AB100-ASA1-AA8,99,76
29.093
(8m) Fish farm permits. A fish farm permit, issued under s. 29.521 (2),
7is valid for 10 years after the date of issuance.".
AB100-ASA1-AA8,99,11
10"29.137
(8) This section does not apply to bait produced in a
private state or
11municipal fish hatchery
licensed under s. 29.52
or to bait that is farm-raised fish.".
AB100-ASA1-AA8,99,14
13"
Section 1099b. 29.24 of the statutes is renumbered 29.24 (1) (intro.) and
14amended to read:
AB100-ASA1-AA8,99,1715
29.24
(1) (intro.) The owner or occupant of any land, and any member of his or
16her family, may hunt or trap beaver,
coyotes, foxes, raccoons, woodchucks, rabbits
17and squirrels on the land without a license at any time, except
that such as follows:
AB100-ASA1-AA8,99,20
18(a) Such persons may not hunt
any of these wild animals during the period of
1924 hours prior to the opening date for deer hunting in those counties or parts of
20counties where an open season for hunting deer with firearms is established.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,99,23
21(2) The owner or occupant of any land and any member of his or her family may
22take beaver, rabbits, raccoons and squirrels on the land at any time by means of live
23trapping with box traps in areas where the discharge of a firearm is
unlawful illegal.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,100,3
129.24
(1) (b) Such persons may not hunt coyotes during an open season for
2hunting deer with firearms in an area that is closed by the department by rule to
3coyote hunting.".
AB100-ASA1-AA8,100,146
29.29
(4) Use of pesticides. The department of natural resources, after public
7hearing, may promulgate rules governing the use of any pesticide which it finds is
8a serious hazard to wild animals other than those it is intended to control, and the
9making of reports thereon. In making such determinations, the department to the
10extent relevant shall consider the need for pesticides to protect the well-being of the
11general public.
It shall obtain the recommendation of the pesticide review board and
12such rules, other than rules to protect groundwater promulgated to comply with ch.
13160, are not effective until approved by the pesticide review board. "Pesticide" has
14the meaning designated in s. 94.67.".
AB100-ASA1-AA8,100,18
16"29.29
(5) (b) 1. This section does not apply to toxicants placed in the waters
17of a self-contained fish rearing facility or a state or municipal fish hatchery if the
18toxicants are necessary to the operation of the fish farm or fish hatchery.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,100,2219
2. This section does not apply to toxicants placed in the waters of a preexisting
20fish rearing facility that is an artificial body of water if the toxicants are necessary
21to the operation of the fish farm and the department has issued a permit under s.
22283.31 for the preexisting fish rearing facility.".
AB100-ASA1-AA8,101,4
129.33
(4g) Prohibition against operating fish farms. No person who holds a
2commercial fishing or crew license issued under this section may operate a fish farm
3that contains a species of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch
4under this section or rules promulgated under this section.".
AB100-ASA1-AA8,101,97
29.34
(6) No person who holds a net license may operate a fish farm that
8contains a variety of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch under
9this section or under rules promulgated under this section.".
AB100-ASA1-AA8,101,1412
29.343
(6) No person who holds a slat net license may operate a fish farm that
13contains a species of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch under
14this section or under rules promulgated under this section.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,101,1916
29.344
(5) No person who holds a trammel net license issued under this section
17may operate a fish farm that contains a species of fish that the holder of the license
18is authorized to catch under this section or under rules promulgated under this
19section.".
AB100-ASA1-AA8,101,2422
29.36
(4) No person who holds a set or bank pole license may operate a fish farm
23that contains a species of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch
24under this section or under rules promulgated under this section.".
AB100-ASA1-AA8,102,63
29.37
(5) No person who holds a set line license issued under this section may
4operate a fish farm that contains a kind of fish that the holder of the license is
5authorized to catch under this section or under rules promulgated under this
6section.".
AB100-ASA1-AA8,102,10
1029.50 (title)
Propagation privileged of fish; protected wild animals.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,102,1413
29.50
(1) (intro.) Nothing in
the foregoing provisions this chapter concerning
14the protection of wild animals
shall affect the applies to any of the following:
AB100-ASA1-AA8,102,15
15(a) The operation of state
fish hatcheries
, the.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,102,18
16(b) The removal of fish which have died from natural causes or the removal of
17deleterious fish by the department
or under its authority; or the as authorized under
18this chapter.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,102,20
19(c) The propagation or transportation, collecting and transplanting of fish
or
20fish fry by state authority; nor the by the department.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,102,23
21(d) The transportation of fish into or through this state or out of it by the
22commissioners of fisheries of other states or of the United States
; nor the operation
23of private fish hatcheries, or the propagation of fish in private waters, or the.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,103,2
1(e) The transportation and sale of fish
therefrom as hereinafter provided; but
2the.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,103,6
3(2) The department
, or its agents and employes, shall may not furnish fish
or
4fry from state hatcheries to private ponds, private clubs, corporations or preserves,
5and
shall may not
introduce, stock or plant them in waters where the general public
6is not allowed the rights and privileges enjoyed by any individual.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,103,108
29.50
(3) An operator of a fish farm, or an employe of the operator, may capture
9turtles that are on the fish farm, transport them to different locations and release
10them into the wild.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,103,12
1229.51 (title)
Propagation of fish; removal of fish.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,103,1614
29.51
(1) (title)
State fish hatcheries
; fish management by state. (intro.) The
15department shall have general charge of the following matters
for operating state
16fish hatcheries, and all necessary powers therefor, namely:
AB100-ASA1-AA8,103,2517
(e)
The Subject to s. 95.60, the receiving from the U.S. commissioners of
18fisheries, from the commissioners of fisheries of other states or from other persons
19of all
spawn, fry fish eggs or fish donated to the state or purchased, and in the most
20practical ways, by exchange or otherwise, to procure, receive, distribute and dispose
21of
spawn fish eggs and fish; to make contracts and carry on the same for the
22transportation of fish cars, cans, departmental officers and employes by land or
23water as is most advantageous to the state; and to take such other measures as in
24their judgment best promotes the abundant supply of food fishes in the waters of the
25state.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,104,112
29.51
(2) Transplantation of fish. The department may take or cause to be
3taken fish at any time of the year from any waters of the state for stocking other
4waters or for the purpose of securing eggs for artificial propagation. These fish or
5eggs may be taken only under a special permit issued by the department and only
6in the presence of the department or its wardens. This permit shall specify the kinds
7of fish that may be taken and the manner in which they may be taken.
This permit
8is subject to the conditions that the holder pay for the services of and furnish free
9transportation and meals on his or her boat to a competent person approved by the
10department to spawn the fish and fertilize the eggs and that the eggs are delivered
11at the place designated by the department.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,104,1313
29.51
(3) (title)
Delivery of spawn fish eggs.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,104,1515
29.51
(3m) (title)
Destruction of fish eggs or fish.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,104,2217
29.51
(3m) (b) Paragraph (a) does not authorize the department of natural
18resources to remove fish or fish eggs from a self-contained fish rearing facility or
19from a preexisting fish rearing facility that is barrier equipped and that is an
20artificial body of water unless the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
21protection has requested that the department of natural resources remove the fish
22or fish eggs to address a problem affecting fish health.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,105,224
29.51
(4) (title)
Removal of spawn fish eggs or fish from state. No person
shall 25may remove any fish eggs or live fish from this state except as authorized by law,
1unless a permit therefor has been issued to the person by the department.
This
2subsection does not apply to farm-raised fish or eggs from farm-raised fish.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,105,55
29.51
(5) (title)
Fishing for propagation purposes.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,105,138
29.51
(5) (intro.)
No employe of the department, and no other person, while
9engaged in For the purposes of catching wild fish from the public waters for purposes
10of artificial propagation
, shall or for introduction, stocking or planting in fish farms,
11no person may take or have possession or control of any kind of fish
other than those
12that the person has been directed, by the department, to take therefrom. unless par.
13(a) or (b) applies:
AB100-ASA1-AA8,105,1615
29.51
(5) (a) The person has the approvals required under this chapter to take,
16possess or control that kind of fish.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,105,1817
(b) The person has been otherwise authorized by the department to take,
18possess or control that kind of fish.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,105,2220
29.513
(5) A person who is using a navigable lake that is a freeze-out pond as
21a fish farm, or as part of a fish farm, is exempt from obtaining a permit under this
22section.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,106,3
129.514 Private fishing preserves. (1) A single person may register with the
2department a natural, navigable, self-contained body of water as a private fishing
3preserve if all of the following apply:
AB100-ASA1-AA8,106,54
(a) All of the use and occupancy rights in the land that is riparian to the body
5of water are owned or leased by the registrant.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,106,86
(b) The registrant and any owner of the riparian land do not provide access to
7the body of water to the public by means of an easement or other right-of-way or by
8means of a business open to the public.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,106,10
9(2) No lake association, corporation or other association that is formed to
10establish a private fishing preserve is eligible to register under this section.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,106,11
11(3) A registration under this section is valid for one year.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,106,16
12(4) A person who is fishing in a private fishing preserve is exempt from having
13any sport fishing approval issued under this chapter. No person may sell or trade
14fish that are caught in a private fishing preserve. No person may charge a fee for
15fishing in a private fishing preserve or a fee for an activity that includes the privilege
16of fishing in a private fishing preserve.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,106,20
1929.521 Natural waters used in fish farms. (1) No person may use a natural
20body of water as a fish farm or as part of a fish farm unless all of the following apply:
AB100-ASA1-AA8,106,2221
(a) The land that is riparian to the body of water is owned, leased or controlled
22by the owners of the fish farm.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,107,223
(b) None of the owners of the fish farm or of the riparian land provides access
24to the body of water to the public by means of an easement or other right-of-way or
1by means of a business open to the public, except that the owners of the fish farm may
2allow fishing by the public for a fee.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,107,33
(c) The body of water is one of the following:
AB100-ASA1-AA8,107,44
1. A freeze-out pond.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,107,55
2. A preexisting fish rearing facility that is barrier equipped.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,107,66
(d) A permit for the body of water has been issued under sub. (2).
AB100-ASA1-AA8,107,10
7(2) (a) The department shall issue a permit under this subsection for a natural
8body of water specified under sub. (1) (c) 1. if the department determines that no
9substantial public interest exists in the body of water and that no public or private
10rights in the body of water will be damaged.