Iowa Code 482.9 – Unlawful methods
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It is unlawful:
1. To use commercial gear which is not in accordance with this chapter or the rules of the commission.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 482.9
- Boundary waters: means the waters of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Big Sioux rivers. 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
- Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Game fish: means all species and size categories of fish not included as "commercial species" or minnows. See Iowa Code 482.2
- Licensed commercial gear: means any commercial gear that is licensed as provided in this chapter and that, when in use, has the proper tags attached as provided by this chapter. See Iowa Code 482.2
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
2. To use commercial gear within nine hundred feet from a navigation dam on the boundary waters.
3. To use commercial gear within three hundred feet from the mouth of a tributary stream emptying into the boundary waters.
4. For a person to lift or to fish licensed commercial gear of another person, except when under the direct supervision of the licensee as provided in section 482.7.
5. To employ chemicals, electricity, or explosives into the water for taking fish, turtles, or freshwater mussels except as authorized by the director.
6. To have in one’s possession game fish or other fish, turtles, or mussels deemed illegal by other provisions of law while engaged in commercial activities. A fish caught in commercial fishing that is not lawful to possess shall be handled with wet hands and immediately released under water with as little injury as possible.
7. To block or inhibit navigation through channels with commercial gear unless a minimum of three feet of water depth is maintained over float lines of any entanglement gear or leads to trap nets. Gear shall not block over one-half the width of a navigable channel if there is less than three feet of water over the gear.