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30 PA Cons Stat § 2102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 21 - General Provisions|Section 2102 - Rules and regulations

§ 2102. Rules and regulations. (a) General rule.--The commission may promulgate such general and special rules and regulations as it deems necessary and appropriate concerning fish and fishing in the waters of, and elsewhere in, this Commonwealth, including regulations concerning the protection, preservation and management of fish and fish habitat, permitting and prohibiting fishing, the ways, manner, methods and means of fishing, and the health and safety of persons who fish or may be in the vicinity of such persons on, in or along the waters of, or elsewhere in, this Commonwealth. Any person violating a rule or regulation promulgated under this subsection which the commission designates as being for the protection of fish or fish habitat or for the health and safety of persons who fish commits a summary offense of the second degree. Any person violating any other rule or regulation promulgated under this subsection commits a summary offense of the third degree.  (b) Seasons, sizes, creel limits and devices.--The rules and regulations may establish seasons, sizes, and possession limits for fish and fishing, regulate the possession of certain species, the number and types of devices and tackle allowed, the identification of such devices and the use and possession of such devices. Any person who violates a rule or regulation promulgated under this subsection commits a summary offense of the third degree.  (c) Transportation and sale of fish.--Rules and regulations may also be promulgated concerning the transportation or introduction of, or importation into or within this Commonwealth or exporting of fish, the selling, offering for sale or purchase of fish or the disturbing of fish in their natural habitat. Unless specifically provided otherwise by this title, any person violating any rule or regulation promulgated under this subsection commits a summary offense of the second degree.  (d) Traps, seines, nets and other devices.--Rules and regulations may also be promulgated stipulating the size of traps, seines, nets and other devices, along with the minimum and maximum size of the mesh of the devices, the manner and location wherein the devices may be used, the species they may be used for, and the season when the devices may be used. Any person violating any rule or regulation promulgated under this subsection commits a summary offense of the first degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)   1989 Amendment. Act 102 amended subsecs. (a) and (b).
30 PA Cons Stat § 2103 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 21 - General Provisions|Section 2103 - Stocked waters open for fishing

§ 2103. Stocked waters open for fishing. (a) General rule.--Any water area in this Commonwealth stocked with fish furnished by the commission shall be open to the public for the purpose of free lawful fishing.  (b) Liability for property damage.--This section does not exempt any person trespassing on the lands of any person in this Commonwealth from liability for any damage he may do to those lands or to any improvements, crops, livestock or poultry thereon.
30 PA Cons Stat § 2104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 21 - General Provisions|Section 2104 - Sunday fishing from private land

§ 2104. Sunday fishing from private land. (a) General rule.--No person shall fish on any Sunday from privately owned land without the express or implied consent of the owner or lessee of the land abutting on a stream or body of water and of the bed thereunder. The consent shall be implied unless the landowner takes any reasonable action to negate his consent to Sunday fishing.  (b) Penalty.--Any person who violates this section commits a summary offense of the third degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)
30 PA Cons Stat § 2105 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 21 - General Provisions|Section 2105 - Farm fish ponds

§ 2105. Farm fish ponds. (a) Exemption from regulation.--The restrictions on fishing imposed by this part do not apply to a resident owner or lessee of a farm, his family and other persons who are regularly employed upon the farm, all of the class which must permanently reside upon the farm, while fishing in an artificial pond constructed thereon holding water the source of which is wholly within the limits of the farm.  (b) Transporting fish from premises.--Any person may lawfully possess and transport any fish lawfully taken from a farm pond from the premises during the closed season for such fish when accompanied by a signed written statement from the owner or lessee of the farm showing:  (1) The date, place and by whom the fish were taken. (2) The number and species of fish. (3) The name and address of the person transporting the fish. (4) The date they are being transported. (c) Other prohibitions unaffected.--Nothing in this section shall authorize any person to transport, introduce or import any fish, bait fish or fish bait, the transportation, introduction or importation of which is prohibited by law, rule or regulation.  (d) Penalty.--Any person violating any of the provisions of this section commits a summary offense of the third degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)
30 PA Cons Stat § 2106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 21 - General Provisions|Section 2106 - Fishing in hatchery or nursery waters

§ 2106. Fishing in hatchery or nursery waters. (a) General rule.--No person shall fish, or trespass with intent to fish, in any hatchery waters or waters designated by the commission as nursery waters, upon the bed or bank of any such waters or upon any hatchery lands controlled, owned or occupied by the commission, Federal Government or cooperative nursery approved by the commission.  (b) Penalty.--Any person violating the provisions of this section by fishing or trespassing with intent to fish in any hatchery or nursery waters commits a summary offense of the first degree. Any person violating the provisions of this section by taking fish from hatchery or nursery waters commits:  (1) A summary offense of the first degree if the market value of the fish taken from the hatchery or nursery waters is not shown or is less than $50.  (2) A misdemeanor of the third degree if the market value of the fish taken from hatchery or nursery waters is $50 or more.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)   Cross References. Section 2106 is referred to in section 2107 of this title.
30 PA Cons Stat § 2107 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 21 - General Provisions|Section 2107 - Sale of fish taken from hatchery or nursery waters

§ 2107. Sale of fish taken from hatchery or nursery waters. (a) General rule.--A person shall not sell, offer for sale or knowingly purchase fish taken from any hatchery waters or waters designated by the commission as nursery waters in violation of section 2106 (relating to fishing in hatchery or nursery waters).  (b) Penalty.--A person violating the provisions of this section commits a summary offense of the first degree if the market value of the fish sold, offered for sale or purchased is not shown or is less than $50. A person violating the provisions of this section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree if the market value or price of fish sold, offered for sale or purchased is $50 or more.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)   1989 Amendment. Act 102 added section 2107.
30 PA Cons Stat § 2108 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 21 - General Provisions|Section 2108 - Retrieval and disposition of fish

§ 2108. Retrieval and disposition of fish. (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for a person who kills fish while engaged in activities permitted by this title to refuse or neglect to make a reasonable effort to lawfully dispose of such fish.  (b) Penalty.--A violation of this section is a summary offense of the third degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)   1989 Amendment. Act 102 added section 2108.
30 PA Cons Stat § 2109 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 21 - General Provisions|Section 2109 - Serious unlawful take

§ 2109. Serious unlawful take. (a) Prohibited conduct.--It shall be unlawful to do any of the following from any waters of this Commonwealth, boundary waters or lands:  (1) During the closed season, take, catch, kill or possess fish having a replacement cost in excess of $500.  (2) Take, catch, kill or possess three or more times the daily limit of fish. (b) Grading.--Any person violating subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.  (Oct. 24, 2012, P.L.1323, No.167, eff. imd.)   2012 Amendment. Act 167 added section 2109. Section 5(3) of Act 167 provided that section 2109 shall apply to violations occurring on or after the effective date of Act 167.  Cross References. Section 2109 is referred to in section 923 of this title.
30 PA Cons Stat § 2110 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 21 - General Provisions|Section 2110 - Taking or possessing by illegal methods

§ 2110. Taking or possessing by illegal methods. (a) Prohibited conduct.--It shall be unlawful to take, catch, kill or possess fish by any method not specifically authorized by law or regulation from any waters of this Commonwealth, boundary waters or lands.  (b) Grading.--The following shall apply:  (1) Any person violating subsection (a) relating to a single fish commits a summary offense of the second degree.  (2) Any person violating subsection (a) relating to two or more fish, up to and including the legal daily limit, commits a summary offense of the first degree.  (3) Any person violating subsection (a) relating to more than the legal daily limit of fish, or a second or subsequent violation of subsection (a), commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.  (Oct. 24, 2012, P.L.1323, No.167, eff. imd.)   2012 Amendment. Act 167 added section 2110. Section 5(4) of Act 167 provided that section 2110 shall apply to violations occurring on or after the effective date of Act 167.  Cross References. Section 2110 is referred to in section 923 of this title.
30 PA Cons Stat § 2301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 23 - Fish Restoration and Management|Section 2301 - Propagation and distribution of fish

§ 2301. Propagation and distribution of fish. (a) Determination of policy.--The commission shall determine policy pertaining to the propagation and distribution or planting of the fish produced at the Commonwealth fish hatcheries or otherwise acquired.  (b) False representation to procure fish.--Any person who by false representation receives fish from the commission or plants or induces the commission to stock fish in waters where the public is not allowed to fish without charge commits a summary offense of the first degree, shall be civilly liable to the commission for the value of the fish falsely procured and shall not be eligible in the future to receive fish from the commission.
30 PA Cons Stat § 2302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 23 - Fish Restoration and Management|Section 2302 - Cooperative fish restoration projects

§ 2302. Cooperative fish restoration projects. The Commonwealth assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act To Provide That The United States Shall Aid the States in Fish Restoration And Management Projects And For Other Purposes," approved August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. § 777 et seq.), and the commission shall perform such acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of cooperative fish restoration projects as defined in this Act of Congress, in compliance with that act and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
30 PA Cons Stat § 2303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 23 - Fish Restoration and Management|Section 2303 - Federal cultural stations

§ 2303. Federal cultural stations. The Commonwealth consents and accords to the Federal Government and its agents the right to establish fish cultural stations in this Commonwealth and to conduct fish hatching and fish culture at the hatcheries in any manner and at any time the Federal Government deems necessary and proper.
30 PA Cons Stat § 2304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 23 - Fish Restoration and Management|Section 2304 - Fish migration studies

§ 2304. Fish migration studies. (a) General rule.--The commission may make comprehensive studies of the migratory habits of fish which include the stocking and tagging of shad below and above the Safe Harbor Dam, the Holtwood Dam and the Conowingo Dam.  (b) Assistance from government agencies.--The commission may cooperate with the Joint State Government Commission and invite and accept from the Federal Government cooperation and financial aid in connection with studies authorized in subsection (a).
30 PA Cons Stat § 2305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 23 - Fish Restoration and Management|Section 2305 - Threatened and endangered species

§ 2305. Threatened and endangered species. (a) Establishment and publication of lists.--The executive director shall establish a Pennsylvania Threatened Species List and a Pennsylvania Endangered Species List. The lists, and any revisions thereto, shall be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.  (b) Rules, regulations and permits.--The commission may promulgate rules and regulations governing the catching, taking, killing, importation, introduction, transportation, removal, possession, selling, offering for sale or purchasing of threatened and endangered species and, if deemed advisable, may issue permits for catching, taking or possessing any of those species.  (c) Penalty.--Any person intentionally violating any rule or regulation promulgated under this section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree. Each fish caught, taken, killed, imported, transported, removed, introduced, possessed, sold, offered for sale or purchased in violation of any rule or regulation promulgated under this section shall constitute a separate offense. Catching a threatened or endangered species shall not constitute a violation if it is immediately released where it was captured in the condition in which it was captured.   (July 8, 2007, P.L.82, No.27, eff. imd.)
30 PA Cons Stat § 2306 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 23 - Fish Restoration and Management|Section 2306 - Refuge areas

§ 2306. Refuge areas. (a) General rule.--The commission may set aside, in its discretion, such areas as it may judge best as refuge areas in which fishing or entry shall be prohibited for such periods of time as the commission prescribes. Notices of these closings shall be posted at the refuge areas.  (b) Penalty.--Any person fishing in a refuge area posted under subsection (a) commits a summary offense of the first degree. Any person entering a refuge area commits a summary offense of the third degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)
30 PA Cons Stat § 2307 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 23 - Fish Restoration and Management|Section 2307 - Waters limited to specific purposes

§ 2307. Waters limited to specific purposes. (a) General rule.--The commission may designate certain water areas for specific purposes and promulgate such rules and regulations as are deemed necessary to protect and manage the fishery therein.  (b) Penalty.--Any person violating any rule and regulation promulgated under subsection (a) commits a summary offense of the third degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)
30 PA Cons Stat § 2501 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 25 - Protection of Property and Waters|Section 2501 - Misuse of property and waters

§ 2501. Misuse of property and waters. (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person to commit any of the following acts in or along any waters or lands adjacent to or contiguous to waters within or bordering on this Commonwealth:  (1) Park or leave standing any motor vehicle or other means of conveyance in such a manner as to obstruct the owner or his lessee ingress, egress or regress to his property or cattleways without the permission of the owner or lessee of the land.  (2) Drive a motor vehicle, all terrain vehicle or other type of conveyance on or over any lands or waters, including frozen waters, without the permission of the owner or lessee of the land.  (3) Start, build, tend or abandon any open fire without the permission of the owner or lessee of the land.  (4) Dig, cut or disturb in any manner lands, shrubs, trees or other vegetation without the permission of the owner or lessee of the land.  (5) Sever fences or cause any other change or damage to public or private property without the permission of the owner or lessee of the land.  (6) Run any vehicle, except fording in the most direct manner, in any stream. (7) Refuse to identify himself upon request to the owner or the lessee of the land or waters upon which he is present.  (8) While in the act of fishing, fish in a water area or enter a riparian area clearly marked and posted by the commission as a no fishing zone.  (b) Penalty.-- (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any person violating any of the provisions of this section commits a summary offense of the second degree.  (2) Any person who violates subsection (a)(1), (3), (7) or (8) commits a summary offense of the third degree.  (3) Any person convicted of violations under paragraph (1) or (2) may, in addition to any penalty imposed, have his fishing license revoked for a period of one year.  (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Nov. 3, 1999, P.L.447, No.41, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Nov. 1, 2012, P.L.1716, No.211, eff. 60 days)
30 PA Cons Stat § 2502 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 25 - Protection of Property and Waters|Section 2502 - Disturbance of waterways and watersheds

§ 2502. Disturbance of waterways and watersheds. (a) General rule.--No person shall alter or disturb any stream, stream bed, fish habitat, water or watershed in any manner that might cause damage to, or loss of, fish without the necessary permits.  (b) Penalty.--Any person violating the provisions of this section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
30 PA Cons Stat § 2503 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 25 - Protection of Property and Waters|Section 2503 - Littering

§ 2503. Littering. (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person to throw, discard, leave, emit, deposit or allow the depositing of any garbage, bottles, cans, rubbish, wire, glass, paper, cardboard or wooden boxes or cartons or any other type of debris, trash or other thing or substance in or along any waters or on any lands adjacent or contiguous to waters or in such manner that the thing or substance deposited flows into or is carried by wind into such waters or lands.  (b) Evidence.--In prosecutions for violations of this section the operator of a motor vehicle or watercraft shall be deemed to have allowed the depositing of any thing or substance thrown, discarded, emitted or deposited from such motor vehicle or watercraft.  (c) Penalty.--Any person who deposits or otherwise disposes of a thing or substance in violation of this section which causes or may cause damage to, or destruction of, fish commits a summary offense of the first degree. Any person who transports household refuse or garbage from another location and disposes of it by leaving it on lands or waters open to fishing or boating commits a summary offense of the second degree. Any person who otherwise violates this section commits a summary offense of the third degree. In addition to the penalties set forth in section 923 (relating to classification of offenses and penalties), an additional penalty of not less than $20 nor more than $50 for each item or piece of litter thrown, discarded, left, emitted or deposited in violation of this section may be imposed on any person who is convicted or acknowledges guilt of a violation of this section. In addition to the penalties under section 923, a person who is convicted or acknowledges guilt of a violation of this section shall be liable to pay, upon demand of the person having legal control of the land or water, a sum equal to the cost of disposal of the discarded item.  (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Nov. 1, 2012, P.L.1716, No.211, eff. 60 days; July 1, 2020, P.L.522, No.40, eff. 60 days)    2020 Amendment. Act 40 amended subsec. (c).
30 PA Cons Stat § 2504 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 25 - Protection of Property and Waters|Section 2504 - Pollution of waters

§ 2504. Pollution of waters. (a) General rule.--No person, regardless of intent, shall:  (1) Put or place in any waters within or on the boundaries of this Commonwealth any electricity, explosives or any poisonous substances except that, for the purposes of research and fish management, agents of or persons authorized by the executive director may use any method or means to collect, eradicate or control fish.  (2) Allow any substance, deleterious, destructive or poisonous to fish, to be turned into or allowed to run, flow, wash or be emptied into any waters within or bordering on this Commonwealth.  (b) Evidence.--In criminal prosecutions under this section for water pollution known to be injurious to fish, it is not necessary to prove that the violation has actually caused the death of, or damage to, any particular fish.  (c) Construction of section.--This section does not repeal or supersede any of the provisions of the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), known as "The Clean Streams Law."  (d) Penalty.--Any person violating the provisions of this section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
30 PA Cons Stat § 2505 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 25 - Protection of Property and Waters|Section 2505 - Interference or damage to hatchery or nursery property

§ 2505. Interference or damage to hatchery or nursery property. (a) General rule.--No person shall destroy or tamper with any ponds, property or appliances whatsoever of the commission, Federal Government or cooperative nursery approved by the commission, nor interfere with, obstruct, pollute or affect the natural flow of water into or through any of these facilities.  (b) Penalty.--Any person violating the provisions of this section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.