Nebraska § 37-557 Hatching boxes and nursery ponds; disturbing prohibited; exception; violation; penalty

Nebraska Statutes

§ 37-557 — Hatching boxes and nursery ponds; disturbing prohibited; exception; violation; penalty

Nebraska § 37-557

Ch. 37Game and Parks

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Bluebook

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-557 (2026).

Text

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to injure, disturb, or destroy any hatching box, hatching house, or nursery pond used for hatching or propagating fish or to injure, disturb, or destroy any spawn or fry, or fish in any hatching box, hatching house, nursery pond, or stream. The commission may take or cause to be taken any of the fish named in this section for the purpose of propagation or stocking the waters of this state. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.

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It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to injure, disturb, or destroy any hatching box, hatching house, or nursery pond used for hatching or propagating fish or to injure, disturb, or destroy any spawn or fry, or fish in any hatching box, hatching house, nursery pond, or stream. The commission may take or cause to be taken any of the fish named in this section for the purpose of propagation or stocking the waters of this state. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.

Legislative History

Source: Laws 1929, c. 112, V, § 18, p. 432; C.S.1929, § 37-518; R.S.1943, § 37-518; Laws 1977, LB 40, § 193; R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-518; Laws 1998, LB 922, § 277.