§ 29-6-401 — Operating provisions for minnow dealers.

A. No person may seine, trap, transport and/or sell any minnows within this state without having a valid minnow dealer's license unless exempted under Section 4-116 of this title and without observing the following requirements: 1. No seines used for seining minnows may have a mesh larger than one-fourth (1/4) inch square, and no such seine shall be longer than seventy (70) feet in length; 2. No licensee may employ more than four helpers or assistants in seining and trapping operations, and each helper or assistant must possess a valid Oklahoma Fishing License; 3. No dealer or employees of the dealer may seine and trap in any river, stream or lake of Oklahoma without having first obtained written permission for such from the owners or tenants of the lands through which such waters flow or lie, and any written permit obtained by the dealer must be upon his person while being upon such lands; 4. All vehicles used to transport minnows by a licensee in accordance with Sections 4-115 and 4-116 of this title must be equipped in such manner as to aerate the water in the containers by pressure methods and such vehicles or containers shall be marked conspicuously by decals bearing the inscription "Commercial Minnow Dealer", such decals to be furnished by the Department, to be placed on the center of each door or on the sides of the containers, and to be defaced in no manner; and 5. All licensees shall send to the Department a true annual summary of all fish and other bait species captured. B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or confined in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1974, c. 17, § 6-401, emerg. eff. April 8, 1974. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 75, § 1, emerg. eff. March 25, 1988; Laws 1996, c. 242, § 4, emerg. eff. May 28, 1996.