Illinois Statutes
§ 10-80 — Illegal methods of taking
Illinois·Topic AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION·Ch. 515 FISH·Act 515 ILCS 5/ Fish and Aquatic Life Code.·Art. Article 10 - Limits - Seasons & Methods Of Taking
Except as otherwise authorized in this Code or administrative rule, it shall be unlawful to take any aquatic life except by angling methods. Illegal methods include, but are not limited to, the use of electricity or any electrical device; a lime, acid, medical, chemical, or mechanical compound or dope of any medicated drug; any drug or any fishberry; any dynamite, giant powder, nitro glycerine, or other explosives; or by means of a snare, treated grain, firearms of any kind, air rifle or blow gun, wire basket, wire seine, wire net, wire trotline, or limb lines of any kind.
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Legislative History
(Source: P.A. 102-837, eff. 5-13-22.)
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