312 IAC 9-10-15 - Fish importation permit
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 15.
(a) Except
as provided in subsection (e), a person must obtain a fish importation permit
under this section before a person imports any live fish for sale or
release.
(b) An application for a
fish importation permit must be submitted by an applicant at least ten (10)
days in advance of the proposed date of importation.
(c) An applicant must establish that a fish
to be imported:
(1) is free of any
communicable disease;
(2) will not
become a nuisance; and
(3) will not
damage a native wild species or a domestic species of animal or
plant.
(d) A person is
exempted from this section who possesses fish other than those listed in
312 IAC 9-6-7 and who
is either engaged in:
(1) importing live fish
exclusively for confinement and exhibit in a zoo or another public display;
or
(2) supplying live fish for use
in the aquarium pet trade.
(e) Live fish of the following species, other
than genetically altered fish, may be imported without obtaining a permit under
this section:
(1) Black crappie.
(2) Blue catfish.
(3) Bluegill.
(4) Bluntnose minnow.
(5) Buffalo.
(6) Bullhead.
(7) Burbot.
(8) Carp.
(9) Channel catfish.
(10) Fathead minnow.
(11) Flathead catfish.
(12) Freshwater drum.
(13) Golden shiner.
(14) Goldfish.
(15) Green sunfish.
(16) Hybrid sunfish.
(17) Largemouth bass.
(18) Mosquitofish.
(19) Muskellunge.
(20) Northern pike.
(21) Redear sunfish.
(22) Rock bass.
(23) Smallmouth bass.
(24) Striped bass.
(25) Sucker.
(26) Walleye.
(27) Warmouth.
(28) White bass.
(29) White catfish.
(30) White crappie.
(31) Yellow perch.
Notes
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