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MN Stat § 97C.815 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.815 — Commercial Fishing Areas.

97C.815 COMMERCIAL FISHING AREAS. Subdivision 1. Designation. The commissioner shall specify inland commercial fishing areas, taking into account the amount, size, and proximity of waters specified, the species to be removed, and the type and quantity of fishing gear and equipment necessary to provide an adequate removal effort. The commissioner may change inland commercial fishing area boundaries by rule prior to a new licensing period. Subd. 2. Assignment. (a) The commissioner shall assign licensed inland commercial fishing operators to commercial fishing areas and each operator is obligated to fish in the area that the commissioner has assigned to them. The commissioner's assignment is valid as long as the assigned operator continues to purchase a license, continues to provide an adequate removal effort in a good and professional manner, and is not convicted of two or more violations of laws or rules governing inland commercial fishing operations during any one license period. In the operator assignment, the commissioner shall consider the proximity of the operator to the area, the type and quantity of fish gear and equipment possessed, knowledge of the affected waters, and general ability to perform the work well. (b) Area assignments must not restrict permits and contracts that the commissioner issues to governmental subdivisions and their subcontractors for invasive species control. Subd. 3. Unused areas. If an area is not assigned, or the operator licensed for the area is not fishing that area, the commissioner may issue a special inland commercial fishing permit for the area. The permit may be issued to an individual holding a valid inland commercial fishing license. The permit must describe the specific waters involved, the county, the species to be removed, the equipment to be used, and the time period of the total operation. Subd. 4. Inland Commercial Fishing Trade Association; license problems. The commissioner shall consult with representatives of the Inland Commercial Fishing Trade Association when disagreements arise in the areas of license issuance, problems with performance pursuant to the license, transfers of licenses, area assignments, and the entry of new commercial fishing operators into the inland commercial fishery. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 63; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1996 c 410 s 47; 1Sp2019 c 4 art 3 s 74
MN Stat § 97C.821 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.821 — Possessing, Selling, And Transporting Commercial Fish.

97C.821 POSSESSING, SELLING, AND TRANSPORTING COMMERCIAL FISH. Subdivision 1. Transporting and holding commercial fish. Subject to the applicable provisions of the game and fish laws, fish taken under commercial fishing licenses may be possessed in any quantity, bought, sold, and transported at any time. Commercial fishing licensees may transport their catch live to holding facilities, if the licensee has exclusive control of the facilities. Licensees must annually provide the legal description and verification of exclusive control on forms provided by the commissioner with the license application. Commercial fishing licensees may harvest fish from their holding facilities at any time with their licensed gear. The commissioner may prohibit the transport of live fish taken under a commercial fishing license from waters that contain nonnative species, are listed as infested waters, or are infected with any certifiable disease. Subd. 2. Invasive species certification. (a) A commercial fishing licensee, and each apprentice working under the licensee's commercial fishing license, must annually complete invasive species training provided by the commissioner and pass an examination to qualify to take, sell, or transport commercial fish within the state. (b) A commercial fishing licensee, and each apprentice working under the licensee's commercial fishing license, must have a valid invasive species training certification in possession while taking, selling, or transporting commercial fish within the state. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 64; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 44; 2004 c 243 s 38; 2008 c 307 s 20; 2014 c 289 s 49; 2014 c 290 s 55
MN Stat § 97C.825 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.825 — Lake Of The Woods And Rainy Lake Fishing.

97C.825 LAKE OF THE WOODS AND RAINY LAKE FISHING. Subdivision 1. New commercial fishing licenses prohibited. The commissioner may not issue a new commercial fishing license that allows netting of game fish on Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake. Subd. 2. Restrictions on fish and nets. The following rules and restrictions shall apply to all commercial fishing operations conducted in Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake unless otherwise changed by rule of the commissioner under authority of section 97A.045, subdivision 4: (1) Any fish, except largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, rock bass, muskellunge, crappies, sturgeon, and sunfish, may be taken subject to all other restrictions contained in the game and fish laws. (2) Pound net mesh and staked trap net mesh may not be less than 2-1/2 inches nor more than four inches stretch measure in the pound or crib. (3) Gill net mesh may not be less than four inches stretch measure, and may not be more than 30 meshes in width. (4) Fyke net mesh may not be less than 2-1/2 inches nor more than four inches stretch measure in the pot or crib. Fyke nets may not have a hoop or opening more than six feet in height, wings more than 100 feet in length, nor a lead more than 400 feet in length. (5) Submerged trap net mesh may not be less than 2-1/2 inches nor more than three inches stretch measure in the heart, pot, or crib. A submerged trap net may not have a pot or crib exceeding 150 square feet in area, a lead exceeding 300 feet in length, nor a pot or lead exceeding 12 feet in depth. Subd. 3. Net limits for individual operators. A person may not operate more than six pound nets, 4,000 feet of gill nets, eight submerged trap nets, ten fyke or staked trap nets, or one pound net station. Subd. 4. Net location. Nets may only be set at a place consented to by the commissioner. Subd. 5. Net limits for Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake. (a) The maximum amount of nets permitted to be licensed shall be: (1) in Lake of the Woods, 50-pound nets, 160 submerged trap nets, and 80 fyke or staked trap nets; and (2) in Rainy Lake, 20-pound nets. (b) Commercial fishing may be prohibited in the Minnesota portions of international waters when it is prohibited in the international waters by Canadian authorities. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 2005 c 146 s 52] Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 2005 c 146 s 52] Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 2005 c 146 s 52] Subd. 9.  [Repealed, 2005 c 146 s 52] Subd. 10. Taking eggs for propagation; commissioner's rule. The commissioner may require a person licensed to take fish for commercial purposes in the waters covered by this section to take eggs for propagation purposes when it can be done in connection with the licensed commercial fishing. The eggs must be taken under rules prescribed by the commissioner. History:  1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 386 art 3 s 65; 1991 c 259 s 23; 2005 c 146 s 48; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 15
MN Stat § 97C.831 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.831 — Namakan And Sand Point Lakes; Commercial Fishing.

97C.831 NAMAKAN AND SAND POINT LAKES; COMMERCIAL FISHING. Subdivision 1. Lake whitefish and rough fish. Lake whitefish and rough fish may be taken by licensed commercial fishing operators unless otherwise changed by rule of the commissioner, under section 97C.805, subdivision 1, from Namakan Lake and Sand Point Lake. Subd. 2. Gill nets prohibited on Sand Point Lake. Gill nets may not be used in Sand Point Lake. Subd. 3. Maximum amount of nets in Sand Point Lake. The maximum amount of nets permitted to be licensed in Sand Point Lake shall be 12 pound, fyke, or submerged trap nets. Subd. 4. Maximum amount of nets in Namakan Lake. The maximum amount of nets that may be licensed in Namakan Lake shall be (1) 7,000 feet of gill net, with a mesh not less than four inches stretch measure, and (2) 12 pound, fyke, or submerged trap nets. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 66; 1991 c 259 s 23
MN Stat § 97C.836 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.836 — Lake Superior Lake Trout; Expanded Assessment Harvest.

97C.836 LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE TROUT; EXPANDED ASSESSMENT HARVEST. The commissioner shall provide for taking of lake trout by licensed commercial operators in Lake Superior management zones MN-3 and MN-2 for expanded assessment and sale. The commissioner shall authorize expanded assessment taking and sale of lake trout in Lake Superior management zone MN-3 beginning annually in 2007 and zone MN-2 beginning annually in 2010. Total assessment taking and sale may not exceed 3,000 lake trout in zone MN-3 and 2,000 lake trout in zone MN-2 and may be reduced when necessary to protect the lake trout population or to manage the effects of invasive species or fish disease. Taking lake trout for expanded assessment and sale shall be allowed from June 1 to September 30, but may end earlier in the respective zones if the quotas are reached. The quotas must be reassessed at the expiration of the current ten-year Fisheries Management Plan for the Minnesota Waters of Lake Superior. History:  2007 c 131 art 1 s 54; 1Sp2021 c 6 art 2 s 78
MN Stat § 97C.841 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.841 — Apprentice License.

97C.841 APPRENTICE LICENSE. (a) A person with a commercial fishing license may list one person as an apprentice on the license. A person acting as an apprentice for a commercial fishing licensee must have an apprentice license. The commercial fishing licensee or the apprentice listed on the license must be present at all commercial fishing operations including going to and from fishing locations, or in setting or lifting nets, or removing fish from nets. A person possessing an angling license may assist the holder of a master's or apprentice license in going to and from fishing locations, or in setting or lifting nets, or removing fish from nets. (b) An apprentice license is transferable to another by the holder of a master's license applying to the commissioner. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 68; 1996 c 410 s 50
MN Stat § 97C.843 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.843 — Possession For Commercial Netting.

97C.843 POSSESSION FOR COMMERCIAL NETTING. When commercial nets, seines, bags, or cribs are lawfully set and tended, incidentally taken fish not included in the license are not considered in possession if they are returned to the water or if they are tagged in accordance with section 97C.835 before they are placed on a motor vehicle or trailer for transport on land. History:   2002 c 270 s 9
MN Stat § 97C.845 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.845 — Interference With Commercial Fishing.

97C.845 INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCIAL FISHING. A person may not: (1) knowingly place or maintain an obstruction that will hinder, prevent, or interfere with a licensed commercial fishing operation; (2) remove fish from nets licensed under the game and fish laws; or (3) knowingly damage, disturb, or interfere with commercial fishing nets. History:   1986 c 386 art 3 s 69
MN Stat § 97C.851 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.851 — Commercial Fishing In International Waters; Resort Owners.

97C.851 COMMERCIAL FISHING IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS; RESORT OWNERS. A license to buy or sell fish or to take fish commercially in international waters extending from Pigeon Point West to the North Dakota boundary line may not be issued to a person engaged in the business of conducting a summer resort, or to a member of the person's household or to an employee of the person. History:   1986 c 386 art 3 s 70
MN Stat § 97C.855 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.855 — Upper And Lower Red Lake And Nett Lake; Transportation, Sale, And Disposal.

97C.855 UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKE AND NETT LAKE; TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND DISPOSAL. The commissioner may, by rule, allow the transportation, sale, and disposal of fish taken within the Red Lake Indian Reservation on Upper Red Lake and Lower Red Lake and from waters within the Nett Lake Indian Reservation also known as Bois Forte Indian Reservation. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 71; 1991 c 259 s 23
MN Stat § 97C.861 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.861 — Fish Vendors; Requirements.

97C.861 FISH VENDORS; REQUIREMENTS. Subdivision 1. License required. A person may not sell fish with the use of a motor vehicle without a fish vendor's license. Subd. 2. Misrepresenting fish. (a) A licensed fish vendor or the vendor's employee may not misrepresent a species of fish to be sold. If a licensed fish vendor or employee of the fish vendor is convicted of misrepresenting a species of fish that is sold, the license shall be revoked, and the licensee is not eligible to obtain a fish vendor's license for one year after revocation. (b) Misrepresentation includes the designation of fish by a name other than its common name in: (1) the state; and (2) in the locality where it was taken if it is not generally known by any common name in the state. History:   1986 c 386 art 3 s 72
MN Stat § 97C.865 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.865 — Fish Packers.

97C.865 FISH PACKERS. Subdivision 1. License required; records. (a) A person engaged in a business providing services to a person taking fish may not prepare dressed game fish for shipment without a fish packer's license. The fish packer must maintain a permanent record of: (1) the name, address, and license number of the shipper; (2) the name and address of the consignee; and (3) the number of each species and net weight of fish in the shipment. (b) The records of the fish packer must be made available to an enforcement officer upon request. Subd. 2. Rules. The commissioner may adopt rules establishing requirements for labeling and packing fish under a fish packer's license. The commissioner shall require only the license number of the fish packer, the name and license number of the angler or person who lawfully possesses the fish, the name of the lake on which the fish were caught, the species of fish, and the number of fish to appear on a label. The commissioner must not allow sauger to be labeled as walleye. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 73; 1993 c 231 s 66; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 69
MN Stat § 97C.871 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.871 — Crayfish.

97C.871 CRAYFISH. The commissioner may adopt rules, including record-keeping requirements, for taking, importing, buying, selling, possessing, and transporting crayfish. History:   1993 c 231 s 67
MN Stat § 103A.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103A — Water Policy And Information|Section 103A.001 — Citation; Water Law.

103A.001 CITATION; WATER LAW. Chapters 103A, 103B, 103C, 103D, 103E, 103F, and 103G constitute the water law of this state and may be cited as the "Water Law." History:   1990 c 391 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 103A.201 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103A — Water Policy And Information|Section 103A.201 — Regulatory Policy.

103A.201 REGULATORY POLICY. Subdivision 1. Policy. To conserve and use water resources of the state in the best interests of its people, and to promote the public health, safety, and welfare, it is the policy of the state that: (1) subject to existing rights, public waters are subject to the control of the state; (2) the state, to the extent provided by law, shall control the appropriation and use of waters of the state; and (3) the state shall control and supervise activity that changes or will change the course, current, or cross section of public waters, including the construction, reconstruction, repair, removal, abandonment, alteration, or the transfer of ownership of dams, reservoirs, control structures, and waterway obstructions in public waters. Subd. 2. Wetlands findings; public interest. (a) Wetlands identified in the state under section 103G.005, subdivision 19, do not: (1) grant the public additional or greater right of access to the wetlands; (2) diminish the right of ownership or usage of the beds underlying the wetlands, except as otherwise provided by law; (3) affect state law forbidding trespass on private lands; and (4) require the commissioner to acquire access to the wetlands. (b) The legislature finds that the wetlands of Minnesota provide public value by conserving surface waters, maintaining and improving water quality, preserving wildlife habitat, providing recreational opportunities, reducing runoff, providing for floodwater retention, reducing stream sedimentation, contributing to improved subsurface moisture, helping moderate climatic change, and enhancing the natural beauty of the landscape, and are important to comprehensive water management, and that it is in the public interest to: (1) achieve no net loss in the quantity, quality, and biological diversity of Minnesota's existing wetlands; (2) increase the quantity, quality, and biological diversity of Minnesota's wetlands by restoring or enhancing diminished or drained wetlands; (3) avoid direct or indirect impacts from activities that destroy or diminish the quantity, quality, and biological diversity of wetlands; and (4) replace wetland values where avoidance of activity is not feasible and prudent. History:  1990 c 391 art 1 s 2; 1991 c 354 art 1 s 2
MN Stat § 103A.202 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103A — Water Policy And Information|Section 103A.202 — Wetland Policy.

103A.202 WETLAND POLICY. The legislature finds that it is in the public interest to preserve the wetlands of the state to conserve surface waters, maintain and improve water quality, preserve wildlife habitat, reduce runoff, provide for floodwater retention, reduce stream sedimentation, contribute to improved subsurface moisture, enhance the natural beauty of the landscape, and promote comprehensive and total water management planning. History:   1990 c 391 art 1 s 3
MN Stat § 103A.203 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103A — Water Policy And Information|Section 103A.203 — Hydropower Policy.

103A.203 HYDROPOWER POLICY. The legislature finds that: (1) the public health, safety, and welfare of the state are also promoted by the use of state waters to produce hydroelectric or hydromechanical power in a manner consistent with laws relating to dam construction, reconstruction, repair, and maintenance; and (2) the leasing of existing dams and potential dam sites primarily for power generation is a valid public purpose. History:   1990 c 391 art 1 s 4
MN Stat § 103A.204 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103A — Water Policy And Information|Section 103A.204 — Groundwater Policy.

103A.204 GROUNDWATER POLICY. (a) The responsibility for the protection of groundwater in Minnesota is vested in a multiagency approach to management. The following is a list of agencies and the groundwater protection areas for which the agencies are primarily responsible; the list is not intended to restrict the areas of responsibility to only those specified: (1) Environmental Quality Board: coordination of state groundwater protection programs; (2) Pollution Control Agency: water quality monitoring and reporting and the development of best management practices and regulatory mechanisms for protection of groundwater from nonagricultural chemical contaminants; (3) Department of Agriculture: sustainable agriculture, integrated pest management, water quality monitoring, and the development of best management practices and regulatory mechanisms for protection of groundwater from agricultural chemical contaminants; (4) Board of Water and Soil Resources: reporting on groundwater education and outreach with local government officials, local water planning and management, and local cost share programs; (5) Department of Natural Resources: water quantity monitoring and regulation, sensitivity mapping, and development of a plan for the use of integrated pest management and sustainable agriculture on state-owned lands; and (6) Department of Health: regulation of wells and borings, and the development of health risk limits under section 103H.201. (b) The Environmental Quality Board shall prepare a report on policy issues related to its responsibilities listed in paragraph (a), and include these reports with the assessments in section 103A.43 and the "Minnesota Water Plan" in section 103B.151. History:  1994 c 557 s 11; 2008 c 363 art 5 s 14
MN Stat § 103A.205 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103A — Water Policy And Information|Section 103A.205 — Conservation Policy For Rainwater.

103A.205 CONSERVATION POLICY FOR RAINWATER. It is the policy of the state to promote the retention and conservation of all water precipitated from the atmosphere in the areas where it falls, as far as practicable. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all officers, departments, and other agencies of the state or political subdivisions having any authority or means for constructing, maintaining, or operating dams or other works or engaging in other projects or operations affecting precipitated water shall use the authority, as far as practicable, to effectuate the policy in this section. History:   1990 c 391 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 103A.206 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103A — Water Policy And Information|Section 103A.206 — Soil And Water Conservation Policy.

103A.206 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION POLICY. Maintaining and enhancing the quality of soil and water for the environmental and economic benefits they produce, preventing degradation, and restoring degraded soil and water resources of this state contribute greatly to the health, safety, economic well-being, and general welfare of this state and its citizens. Land occupiers have the responsibility to implement practices that conserve the soil and water resources of the state. Soil and water conservation measures implemented on private lands in this state provide benefits to the general public by reducing erosion, sedimentation, siltation, water pollution, and damages caused by floods. The soil and water conservation policy of the state is to encourage land occupiers to conserve soil, water, and the natural resources they support through the implementation of practices that: (1) control or prevent erosion, sedimentation, siltation, and related pollution in order to preserve natural resources; (2) ensure continued soil health, as defined under section 103C.101, subdivision 10a, and soil productivity; (3) protect water quality; (4) prevent impairment of dams and reservoirs; (5) reduce damages caused by floods; (6) preserve wildlife; (7) protect the tax base; and (8) protect public lands and waters. History:  1990 c 391 art 1 s 6; 2003 c 104 s 1; 1Sp2015 c 2 art 2 s 10