Michigan Laws 324.41305 – Introduction of prohibited or restricted species, or genetically engineered or nonnative bird, crustacean, fish, insect, mammal, or mollusk, or aquatic plant; prohibition; exceptions
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.41305
- Aquatic plant: means a submergent, emergent, obligate wetland, facultative wetland, or floating-leaf plant or a fragment thereof, including a seed or other propagule. See Michigan Laws 324.41301
- Crustacean: means freshwater crayfish, shrimp, or prawn of the order Decapoda. See Michigan Laws 324.41301
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Department of natural resources: means the principal state department created in section 501. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Genetically engineered: refers to an organism whose genome, chromosomal or extrachromosomal, is modified permanently and heritably, using recombinant nucleic acid techniques, or the progeny of such an organism. See Michigan Laws 324.41301
- Mollusk: means any mollusk of the classes Bivalvia and Gastropoda. See Michigan Laws 324.41301
- Nonnative: means not native. See Michigan Laws 324.41301
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Wiggler: means an aquatic egg, nymph, or larva of an insect. See Michigan Laws 324.41301
A person shall not introduce a prohibited species, a restricted species, a genetically engineered or nonnative bird, crustacean, fish, insect, mammal, mollusk, or aquatic plant unless the introduction is authorized by 1 of the following, as applicable:
(a) For a fish, by a permit issued by the department of natural resources under section 48735.
(b) For a plant or an insect other than a wiggler, by a permit issued by the department of agriculture and rural development under section 41306.
(c) For any other species, by a permit issued by the department of natural resources under section 41306.