Illinois Compiled Statutes 515 ILCS 5/25-5 – Aquatic life preserves; regulation of devices
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All waters in the State including boundary waters under jurisdiction of the State shall be aquatic life preserves.
Sport fishing devices, except as provided in this Code and its administrative rules, are the only lawful means of taking aquatic life.
The Department of Natural Resources, however, has the authority through administrative rule to prohibit all sport fishing or certain sport fishing devices in designated waters and also has the authority through administrative rule to allow commercial fishing in designated waters by regulating commercial fishing devices used in the interest of the total management of the fishery resource.
Sport fishing devices, except as provided in this Code and its administrative rules, are the only lawful means of taking aquatic life.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 515 ILCS 5/25-5
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
The Department of Natural Resources, however, has the authority through administrative rule to prohibit all sport fishing or certain sport fishing devices in designated waters and also has the authority through administrative rule to allow commercial fishing in designated waters by regulating commercial fishing devices used in the interest of the total management of the fishery resource.