312 IAC 9-8-7 - Roe harvester's license
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22-13-2.5
Sec. 7.
(a) An
individual must not take, possess, or sell roe-bearing species without a valid
roe harvester's license, except for bowfin and shovelnose sturgeon taken or
possessed in accordance with 312 IAC 9-6 and 312 IAC 9-7.
(b) An individual must apply for a roe
harvester's license on a departmental form.
(c) An applicant for a roe harvester's
license must:
(1) be at least eighteen (18)
years of age;
(2) possess a valid
commercial fishing license; and
(3)
provide valid identification of all helpers on a departmental form.
(d) The maximum annual number of
roe harvester's licenses is as follows:
(1)
Fifteen (15) resident or nonresident licenses (total) for the Ohio
River.
(2) Fifteen (15) resident
licenses for inland water of the state.
(e) The division shall prioritize the
issuance of roe harvester's licenses as follows:
(1) First, to residents of Indiana.
(2) Second, upon those applications by
individuals who have submitted completed monthly reports to the department
under this rule and who have submitted a completed renewal application no later
than December 15 of the year preceding the license year requested.
(3) Third, upon the order the application was
received by the division of fish and wildlife.
(f) A roe harvester must do the following:
(1) Prepare a true and accurate daily
transaction report on a departmental form in ink for each day of the month that
roe-bearing fish were harvested and include the following:
(A) The length of the fish by species for
each fish harvested.
(B) The number
of each roe-bearing species harvested.
(C) The river where roe-bearing species were
harvested.
(D) Whether the fish
contains eggs or not.
(E) The
date.
(F) The name of any
helper.
(2) Submit the
signed daily transaction report to the department by the fifteenth day of each
month for the preceding month for each day that roe-bearing fish were harvested
unless the license holder has submitted an inactive license form to signify
that no harvesting of roe or roe-bearing species will take place for the
remainder of the calendar year. The inactive license form shall be submitted to
the division of fish and wildlife before the fifteenth day of the month
following the month the license is deemed inactive.
(3) Notify the department on a departmental
form of any change in the list of helpers.
(4) Not allow an individual to participate in
the harvest, possession, transportation, or sale of roe or roe-bearing species
until the list of helpers on which the individual is identified has been
received by the division.
(5) Fish
for roe-bearing species only in accordance with this rule.
(6) Retain for at least five (5) years a copy
of all records and reports required under this section.
(7) Sell roe or screened eggs only to an
Indiana-licensed roe dealer.
(8)
Leave the roe intact and inside the body of the fish while on the body of water
or adjacent to the water being fished.
(g) A roe harvester may:
(1) sell the meat of an individual
roe-bearing species of fish that does not contain roe to any other person;
and
(2) screen and wash the roe in
accordance with 21 CFR 123, but shall not salt or otherwise process the roe,
unless licensed as a roe dealer under section 8 of this rule.
(h) A roe harvester's license
issued under this section is not transferable.
(i) Upon request by a conservation officer or
other authorized representative of the department, a license holder must allow:
(1) access to all records and reports
required under this rule upon request; and
(2) entry and inspection of the license
holder's premises, equipment, boats, vehicles, and facilities.
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