29.403(5)(b)
(b) If the department denies a person's application for a fishing tournament permit or if the permit is revoked under
par. (a), the department may not issue a fishing tournament permit to that person for a period of 2 years after the denial or revocation.
29.403(6)
(6) Any person who participates in a fishing tournament shall comply with the terms and conditions imposed by any permit issued for that fishing tournament under
sub. (2).
29.403(7)
(7) This section does not apply to any fishing tournament that is conducted on a body of water where persons who are normally required to have fishing approvals are exempt from having such approvals.
29.403 History
History: 2003 a. 249.
29.4035
29.4035
Bass fishing tournament pilot program. 29.4035(1)
(1) In this section, "live well" means a container that is used to hold live fish and that meets standards established by the department by rule.
29.4035(2)
(2) The department shall establish a bass fishing tournament pilot program under which the department shall issue 4 permits per year. The department shall issue at least one permit per year under this section for a bass fishing tournament that authorizes participants to fish for, and cull, both largemouth and smallmouth bass. The remaining permits issued under this section shall authorize participants to fish for both largemouth bass and smallmouth bass, but to cull only largemouth bass. The department shall confer with the advisory board appointed under
2003 Wisconsin Act 249, section 6, to determine who shall be issued a permit under this section.
29.4035(3)
(3) Notwithstanding
s. 29.055, a permit issued under this section authorizes a person to conduct a bass fishing tournament in which participants may take bass in excess of the daily bag limit if all of the following apply:
29.4035(3)(a)
(a) Each boat in the tournament is equipped with a live well.
29.4035(3)(b)
(b) A participant either immediately releases the bass into the water from which it was taken or holds the bass in a live well.
29.4035(3)(c)
(c) The bass held in a live well by a participant at any one time does not exceed the daily bag limit.
29.4035(3)(d)
(d) Each bass when released by a participant into the water from which it was taken is able to swim away in a healthy condition.
29.4035(4)
(4) The department, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Bass Federation, shall conduct research and collect data for the purpose of evaluating the pilot program under this section. The department shall report its findings to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under
s. 13.172 (3) on or before December 31, 2006.
29.4035(5)
(5) This section does not apply after December 31, 2006.
29.4035 History
History: 2003 a. 249.
29.404
29.404
Fishing shanties on ice, regulation. 29.404(1)
(1)
Public nuisance; removal. Any building, vehicle, tent, fish shanty or similar shelter that is used or left on the ice in violation of any department order or that has fallen through the ice is a public nuisance. The department shall notify the owner, if known. If after the expiration of 10 days after notice is given the owner does not claim the nuisance, the department may destroy or sell the nuisance in the name of the state.
29.404(2)
(2) Reimbursement for department costs. If the department destroys or sells the building, vehicle, tent, fish shanty or similar shelter that is a public nuisance, the owner shall reimburse the department for all costs associated with the seizure and destruction or sale of the public nuisance. The department shall give the owner written notice containing the amount of costs to be reimbursed and a statement that the owner must reimburse these costs to the department within 20 days after the notice is given.
29.404(3)
(3) Forfeiture. If the owner does not reimburse these costs to the department within 20 days after the notice is given under
sub. (2), the owner shall forfeit not more than $100.
29.404 History
History: 1989 a. 359;
1991 a. 39;
1997 a. 248 ss.
443 to
445; Stats. 1997 s. 29.404.
29.404 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also s.
NR 20.11, Wis. adm. code.
29.407
29.407
Transportation of fish. 29.407(1)(a)(a) No person may transport or cause to be transported, or deliver or receive or offer to deliver or receive for transportation, any game fish taken from inland waters unless the person complies with all applicable requirements under
pars. (b) and
(c).
29.407(1)(b)
(b) All fish that are subject to a minimum size limit and are taken by hook and line may be transported with the head or tail, or both, removed and may be filleted before being transported, but only if the dressed or filleted fish continues to meet the minimum size limit. A dressed fish shall remain in one piece with the skin and scales intact. The skin and scales shall remain on a filleted fish.
29.407(1)(c)
(c) A box, package or container of fish transported by common carrier shall contain fish of only one owner.
29.407(2)(a)(a) No person may transport or cause to be transported, or deliver or receive or offer to deliver or receive for transportation, any game fish taken from outlying waters unless the person complies with all applicable requirements under
pars. (b) to
(d).
29.407(2)(b)
(b) No green fish of any variety except lawfully taken suckers may be shipped from any port located on outlying waters during the closed season for the fish, except the first 3 days of the closed season.
29.407(2)(c)
(c) Pike and pickerel lawfully taken from outlying waters may be transported to points within or without the state without limitation as to quantity; but all shipments may be billed only from a port on outlying waters directly to their destination, and may not be rebilled or reshipped from any other point within the state.
29.407(2)(d)
(d) All fish which are subject to a minimum size limit and are taken by hook and line may be transported with the head or tail, or both, removed and may be filleted before being transported, but only if the dressed or filleted fish continues to meet the minimum size limit. A dressed fish shall remain in one piece with the skin and scales intact. The skin and scales shall remain on a filleted fish.
29.407(3)
(3) Shipments from inland points. Any shipment of game fish of any variety originating at any point in this state other than ports located on outlying waters is subject to this section governing the transportation of game fish taken from inland waters.
29.407(4)
(4) Injurious fish. No live rough fish except goldfish, dace and suckers may be transported into or within the state without a permit from the department, except any person authorized by a state contract to remove rough fish pursuant to
s. 29.421 may transport rough fish taken by the person under the authority of the contract.
29.407(5)(a)(a) This section does not apply to a person who has a valid taxidermist permit and who is transporting fish in connection with the person's business.
29.407(5)(b)
(b) This section does not apply to the transportation, delivery, receipt or shipping of farm-raised fish.
29.411
29.411
Cooperation during a fish census. A person who is fishing shall cooperate with an employee of the department when the employee is involved in taking a fish census.
Section 29.971 does not apply to this section.
29.411 History
History: 1997 a. 248 s.
573.
29.414
29.414
Erection of barriers to exclude rough fish. The department may erect and maintain or authorize erection and maintenance of a screen or similar barrier in any navigable stream for the purpose of preventing rough fish or other undesirable fish from invading any part of the stream, if the screen or barrier does not unreasonably interfere with navigation.
29.414 History
History: 1997 a. 248 s.
571.
29.417
29.417
Permit to take rough fish. 29.417(1)
(1) Permission may be granted to any person by the department upon terms and conditions required by the department to take rough fish in the following bays or harbors in Door County: Sturgeon Bay, Little Sturgeon Bay, Riley's Bay, Egg Harbor, Fish Creek Harbor, Eagle Harbor, Bailey's Harbor, Mud Bay, North Bay, Rowley's Bay, and Washington Harbor, Jackson Harbor and Detroit Harbor in Washington Island.
29.417(2)
(2) A person having a contract to take rough fish under
s. 29.421 or this section may be authorized by the department to erect and maintain a temporary pond in any navigable water pending the sale of the fish, provided that the pond does not unreasonably interfere with navigation or other public rights in the water.
29.417(3)
(3) Bays and harbors listed in this section shall have the following description:
29.417(3)(a)
(a) That body of water known as Jackson Harbor lying south and west of a line commencing at the most northerly point in section 27, township 34 north, range 30 east, and running in a straight line northwesterly to the most easterly point in the northeast quarter of section 28, same township and range.
29.417(3)(b)
(b) That body of water known as Bailey's Harbor lying north of a line commencing at the most southerly point in section 21, township 30 north, range 28 east, and running in a straight line westerly to the south line of section 20, same township and range.
29.417(3)(c)
(c) That body of water known as Washington Harbor lying south of a line commencing at the water's edge on the north line of section 26, township 34 north, range 29 east, and running in a straight line easterly to the water's edge on the north line of section 25, same township and range.
29.417(3)(d)
(d) That body of water known as Eagle Harbor lying south and east of a line drawn from the most northeast point in section 9, township 31 north, range 27 east, easterly to the water's edge on the north line of section 12, same township and range.
29.417(3)(e)
(e) That body of water known as Egg Harbor lying south of a line commencing at the most northeast point in section 26, township 30 north, range 26 east, and running in a straight line east to the north line of section 25, same township and range.
29.417(3)(f)
(f) That body of water known as North Bay lying north of a line commencing at the most northeast point in section 35, township 31 north, range 28 east, and running in a straight line to the west line of section 25, same township and range.
29.417(3)(g)
(g) That body of water known as Fish Creek Harbor lying south and east of a line commencing at the most northerly point in the southwest quarter of section 29, township 31 north, range 27 east, and running northeasterly in a straight line to the water's edge on north line of said section, township and range.
29.417(3)(h)
(h) That body of water known as Detroit Harbor lying north of a line commencing at the most southerly point in section 14, township 33 north, range 29 east, and running in a straight line to the most southerly point in section 18, township 33 north, range 30 east.
29.417(3)(i)
(i) That body of water known as Little Sturgeon Bay lying south of a line commencing at the most northeast point in section 35, township 28 north, range 24 east, and running in a northeasterly direction to the most northerly point in section 36, same township and range.
29.417(3)(j)
(j) That body of water known as Rowley's Bay lying north of a line commencing at the water's edge on south line of section 26, township 32 north, range 28 east, and running east to the most southerly point in section 32, same township and range.
29.417(3)(k)
(k) That body of water known as Riley's Bay lying south of a line commencing at the most northerly point in section 36, township 28 north, range 24 east, and running in a northeasterly direction to the most northerly point in section 30, township 28 north, range 25 east.
29.417 History
History: 1981 c. 390 s.
252;
1997 a. 248 ss.
81,
83,
85,
681; Stats. 1997 s. 29.417.
29.417 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also s.
NR 20.38, Wis. adm. code.
29.421
29.421
Removal of rough fish. The department may take rough fish by means of seines, nets or other devices, or cause rough fish to be taken, from any of the waters of this state, other than waters in a self-contained fish rearing facility or in a preexisting fish rearing facility that is an artificial body of water. Whenever the department takes rough fish under this section it shall dispose of the fish in any manner that it determines to be appropriate.
29.421 History
History: 1971 c. 266;
1977 c. 418;
1997 a. 27,
237;
1997 a. 248 ss.
676,
677; Stats. 1997 s. 29.421;
1999 a. 32.
29.421 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also s.
NR 20.38, Wis. adm. code.
29.424
29.424
Control of detrimental fish. 29.424(1)
(1) When the department finds that any species of fish is detrimental to any of the waters of the state it may designate the species of fish and specify the waters in which the species of fish is found to be detrimental. The department may remove or cause to be removed detrimental fish of the species designated from the waters specified.
29.424(2)
(2) Subsection (1) does not authorize the department to remove fish from a self-contained fish rearing facility or from a preexisting fish rearing facility that is an artificial body of water unless one or more of the following apply:
29.424(2)(a)
(a) The fish are of a species that is not native to this state and the department determines that having the fish in that particular self-contained fish rearing facility or preexisting fish rearing facility poses a risk of being detrimental to the waters of the state.
29.424(2)(b)
(b) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection has requested that the department of natural resources remove the fish to address a problem affecting fish health.
29.424 History
History: 1975 c. 360;
1997 a. 27;
1997 a. 248 ss.
678 to
680; Stats. 1997 s. 29.424.
29.424 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also s.
NR 20.38, Wis. adm. code.
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
Subch. VI of ch. 29 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also s.
NR 19.01, Wis. adm. code.
29.501
29.501
Fur dealers regulated. 29.501(1)(a)
(a) "Dressed fur" means the dressed or tanned skins of any fur-bearing animal, but does not include fur in the manufactured article.
29.501(1)(b)
(b) "Fur auctioneer" means a person duly licensed to sell furs of wild-fur-bearing animals of this or other states or foreign countries.
29.501(1)(c)
(c) "Fur dresser or dyer" means a person engaged in the business of dressing, dyeing, tanning and otherwise preparing furs to be made into manufactured articles.
29.501(1)(d)
(d) "Itinerant fur buyers" means persons other than resident fur dealers who engage in the business of buying, bartering, trading or otherwise obtaining raw furs from trappers or from fur buyers or fur dealers in retail lots for purposes of resale, except those buying furs at a nationally advertised public auction conducted by a regularly licensed fur auctioneer.
29.501(1)(e)
(e) "Raw fur" means the undressed skins or pelts of any fur-bearing animal.
29.501(1)(f)
(f) "Resident fur dealer, Class A" means persons having an established post or place of business in the state where they carry on the business of buying, bartering, trading and otherwise obtaining raw or dressed furs, to the amount of $2,000 or more each year.
29.501(1)(g)
(g) "Resident fur dealer, Class B" means persons having an established post or place of business in the state where they carry on the business of buying, bartering, trading and otherwise obtaining raw or dressed furs, to the amount of less than $2,000 each year.
29.501(2)
(2) No person may engage in the business of buying, bartering, bargaining, trading or otherwise obtaining raw furs until he or she has a license issued under this section.
29.501(3)
(3) Licenses shall be issued, subject to
s. 29.024 (2g) and
(2r), by the department upon application. The form of application and license shall be prescribed by the department.
29.501(5)
(5) Persons who have not had a place of business in the state for at least one year immediately preceding the date of application for such license, shall be issued itinerant fur buyers' licenses only.
29.501(6)
(6) Each resident fur dealer, Class A; resident fur dealer, Class B; fur dresser or dyer; itinerant fur dealer or fur auctioneer license shall bear upon its face the date of issuance. The license shall be shown to the department upon request.
29.501(6m)(a)(a) Every person licensed under this section shall keep records of all transactions in the buying, selling, dressing, dyeing or tanning of raw furs by the person. This record shall show the name and address of each person from whom furs were purchased and to whom sold, together with the date of receipt and shipment, and a detailed account as to the number and kinds of raw furs in each shipment received or sold. This record shall be open to the inspection of the department at all reasonable hours. The records shall be kept intact for a period of 2 years after the expiration of any license issued under this section, as to all transactions carried on while the license was effective.
29.501(6m)(b)
(b) Not less than 10 days before conducting a fur auction, the fur auctioneer shall file with the department evidence of national advertising showing the date and place of the auction.
29.501(6m)(c)
(c) Within 10 days after conducting any fur auction, the fur auctioneer shall file with the department on forms furnished by it a report of the auction containing the date and place of the auction, the names and addresses of all persons buying furs taken from wild fur-bearing animals, the quantities and kinds of furs bought, and the amounts paid for the furs by each buyer.
29.501(7)
(7) All packages of raw furs shipped or transported by any person shall have plainly marked on the outside of the package or shipment the kinds and number of furs in the package or shipment, the license number, and the name of the consignor and the consignee.
