As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1.“Boundary waters” means the waters of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Big Sioux rivers.
2.“Commercial fish helper” means a person who is licensed by the state to assist a
commercial fisher or a commercial roe harvester in operating commercial gear or in taking,
attempting to take, possessing, or transporting commercial fish, roe species, roe, or turtles.
3.“Commercial fisher” means a person who is licensed by the state to take, attempt to
take, possess, transport, sell, barter, or trade turtles or turtle eggs, commercial fish except
roe species, or fish parts except roe.
4.“Commercial fishing” means taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting of
commercial fish or turtles for the purpose of selling, bartering,
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Boundary waters” means the waters of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Big Sioux rivers.
2. “Commercial fish helper” means a person who is licensed by the state to assist a
commercial fisher or a commercial roe harvester in operating commercial gear or in taking,
attempting to take, possessing, or transporting commercial fish, roe species, roe, or turtles.
3. “Commercial fisher” means a person who is licensed by the state to take, attempt to
take, possess, transport, sell, barter, or trade turtles or turtle eggs, commercial fish except
roe species, or fish parts except roe.
4. “Commercial fishing” means taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting of
commercial fish or turtles for the purpose of selling, bartering, trading, offering, or exposing
for sale.
5. “Commercial gear” means the capturing equipment used by commercial fishers,
commercial roe harvesters, and commercial turtle harvesters.
6. “Commercial roe buyer” means a person who is licensed by the state to engage in the
business of buying, selling, bartering, or trading of roe and roe species.
7. “Commercial roe harvester” means a person who is licensed by the state to engage in
the harvest and sale, barter, or trade of roe and roe species.
8. “Commercial species” means species of fish and turtles which may be lawfully taken
andsoldbycommercialfishers,commercialroeharvesters,andcommercialturtleharvesters,
as established by rule by the commission.
9. “Commercial turtle buyer” means a person who is licensed by the state to engage in the
business of buying, selling, bartering, or trading commercial turtles or turtle eggs.
10. “Commercial turtle harvester” means a person who is licensed by the state to take,
attempt to take, possess, transport, and sell, barter, or trade commercial turtles or turtle eggs.
11. “Commercial turtle harvesting” means taking, attempting to take, possessing, or
transporting of commercial turtles or turtle eggs for the purpose of selling, bartering,
trading, offering, or exposing for sale.
12. “Commercial turtle helper” means a person who is licensed by the state to assist a
commercial turtle harvester in operating commercial gear, or in taking, attempting to take,
possessing, or transporting commercial turtles or turtle eggs.
13. “Constant attendance” means the presence of a commercial fisher whenever
commercial gear is in use.
14. “Director” means the director of the department of natural resources, and the
director’s duly authorized assistants, deputies, or agents.
15. “Game fish” means all species and size categories of fish not included as “commercial
species” or minnows.
16. “Inlandwatersofthestate”meansallpublicwatersofthestateexcludingtheboundary
waters of the Mississippi, Big Sioux, and Missouri rivers.
17. “Licensed commercial gear” means any commercial gear that is licensed as provided
inthischapterandthat, wheninuse, hasthepropertagsattachedasprovidedbythischapter.
18. “Nonresident or alien” means a person who does not qualify as a resident as defined
in section 483A.1A.
19. “Resident” means a person as defined in section 483A.1A.
20. “Roe” means fish eggs.
21. “Roe species” means fish harvested for their eggs. Roe species include but are not
limited to shovelnose sturgeon and bowfin and any other fish defined as roe species by the
commission by rule.
22. “Waters of the state” means all of the waters under the jurisdiction of the state.