Iowa Code 482.10 – Commercial fishing licenses
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1. All persons who commercially take, attempt to take, possess, transport, sell, barter, trade, or buy commercial fish or their parts shall possess an appropriate, valid commercial fishing license. This subsection does not apply to an individual who buys commercial fish or their parts from a commercial fisher for personal consumption.
a. A commercial fisher license is required to operate commercial gear and to take, attempt to take, possess, process, transport, or sell any commercial fish, commercial turtles, or turtle eggs.
b. A commercial fish helper license is required to assist a commercial fisher or commercial roe harvester in operating commercial gear and in taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting commercial fish, roe species, roe, commercial turtles, or turtle eggs. A commercial fish helper is not permitted to buy, sell, barter, or trade commercial fish, roe species, roe, commercial turtles, or turtle eggs. A commercial fish helper license is not required for a person under sixteen years of age to assist a commercial fisher as provided in this paragraph “b”.
c. A commercial roe harvester license is required to harvest, possess, transport, or sell roe or roe species or their parts. A commercial roe harvester is not permitted to buy, barter, or trade roe or roe species unless in possession of a valid roe buyer license. A commercial roe harvester shall sell roe or roe species only to a commercial roe buyer licensed in this state.
d. A commercial roe buyer license is required to buy, barter, or trade roe or roe species for resale.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 482.10
- Commercial fish helper: means a person who is licensed by the state to assist a commercial fisher or a commercial roe harvester in operating commercial gear or in taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting commercial fish, roe species, roe, or turtles. See Iowa Code 482.2
- Commercial fisher: means a person who is licensed by the state to take, attempt to take, possess, transport, sell, barter, or trade turtles or turtle eggs, commercial fish except roe species, or fish parts except roe. See Iowa Code 482.2
- Commercial fishing: means taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting of commercial fish or turtles for the purpose of selling, bartering, trading, offering, or exposing for sale. See Iowa Code 482.2
- Commercial gear: means the capturing equipment used by commercial fishers, commercial roe harvesters, and commercial turtle harvesters. See Iowa Code 482.2
- Commercial roe buyer: means a person who is licensed by the state to engage in the business of buying, selling, bartering, or trading of roe and roe species. See Iowa Code 482.2
- Commercial roe harvester: means a person who is licensed by the state to engage in the harvest and sale, barter, or trade of roe and roe species. See Iowa Code 482.2
- Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel or motorboat. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Roe: means fish eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
- Roe species: means fish harvested for their eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. All intrastate and interstate shipments of commercial fish, turtles, turtle eggs, or roe or roe species, must be accompanied by a receipt which shows the name and address of the seller, date of sale, and the species, numbers, and pounds of the fish, roe species, roe, turtles, or turtle eggs being sold.