(1) The department shall promulgate reasonable regulations governing the taking of minnows and crayfish from the waters of the Commonwealth. The regulations shall prescribe the type of gear to be used, and shall prescribe the types of minnows and crayfish that may be taken and the purposes for which they may be used.
(2) Any person possessing a commercial fishing license may take rough fishes, by the use of commercial fishing gear, the types and specifications of which shall be prescribed by the department by regulation.
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 150.450

  • Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • Fishing: means to take or attempt to take in any manner, whether the fisherman has fish in possession or not. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • License: means any document issued by the department authorizing its holder to perform acts authorized by the license and includes any other form of authorization
    in addition to or in lieu of an actual document which may be authorized by the department by administrative regulation. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • Minnows: means all fish under six (6) inches in length, except basses, either largemouth, smallmouth or Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • Prescribed by the department: means established by an administrative regulation. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • Take: includes pursue, shoot, hunt, wound, catch, kill, trap, snare, or capture wildlife in any way and any lesser act designed to lure, attract, or entice for these purposes. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010

(3) No person shall operate any commercial fishing gear as prescribed by regulation unless he has procured a commercial fishing license and a tag for the use of each piece of commercial fishing gear and has complied with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations of the department. The tags shall be affixed to and displayed on each piece of commercial fishing gear in use. This section shall not be construed to require retail or wholesale dealers, or manufacturers to obtain licenses and tags for commercial fishing gear in their possession.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 8, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 474, sec. 8, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch.
38, sec. 23. — Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 4. — Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 18. — Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 63. — Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 2. — Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 26. — Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 13. — Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 46. — Recodified 1942
Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1893d-10,
1954d-40, 1954d-41.

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