Utah Admin. Code R657-13-2 - Definitions
(1) Terms used in this rule are defined in
Section 23A-1-101.
(2) In addition :
(a) "Aggregate" means the combined total of
two or more species of fish or two or more size classes of fish which are
covered by a limit distinction.
(b)
"Airgun" means any archery tackle that is capable of firing arrows or bolts, is
pneumatically powered, and pressurized solely through a separate charging
device.
(c) "Angling" means fishing
with a rod, pole, tipup, handline, or trollboard that has a single line with
legal hooks, baits, or lures attached to it, and is held in the hands of, or
within sight, not to exceed 100 feet, of the person fishing.
(d)
(i)
"Artificial fly" means a fly made by the method known as fly tying.
(ii) "Artificial fly" does not mean a
weighted jig, lure, spinner, attractor blade, or bait.
(e) "Artificial lure" means a device made of
rubber, wood, metal, glass, fiber, feathers, hair, or plastic with a hook or
hooks attached. Artificial lures, including artificial flies, do not include
fish eggs or other chemically treated or processed natural baits or any natural
or human-made food, or any lures that have been treated with a natural or
artificial fish attractant or feeding stimulant.
(f) "Daily limit" means the maximum limit, in
number or amount, of protected aquatic wildlife that one person may legally
take during one day.
(g) "Bait"
means a digestible substance, including corn, worms, cheese, salmon eggs,
marshmallows, or manufactured baits including human-made items that are
chemically treated with food stuffs, chemical fish attractants or feeding
stimulants.
(h) "Camp" means, for
the purposes of this rule, any place providing temporary overnight
accommodation for anglers including a camper, campground, tent, trailer, cabin,
houseboat, boat, or hotel.
(i)
"Chumming" means dislodging or depositing in the water any substance not
attached to a hook, line, or trap, which may attract fish.
(j) "Commercially prepared and chemically
treated baitfish" means any fish species or fish parts which have been
processed using a chemical or physical preservation technique other than
freezing including irradiation, salting, cooking, or oiling and are marketed,
sold or traded for financial gain as bait.
(k) "Dipnet" means a small bag net with a
handle that is used to scoop fish or crayfish from the water.
(l) "Filleting" means the processing of fish
for human consumption typically done by cutting away flesh from bones, skin,
and body.
(m) "Fishing contest"
means any organized event or gathering where anglers are awarded prizes, points
or money for their catch.
(n)
"Float tube" means an inflatable floating device less than 48 inches in any
dimension, capable of supporting one person.
(o) "Free Shafting" means to release a
pointed shaft that is not tethered or attached by physical means to the diver
in an attempt to take fish while engaged in underwater spearfishing.
(p) "Gaff" means a spear or hook, with or
without a handle, used for holding or lifting fish.
(q) "Game fish" means Bonneville cisco;
bluegill; bullhead; channel catfish; crappie; green sunfish; largemouth bass;
northern pike; Sacramento perch; smallmouth bass; striped bass, trout including
rainbow, albino, cutthroat, brown, golden, brook, lake or mackinaw, kokanee
salmon, and grayling or any hybrid of the foregoing; tiger muskellunge;
walleye; white bass; whitefish; wiper; and yellow perch.
(r) "Handline" means a piece of line held in
the hand and not attached to a pole used for taking fish or crayfish.
(s) "Immediately Released" means that the
fish should be quickly unhooked and released back into the water where caught.
Fish that must be immediately released cannot be held on a stringer, or in a
live well or any other container or restraining device.
(t) "Lake" means the standing water level
existing at any time within a lake basin. Unless posted otherwise, a stream
flowing inside or within the high water mark is not considered part of the
lake.
(u) "Length measurement"
means the greatest length between the tip of the head or snout and the tip of
the caudal fin when the fin rays are squeezed together. Measurement is taken in
a straight line and not over the curve of the body.
(v) "Liftnet" means a small net that is drawn
vertically through the water column to take fish or crayfish.
(w) "Motor" means an electric or internal
combustion engine.
(x) "Nongame
fish" means species of fish not listed as game fish.
(y) "Permanent residence" means, for the
purposes of this rule only, the domicile an individual claims pursuant to
Subsection 23A-1-101(15).
(z)
"Possession limit" means, for purposes of this rule only, two daily limits,
including fish in a cooler, camper, tent, freezer, livewell or any other place
of storage, excluding fish stored in an individual's permanent
residence.
(aa) "Protected aquatic
wildlife" means, for purposes of this rule only, all species of fish,
crustaceans, or amphibians.
(bb)
"Reservoir" means the standing water level existing at any time within a
reservoir basin. Unless posted otherwise, a stream flowing inside or within the
high water mark is not considered part of the reservoir.
(cc) "Seine" means a small mesh net with a
weighted line on the bottom and float line on the top that is drawn through the
water. This type of net is used to enclose fish when its ends are brought
together.
(dd) "Setline" means a
line anchored to a non-moving object and not attached to a fishing
pole.
(ee) "Shooting line" means
the line used to connect a speargun to spearshaft and does not include float
line and reel line.
(ff) "Single
hook" means a hook or multiple hooks having a common shank.
(gg) "Snagging" or "gaffing" means to take a
fish in a manner that the fish does not take the hook voluntarily into its
mouth.
(hh) "Spear" means a
long-shafted, sharply pointed, hand held instrument with or without barbs used
to spear fish from above the surface of the water.
(ii) "Tributary" means a stream flowing into
a larger stream, lake, or reservoir.
(jj)
(i)
"Trout" means species of the family Salmonidae, including rainbow, albino,
cutthroat, brown, golden, brook, tiger, lake or mackinaw, splake, kokanee
salmon, and grayling or any hybrid of the foregoing.
(kk) "Trout" does not include whitefish or
Bonneville cisco.
(ll) "Underwater
spearfishing" means fishing by a person swimming, snorkeling, or SCUBA diving
and using a mechanical device held in the hand, which uses a rubber band,
spring, pneumatic power, or other device to propel a pointed shaft to take fish
from under the surface of the water.
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