 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,522,220 29.51 (5) (title) Unlawful fishing by employes Fishing for propagation
21purposes
. No employe of the department, and no other person, while engaged in
22catching wild fish from the public waters of the state for purposes of artificial
23propagation, shall may take or have possession or control of any kind of fish other
24than those that the person has been directed, by the department, to take therefrom

1is authorized to possess or control under the person's approval authorizing fishing
2or that the person is otherwise authorized by the department to possess or control
.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120v 3Section 1120v. 29.513 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,522,54 29.513 (5) A person using a navigable lake that is completely landlocked to rear
5farm-raised fish is exempt from the requirement of a permit under this section.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1120x 6Section 1120x. 29.52 of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124c 7Section 1124c. 29.521 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,522,13 829.521 Waters used in private fish hatcheries. Any area of water or water
9supply used as part of a private fish hatchery licensed under s. 29.52, 1995 stats., on
10the day before the effective date of this section .... [revisor inserts date], may continue
11to be used as part of a fish farm in the same manner and to the same extent that the
12area or supply was used on the day before the effective date of this section .... [revisor
13inserts date].
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124e 14Section 1124e. 29.53 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,522,15 1529.53 Stocking of fish. (1) In this section:
AB100-ASA1,522,1616 (a) "Fish" includes fish eggs.
AB100-ASA1,522,1717 (b) "Waters of the state" does not include any of the following:
AB100-ASA1,522,1818 1. An artificial body of water.
AB100-ASA1,522,2019 2. A natural body of water that is used as part of a state or municipal fish
20hatchery.
AB100-ASA1,522,2221 3. A natural body of water that is used as part of a fish farm, except as provided
22in par. (c).
AB100-ASA1,522,2323 (c) Notwithstanding par. (b) 3., "waters of the state" includes a fishing preserve.
AB100-ASA1,522,25 24(2) (a) No person may introduce, stock or plant any fish in the waters of the
25state unless all of the following apply:
AB100-ASA1,523,1
11. The person has a permit issued by the department.
AB100-ASA1,523,42 2. The person is in compliance with the applicable requirements under s. 95.60
3(2) and (3) or the fish are acquired from a person who is in compliance with the
4applicable requirements.
AB100-ASA1,523,65 (b) A person applying for a permit under this section shall submit a written
6application to the department.
AB100-ASA1,523,87 (c) This subsection does not apply to introduction, stocking or planting of fish
8by the department.
AB100-ASA1,523,12 9(3) (a) The department may not introduce, stock or plant any fish in the waters
10of the state unless the department is in compliance with the health certificate
11requirements under s. 95.60 (2) and (3) or the fish are acquired from a person who
12is in compliance with the applicable requirements under s. 95.60 (2) and (3).
AB100-ASA1,523,14 13(4) For the purposes of issuing permits under this section and for introducing,
14stocking or planting of fish by the department, the department:
AB100-ASA1,523,1715 (a) Shall accept the certification performed under s. 95.60 (3) concerning the
16health of the fish and may not require that any additional testing, inspection or
17investigation be performed concerning the health of the fish.
AB100-ASA1,523,1918 (b) May regulate the species of fish, the number of fish and the sites where the
19fish will be introduced, planted or stocked.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124g 20Section 1124g. 29.535 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,523,21 2129.535 (title) Introduction of wild animals other than fish.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124h 22Section 1124h. 29.535 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,523,2523 29.535 (1) (a) 1. Importing into the state any fish, spawn or any other wild
24animal other than fish or their eggs for the purpose of introducing, stocking or
25planting that fish, spawn or wild animal.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124i
1Section 1124i. 29.535 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,524,32 29.535 (1) (a) 2. Introducing, stocking or planting any fish, spawn or other wild
3animal other than fish or their eggs.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124j 4Section 1124j. 29.535 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,524,75 29.535 (1) (c) Permits for introducing, stocking or planting under par. (a) 2.
6shall be issued by the department only after investigation and inspection of the fish,
7spawn or other
wild animals as the department determines necessary.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124k 8Section 1124k. 29.535 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124L 9Section 1124L. 29.535 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124m 10Section 1124m. 29.535 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 29.51 (3m) and
11amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,524,1512 29.51 (3m) (title) Destruction of fish eggs or fish. The department may seize
13or destroy, or both, any fish or spawn thereof fish eggs that are in the waters of the
14state and that are
found to be infected with any disease organisms as are designated
15by the department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124n 16Section 1124n. 29.535 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,524,1917 29.535 (2) (a) Importing into the state any fish, spawn or any other wild animal
18other than fish or their eggs for the purpose of introducing, stocking or planting that
19fish, spawn or wild animal.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124p 20Section 1124p. 29.535 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,524,2221 29.535 (2) (b) Introducing, stocking or planting any fish, spawn or other wild
22animal other than fish or their eggs.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124q 23Section 1124q. 29.535 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 29.53 (5) and amended
24to read:
AB100-ASA1,525,14
129.53 (5) This The requirement of being issued a permit under this section shall
2not apply to civic organizations, organizations operating newspapers or television
3stations or promoters of sport shows when and in connection with publicly showing
4or exhibiting or giving demonstrations with brook, brown or rainbow trout for
5periods of not to exceed 10 days. Brook, brown or rainbow trout used for such
6purposes shall be obtained only from resident Class A or Class B private fish
7hatchery operators licensed under s. 29.52 (4). Such private fish hatchery operators
8persons who are in compliance with s. 95.60 (2) and (3). A person introducing,
9stocking or planting trout or their eggs under this subsection
shall keep a record of
10all brook, brown or rainbow the number and type of all trout introduced in,stocked
11or planted,
or delivered for introduction, stocking or planting, in any public waters
12of the state and shall make a report of such introduction or delivery for such
13introduction
of these records to the department on or before December 31 of each year
14on forms furnished by the department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124t 15Section 1124t. 29.536 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,525,1816 29.536 (5) Any fish or fish eggs brought into this state that will be stocked in
17a municipal fish hatchery are subject to the permitting and certificate requirements
18under s. 95.60 (2) and (3).
AB100-ASA1, s. 1126e 19Section 1126e. 29.55 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,525,2120 29.55 (2m) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to farm-raised deer or
21farm-raised fish
.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1126m 22Section 1126m. 29.572 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,526,223 29.572 (1) No person shall cause, authorize or permit any lands or waters to
24be posted with signs of any kind indicating that such lands or waters are licensed

1under s. 29.52 or ss. 29.573 to 29.578 unless such lands and waters are in fact so
2licensed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1138m 3Section 1138m. 29.585 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,526,84 29.585 (2) (a) In this section, "wild animal" means any mammal, fish or bird
5of a wild nature as distinguished from domestic animals under the common law or
6under the statutes whether or not the mammal, fish or bird was bred or reared in
7captivity, but does not include deer of the genus dama, cervus or rangifer or
8farm-raised fish
.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1139e 9Section 1139e. 29.59 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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