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Post by esshup on Apr 29, 2016 23:50:16 GMT -5
A guy I know who raises fish for the taxidermy trade wants to raise Crappies.
He is planning on going to a public lake in Indiana, catching a dozen or so mature fish (split 50/50 male/female and staying within daily bag limit) and put them in his small private pond, which is also in Indiana. After they spawn, he is planning on seining out the brood stock (all fish caught from public water) and raising the young of the year for a few years until they get to the size that taxidermists want.
Then he plans on selling THOSE fish.
Legal or not, and can you post the statue/law/regulation that says yea or nay?
Thanks!
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Post by morrison on May 6, 2016 14:29:45 GMT -5
I am going to do some research on this prior to posting an answer to make sure I give the correct information according to statute. However, the 'officer' side in me has a very peaked curiosity on this issue. While I find the answer to your question, can you provide me some insight as to the following?
1. Why not just buy crappie from a fish hatchery at a reasonable price?
2. I have caught fish from state waters as well as private ponds. Quite frankly, they look very similar to one another. How does he plan on identifying one fish from another?
3. If a person has a more convenient way (purchasing from a hatchery) as well as being a less questionable method versus a method that is potentially less convenient as well as more of a 'gray' area, why not complete the activity utilizing the first method?
I will get an answer to your question. As I stated, sometimes the circumstances of particular situations causes by curiosity to be activated.
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