3 CSR 10-10.720 - Commercial Fishing Permit

PURPOSE: This rule establishes a commercial fishing permit for residents of the state and sets fees for commercial fishing gear.

(1) To take and possess commercial fish from commercial waters and to sell such fish in accordance with 3 CSR 10-10.725.

Resident fee:	$ 31
Nonresident fee:	$246

(2) In addition to this permit, each commercial fishing permittee shall tag each net, seine, or group of fifty (50) hooks for juglines, trotlines, bank lines, limb lines, or throwlines at the following fees:

(A) Each trammel net one hundred (100) yards or less:	$37
(B) Each gill net one hundred (100) yards or less:	$37
(C) Each seine one hundred (100) yards or less:	$37
(D) Each hoop net:	$ 6
(E) Each fifty (50) hooks or fraction thereof:	$ 6

(3) Equipment tags are not transferable and tagged equipment must be personally attended by the permittee to whom the tags were issued, or by another licensed commercial fisherman authorized in writing by the permittee as his/her assistant. The assistant must have on his/her person this written authorization while tending the equipment of another and may attend equipment of only one (1) other permittee on any one (1) day.

(4) Any person who holds the prescribed sport fishing permit or who is exempted from sport fishing permit requirements in 3 CSR 10-5.205 may accompany and assist a licensed commercial fisherman; provided, that a licensed commercial fisherman must be present in each boat.

Notes

3 CSR 10-10.720

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Aug. 16, 1973, effective Dec. 31, 1973. Amended: Filed Aug. 29, 1983, effective Jan. 1, 1984. Amended: Filed Aug. 7, 1986, effective Jan. 1, 1987. Amended: Filed July 30, 1987, effective Jan. 1, 1988. Amended: Filed Aug. 8, 1989, effective Jan. 1, 1990. Amended: Filed May 10, 1990, effective Jan. 1, 1991. Amended: Filed April 28, 1992, effective Feb. 26, 1993. Amended: Filed Oct. 9, 2003, effective March 30, 2004. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Amended: Filed May 25, 2023, effective Feb. 29, 2024.

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. I V, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Aug. 16, 1973, effective Dec. 31, 1973. Amended: Filed Aug. 29, 1983, effective Jan. 1, 1984. Amended: Filed Aug. 7, 1986, effective Jan. 1, 1987. Amended: Filed July 30, 1987, effective Jan. 1, 1988. Amended: Filed Aug. 8, 1989, effective Jan. 1, 1990. Amended: Filed May 10, 1990, effective Jan. 1, 1991. Amended: Filed April 28, 1992, effective Feb. 26, 1993. Amended: Filed Oct. 9, 2003, effective March 30, 2004. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Amended by Missouri Register October 16, 2023/volume 48, Number 20, effective 11/30/2023.