Submittal of Proposed Rules to Legislative
Council Clearinghouse
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for further information on a particular rule.
Natural Resources
Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—
(DNR # FH-21-11)
On March 6, 2012, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources submitted a proposed rule to the Wisconsin Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse revising Chapter
NR 19, relating to prohibiting persons from trolling with downriggers on outlying waters (Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay, Sawyer's Harbor, and the Fox River from its mouth up to the dam at DePere, s.
29.001 (63), Stats.) without direct and immediate access to a wire cutter or other device capable of severing any line pulled behind the boat.
The scope statement for this rule, SS
011-11, was approved by the Governor on
August 15, 2011, published in
Register No. 668, on
August 31, 2011, and approved by Natural Resources Board as required by s.
227.135 (2), Stats.) on
December 14, 2011.
Agency Procedure for Promulgation
A public hearing has been scheduled for April 11, 2012, in Cleveland, Wisconsin. The department's Bureau of Fisheries Management is primarily responsible for promulgation of this rule.
Contact Information
William Horns
Bureau of Fisheries Management
Telephone: (608) 266-8782
