312 IAC 9-9-3 - Mussels
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22-2-4; IC 14-22-17-3
Sec. 3.
(a) Except
as otherwise provided under this section, an individual must not take mussels
and mussel shells from the waters of the state.
(b) An individual must not possess mussels or
mussel shells except with a:
(1) scientific
purposes license under
312 IAC
9-10-6; or
(2) special purpose possession permit for
mussel shells obtained from the department for educational purposes only under
IC 14-22-2-4.
(c) An
individual must not import, possess, or release into public or private waters,
a zebra mussel, quagga mussel (Drissena sp.), Asiatic clam (Corbicula sp.), or
golden mussel (Limnopema fortunei).
(d) An individual who takes a mussel listed
in subsection (c) does not violate this section if the mussel taken is killed
immediately upon capture.
(e) An
individual may possess a live mussel listed in subsection (c) if the mussel is
held under a scientific purposes license issued under
312 IAC
9-10-6.
(f) No license under IC
14-22-17-3 (1) or
IC
14-22-17-3(3)
shall be issued to:
(1) take;
(2) possess;
(3) ship;
(4) sell;
(5) buy; or
(6) export; mussels or mussel
shells.
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