29.601(1)(b)

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(b) Whoever violates this subsection shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 90 days or both.

29.601(5)

(5) Exceptions.

29.601(3)(c)2.

2. Any person who intentionally violates this subsection shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 90 days or both.

29.601(2)

(2) Poison. No person may use, set, lay or prepare in any of the waters of this state any poison or any other substance deleterious to fish life.

29.601(3)

(3) Deleterious substances.

29.601(3)(c)

(c)

29.601(3)(c)1.

1. Any person violating this subsection shall forfeit not more than $200. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate offense.

29.601(5)(b)

(b)

29.601(1)(a)

(a) No person may do any of the following:

29.601(1)

(1) Explosives; stupefactives.

29.601(1)(a)1.

1. Take, capture or kill fish or game of any variety in any waters of this state by means of dynamite or other explosives or poisonous or stupefying substances or devices.

29.601(1)(a)2.

2. Place in any waters of this state explosives which might cause the destruction of fish or game, except when authorized by the department for the purpose of raising dead bodies, clearing a channel or breaking a log or ice jam.

29.601(1)(a)3.

3. Have in the possession or under the control of the person, upon any waters of this state, any dynamite or other explosives or poisonous or stupefying substances or devices for the purpose of taking, catching or killing fish or game.

29.601(3)(a)

(a) No person may throw or deposit, or permit to be thrown or deposited, into any waters within the jurisdiction of the state any lime, oil, tar, garbage, refuse, debris, tanbark, ship ballast, stone, sand, except where permitted by s. 30.12 (3) (a) 1., slabs, decayed wood, sawdust, sawmill refuse, planing mill shavings or waste material of any kind, or any acids or chemicals or waste or refuse arising from the manufacture of any article of commerce, or any other substance deleterious to game or fish life.

29.601(3)(b)

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to authorized drainage and sewage from municipalities and industrial or other wastes discharged from mines or commercial or industrial or ore processing plants or operations, through treatment and disposal facilities installed and operated in accordance with plans submitted to and approved by the department under chs. 281, 285 or 289 to 299 or in compliance with orders of the department. Any order is subject to modification by subsequent orders.

29.601(4)

(4) Use of pesticides. The department of natural resources, after public hearing, may promulgate rules governing the use of any pesticide which it finds is a serious hazard to wild animals other than those it is intended to control, and the making of reports about the pesticide. In promulgating the rules, the department to the extent relevant shall consider the need for pesticides to protect the well-being of the general public. “Pesticide” has the meaning given in § 94.67.

29.601(5)(a)

(a) This section does not apply to any activities carried out under the direction and supervision of the department of transportation in connection with the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of highways and bridges in accordance with § 30.2022.

29.601(5)(b)1.

1. This section does not apply to toxicants placed in the waters of a self-contained fish rearing facility or a state or municipal fish hatchery if the toxicants are necessary to the operation of the fish farm or fish hatchery.

29.601(5)(b)2.

2. This section does not apply to toxicants placed in the waters of a preexisting fish rearing facility that is an artificial body of water if the toxicants are necessary to the operation of the fish farm and the department has issued a permit under § 283.31 for the preexisting fish rearing facility.