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Post by trapperdave on Dec 14, 2022 21:02:48 GMT -5
As I understand it..IC 14-22-16, a bait dealers license is needed to sell live bait fish, so no license needed to collect and sell skipjack or shad that I catch and freeze. Correct?
And is there any limit to amount of frozen bait I have on hand?
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Post by morrison on Dec 20, 2022 10:52:09 GMT -5
Skipjack and Shad are not exempted species. A person is prohibited from selling them unless the individual has a permit or a commercial fishing license. Please see the statutes posted below.
312 IAC 9-6-10 Exempted fish Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 10. Any fish not defined in section 1 or 9 of this rule is an exempted wild animal.
312 IAC 9-6-1 Definitions pertaining to fish and fishing activities Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22-16; IC 14-22-34-12
Sec. 1. In addition to the definitions in 312 IAC 9-1, the following definitions apply throughout this rule and 312 IAC 9-7 through 312 IAC 9-10:
(85) "Shad" means the following genera:
(A) Alosa.
(B) Dorosoma
(The Skipjack Herring (Alosa chrysochloris)
312 IAC 9-7-14 Sunfish, crappie, and other species of fish Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 14. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 16(g) of this rule, an individual may take or possess not more than twenty-five (25) crappies per day and an unlimited number of yellow bass per day.
(b) A crappie taken at Dogwood Lake in Daviess County and Hardy Lake in Scott County must be at least nine (9) inches long.
(c) Except on the Ohio River, an individual may take or possess not more than twenty-five (25) redear sunfish per day.
(d) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e), there is no bag limit, possession limit, or size limit for the following:
(1) Alewife.
(2) American eel.
(3) Bluegill.
(4) Bowfin.
(5) Buffalo.
(6) Bullhead.
(7) Carp.
(8) Chain pickerel.
(9) Chub.
(10) Gar.
(11) Gizzard shad.
(12) Lake herring.
(13) Shad.
(14) Smelt.
(15) Sucker.
(16) Yellow bass.
(17) Redear sunfish.
(18) Crappie.
IC 14-22-9-7 Sale of fish
Sec. 7. (a) This section does not apply to the sale of fish produced in private ponds for sale or for breeding and stocking purposes, or for roe bearing species listed in IC 14-22-13-2.5(a), if the owner obtains a permit from the director under the rules adopted by the department and conditions provided in the permit.
(b) A person may not sell, barter, or exchange, offer to sell, barter, or exchange, or purchase or offer to purchase fish protected by law, whether taken in Indiana, the boundary waters of the state, or some other state and brought into Indiana, except as otherwise provided in this article. Restaurants, hotels, boardinghouses, or eating houses may prepare and serve during the open season to:
(1) a guest, patron, or boarder; and
(2) the family of the guest, patron, or boarder;
fish legally taken in open season in Indiana by the guest, patron, or boarder.
(c) Except for roe bearing species listed in IC 14-22-13-2.5(a) or as specifically prohibited by law, a person may sell a species of hatchery reared fish or fish legally taken outside Indiana under a valid commercial fishing license or regulation, dead or alive, dressed or undressed, or partly dressed under the rules that the department and the state department of health prescribe if the fish are tagged or labeled in a manner that specifically identifies the following:
(1) The name and address of the seller.
(2) The hatchery.
(3) The commercial fishing license or regulation.
(d) A person may not import and sell a live species of fish that has not been approved by the director without a permit from the director for this activity.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-5-7.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.155-2015, SEC.11.
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