Kan. Admin. Regs. § 115-17-11 - Commercial harvest of fish; legal equipment and taking methods; identification tags and identification tag fee
(a) The legal equipment and taking methods
for the commercial harvest of fish shall be the following:
(1) Hoop net with a mesh size of 2.5 or more
inches using the bar measurement and with individual wings and leads not to
exceed 12 feet in length. There shall be no limitation on the number, net
diameter, net length, twine size, or throat size of hoop nets;
(2) gill net and trammel net with a mesh size
of two or more inches, using the bar measurement. There shall be no limitation
on the number, net length, height, or twine size of gill or trammel nets;
and
(3) seine with a mesh size of
two or more inches, using the bar measurement. There shall be no limitation on
the height, length, or twine size of seines.
(b)
(1)
Boats with or without mechanical propulsion may be used.
(2) Depth-recording or fish-locating devices
may be used.
(3) Non-toxic baits
may be used.
(4) Each gill net or
trammel net shall be attended at all times while the gill net or trammel net is
in use.
(5) Each hoop net shall be
attended at least one time every 24 hours while the hoop net is in
use.
(6) Commercial fishing
equipment authorized in subsection (a) shall not be used in the following
locations, except as authorized by the department:
(A) In any cutoff, chute, bayou, or other
backwater of the Missouri river;
(B) within 300 yards of any spillway, lock,
dam, or the mouth of any tributary stream or ditch; and
(C) under or through ice or in overflow
waters.
(7) Holding
baskets and holding cages may be used.
(c) Each net or seine shall have an
identification tag supplied by the department and attached as specified by the
department during commercial fishing use. Identification tags supplied by the
state of Missouri and approved by the department also shall be deemed to meet
this requirement.
(d) The fee for
identification tags shall be five dollars for each tag. The payment shall be
submitted to the department with the initial or renewal application for a
commercial fishing permit.
(e) The
holding basket and holding cage used to hold fish shall not require an
identification tag, but shall be identified by the permittee with the
permittee's name and permit number attached. This regulation shall be effective
on and after January 1, 2012.
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