312 IAC 9-6-3 - Fish sorting restrictions and the prohibition of waste
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 3.
(a) Except
as provided in subsection (b), an individual must not sort and release a fish
taken previously in the day in order to replace the fish with another where the
same bag limit applies to both fish.
(b) A fish may be released without counting
toward the daily bag limit only if the fish is as follows:
(1) Alive and in apparent good
health.
(2) Capable of swimming
away normally under its own power.
(3) Returned to the water from which it was
taken before the end of the day.
(4) In a place where the immediate escape of
the fish is not prevented.
(c) The intentional waste or destruction of
any species of fish taken under this rule is prohibited unless the species is
required by law to be killed. An individual must not mutilate and return a fish
to the water. This section does not apply if a fish is required by law to be
released or is lawfully used as bait.
(d) Offal or filth resulting from catching,
curing, cleaning, or shipping fish in or near state waters must be burned,
buried, or otherwise disposed in a sanitary manner that:
(1) does not pollute the water; and
(2) is not or does not become detrimental to
public health or comfort.
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