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MN Stat § 97C.381 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.381 — Harpooning Rough Fish.

97C.381 HARPOONING ROUGH FISH. A resident or nonresident may use a rubber powered gun, spring gun, or compressed air gun to take rough fish by harpooning. The harpoon must be fastened to a line not more than 20 feet long. The commissioner may prescribe the times, the waters, and the manner for harpooning rough fish. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 38; 1994 c 467 s 1
MN Stat § 97C.385 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.385 — Commissioner's Authority To Regulate Winter Fishing.

97C.385 COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY TO REGULATE WINTER FISHING. Subdivision 1. Effect on summer angling season. If the commissioner closes the statutory open season for the spearing of a game fish species in any waters, the commissioner must, in the same rule, close the following statutory open season for angling for the same species in the waters in the same proportion. Subd. 2. Effect on summer angling limits. If the commissioner reduces the limit of a species of game fish taken by spearing in any waters under section 97A.045, subdivision 2, the commissioner must reduce the limit for taking of the species by angling in the waters during the following open season for angling. Subd. 3. Limiting closures by county. The commissioner may not close the open season for taking game fish through the ice on more than 50 percent of the named lakes or streams of a county under section 97A.045, subdivision 2. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 39; 1991 c 259 s 23
MN Stat § 97C.391 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.391 — Buying And Selling Fish.

97C.391 BUYING AND SELLING FISH. Subdivision 1. General restrictions. A person may not buy or sell fish taken from the waters of this state, except: (1) minnows; (2) rough fish; (3) smelt taken from Lake Superior and rivers and streams that flow into Lake Superior; (4) fish taken under licensed commercial fishing operations; (5) fish that are private aquatic life; and (6) fish lawfully taken and subject to sale from other states and countries. Subd. 2. Restrictions on certain game fish. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, rock bass, muskellunge, and sunfish may be bought or sold by a private hatchery or aquatic farm, or as prescribed by the commissioner. Subd. 3. Rules. The commissioner may by rule establish reasonable conditions on the buying and selling of fish that would prevent or slow the spread of certifiable diseases and invasive species. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 40; 1987 c 318 s 8; 1992 c 566 s 21; 1993 c 231 s 59; 2008 c 307 s 15; 1Sp2019 c 4 art 3 s 72
MN Stat § 97C.395 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.395 — Open Seasons For Angling.

97C.395 OPEN SEASONS FOR ANGLING. Subdivision 1. Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons to take fish by angling are as follows: (1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and smallmouth bass, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend to the last Sunday in February; (2) for lake trout, from January 1 to October 31; (3) for the winter season for lake trout, brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake on all lakes located outside or partially within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, from January 15 to March 31; (4) for the winter season for lake trout, brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake on all lakes located entirely within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, from January 1 to March 31; (5) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 to October 31 as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section 97C.415, subdivision 2; and (6) for salmon, as prescribed by the commissioner by rule. (b) The commissioner shall close the season in areas of the state where fish are spawning and closing the season will protect the resource. Subd. 2. Continuous season for certain species. For sunfish, white crappie, black crappie, yellow perch, catfish, rock bass, white bass, yellow bass, burbot, cisco (tullibee), lake whitefish, and rough fish, the open season is continuous. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 41; 1989 c 242 s 2; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 42; 2005 c 146 s 46; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 67; 2009 c 176 art 2 s 63; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 75; 1Sp2019 c 4 art 3 s 73
MN Stat § 97C.401 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.401 — Limits.

97C.401 LIMITS. Subdivision 1. Duty to prescribe limits. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the commissioner shall, by rule, prescribe the limits on the number of each species of fish that may be taken in one day and the number that may be possessed. Subd. 2. Walleye. A person may have no more than one walleye larger than 20 inches in possession. This subdivision does not apply to boundary waters. Subd. 3. Gar. The commissioner must annually establish daily and possession limits for gar under section 84.027, subdivision 13, paragraph (b). History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 42; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1993 c 185 s 2; 1994 c 523 s 1; 2005 c 146 s 47; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 68; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 102; 1Sp2021 c 6 art 2 s 74
MN Stat § 97C.411 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.411 — Sturgeon And Paddlefish.

97C.411 STURGEON AND PADDLEFISH. Lake sturgeon, shovelnose sturgeon, and paddlefish may not be taken, bought, sold, transported or possessed except as provided by rule of the commissioner. The commissioner may only allow the taking of these fish in waters that the state boundary passes through and in tributaries to the St. Croix River. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 44; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1996 c 410 s 45
MN Stat § 97C.415 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.415 — Trout And Salmon.

97C.415 TROUT AND SALMON. Subdivision 1. Hours for taking trout restricted. A person may not take trout, except lake trout, between 11:00 p.m. and one hour before sunrise. Subd. 2. Lake Superior streams. The commissioner may prescribe the open season and conditions for taking brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, steelhead trout, and salmon in any portion of a stream that flows into Lake Superior. Subd. 3. Salmon. The commissioner may prescribe, by rule, the method of taking and possessing salmon. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 45; 1991 c 259 s 23
MN Stat § 97C.417 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.417 — Reporting Invasive Carp.

97C.417 REPORTING INVASIVE CARP. A person who takes any of the following invasive carp species must report the type of carp taken to the commissioner within seven days of taking: (1) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella); (2) bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis); or (3) silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix). History:  2007 c 131 art 1 s 50; 2014 c 289 s 48
MN Stat § 97C.502 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.502 — Minnows And Leeches; Invasive Species Training Required.

97C.502 MINNOWS AND LEECHES; INVASIVE SPECIES TRAINING REQUIRED. Subdivision 1. Minnows; invasive species training required. A minnow dealer, and each person working under the minnow dealer's license, must annually satisfactorily complete aquatic invasive-species-related training provided by the commissioner before taking, selling, or transporting for sale minnows within the state. Subd. 2. Training certification required. Minnow dealers, and each person working under the minnow dealer's license, must have a valid invasive species training certification in possession while taking, selling, or transporting for sale minnows within the state. A person who only sells minnows for the licensed minnow dealer at a retail location is not required to have a training certification. Subd. 3. Leeches; invasive species training required. A resident under age 18 must annually satisfactorily complete aquatic invasive-species-related training provided by the commissioner before taking, selling, or transporting for sale leeches within the state. A resident under age 18 must have a valid invasive species training certification in possession while taking, selling, or transporting for sale leeches within the state. History:   2014 c 290 s 54
MN Stat § 97C.505 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.505 — Minnows.

97C.505 MINNOWS. Subdivision 1. Authority to take, possess, buy, and sell. (a) Minnows may be taken, possessed, bought, and sold, subject to the restrictions in this chapter, section 84D.03, subdivision 3, and rules adopted by the commissioner under paragraph (b). A person may not take, possess, or sell minnows except for use as bait or for ornamental or aquacultural purposes. (b) The commissioner may adopt rules for the taking, possession, purchase, sale, and transportation of minnows. Subd. 2. Continuous open season. The open season for taking minnows is continuous, except as provided in subdivision 3. Subd. 3. Closing waters. The commissioner may close any state waters for commercially taking minnows if a survey is conducted and the commissioner determines it is necessary to close the waters to prevent depletion or extinction of the minnows. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48] Subd. 5. Restrictions on taking from trout waters. A person may not take minnows from designated trout lakes or trout streams without a special permit issued by the commissioner. Subd. 6. Approved equipment required. A person must use equipment approved by the commissioner to possess or transport minnows for sale. This subdivision does not apply to licensed aquatic farms. Subd. 7. Interference prohibited. A person may not knowingly damage, disturb, or interfere with legal commercial minnow harvest operations. Subd. 8. Possession for minnow dealers. When nets and traps are lawfully set and tended, minnows and incidentally taken game fish under four inches in length are not considered to be in possession until the minnows or game fish are placed on a motor vehicle or trailer for transport on land. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 47; 1992 c 566 s 22; 1993 c 231 s 61; 1997 c 226 s 40; 2002 c 270 s 8; 2008 c 307 s 16; 2019 c 50 art 1 s 23
MN Stat § 97C.511 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.511 — Minnow Seines.

97C.511 MINNOW SEINES. Subdivision 1. Size restrictions. Except as provided in subdivision 2, a person may not take minnows with a seine longer than 25 feet, and deeper than: (1) 148 meshes of 1/4-inch bar measure; (2) 197 meshes of 3/16-inch bar measure; or (3) four feet of material of less than 3/16-inch bar measure. Subd. 2. Licensed minnow dealers. A minnow dealer may take minnows with a seine that is not longer than 50 feet, and not deeper than: (1) 222 meshes of 1/4-inch bar measure; (2) 296 meshes of 3/16-inch bar measure; or (3) six feet of material of less than 3/16-inch bar measure. History:   1986 c 386 art 3 s 48
MN Stat § 97C.521 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.521 — Transporting Carp Fingerlings Prohibited.

97C.521 TRANSPORTING CARP FINGERLINGS PROHIBITED. Except as provided in section 17.4984, subdivision 2, paragraph (g), a person may not transport live carp fingerlings. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 50; 2000 c 331 s 5
MN Stat § 97C.525 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.525 — Restrictions On Transporting Minnows.

97C.525 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSPORTING MINNOWS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section does not apply to the transportation of 24 dozen minnows, or less, or to transportation with a permit issued under section 97C.515, subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Transporting out of state. A person may not transport minnows out of the state, except as provided in this section. Subd. 3. Minnow dealers. A resident minnow dealer or a nonresident exporting minnow dealer may transport minnows out of the state. A nonresident exporting minnow dealer must possess a bill of lading issued by a resident minnow dealer with an exporting minnow dealer's license. The bill of lading must be on a form furnished by the commissioner and must state the nonresident exporting minnow dealer's name and address, the route through the state, number and species of minnows, and the time it was issued. Subd. 4. Minnow retailers. A minnow retailer transporting minnows from a place of wholesale purchase to the retailer's place of business must use the most reasonably direct route. Subd. 5. Out-of-state vehicles. The nonresident exporting minnow dealer must transport the minnows out of the state within 24 hours of the time of issuance stated on the bill of lading. A person may not transport minnows in a motor vehicle licensed in another state without an exporting minnow dealer's vehicle license. Subd. 6. Common carrier. An exporting minnow dealer may transport minnows by common carrier and must provide on request by the commissioner information pertaining to product, quantity, and destination. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 51; 1990 c 502 s 5; 1993 c 226 s 19; 2004 c 255 s 40,41
MN Stat § 97C.601 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.601 — Frogs.

97C.601 FROGS. Subdivision 1. Season. The open season for frogs is May 16 to March 31. The commissioner may, by rule, establish closed seasons in specified areas. Subd. 2. License required. (a) A person may not take or possess frogs without an angling license if the person is required to have an angling license to take fish. (b) A person may not purchase, possess, and transport frogs for purposes other than bait without a license to purchase, possess, and transport frogs. (c) A person may not take, possess, transport, and sell frogs for purposes other than bait without a license to take, possess, transport, and sell frogs. Subd. 3. Taking with cloth screens prohibited. A person may not use cloth screens or similar devices to take frogs. Subd. 4. Taking with artificial lights. The commissioner may issue permits to take frogs with the use of artificial lights in waters designated in the permit. Subd. 5. Limits. (a) A person may possess frogs, up to six inches long, without limit if the frogs are possessed, bought, sold, and transported for bait. (b) Unless the commissioner prescribes otherwise, a person may possess frogs over six inches long and: (1) transport the frogs, except by common carrier; and (2) sell the frogs in any quantity during the open season. (c) The length of a frog is measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the hind toes, with the legs fully extended. Subd. 6. Rules. The commissioner shall prescribe rules for taking, buying, selling, possessing, importing, and transporting frogs for purposes other than bait. Subd. 7. For human consumption. The commissioner may issue permits for importing, raising, and selling frogs for human consumption. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 52; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1993 c 231 s 62
MN Stat § 97C.611 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.611 — Turtle Species; Limits.

97C.611 TURTLE SPECIES; LIMITS. Subdivision 1. Snapping turtles. A person may not possess more than three snapping turtles of the species Chelydra serpentina without a turtle seller's license. Until new rules are adopted under section 97C.605, a person may not take snapping turtles of a size less than ten inches wide including curvature, measured from side to side across the shell at midpoint. After new rules are adopted under section 97C.605, a person may only take snapping turtles of a size specified in the adopted rules. Subd. 2. Western painted turtles. (a) A person may not possess more than three Western painted turtles of the species Chrysemys picta without a turtle seller's license. Western painted turtles must be between 4 and 5-1/2 inches in shell length. (b) This subdivision does not apply to persons acting under section 97C.605, subdivision 2c, clause (4). Subd. 3. Spiny softshell. A person may not possess spiny softshell turtles of the species Apalone spinifera after December 1, 2021, without an aquatic farm or private fish hatchery license with a turtle endorsement. Subd. 4. Other species. A person may not possess any other species of turtle without an aquatic farm or private fish hatchery license with a turtle endorsement or as specified under section 97C.605, subdivision 2c. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 54; 1989 c 266 s 4; 2002 c 351 s 24; 1Sp2021 c 6 art 2 s 76
MN Stat § 97C.621 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.621 — Areas May Be Closed To Taking Turtles.

97C.621 AREAS MAY BE CLOSED TO TAKING TURTLES. The commissioner may prohibit the taking of turtles from state waters where operations are being conducted to aid fish propagation. History:   1986 c 386 art 3 s 56
MN Stat § 97C.701 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.701 — Taking Mussels.

97C.701 TAKING MUSSELS. Subdivision 1. Commissioner's authority. The commissioner may by rule set size limits and prescribe conditions for the taking, possession, transportation, sale, and purchase of mussels. Subd. 1a.  [Repealed, 2017 c 93 art 2 s 166] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1993 c 269 s 32] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1993 c 269 s 32] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1993 c 269 s 32] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1993 c 269 s 32] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 2017 c 93 art 2 s 166] Subd. 7. Harvesting mussel shells. Live mussels may not be harvested. A person possessing a valid resident or nonresident angling license or a person not required to have an angling license to take fish may take and possess at any time, for personal use only, not more than 24 whole shells or 48 shell halves of dead freshwater mussels. Mussel shells may be harvested in waters of the state where fish may be taken by angling. Mussel shells must be harvested by handpicking only and may not be purchased or sold. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 57; 1993 c 269 s 28,29; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 104
MN Stat § 97C.801 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.801 — Taking Rough Fish On Mississippi River.

97C.801 TAKING ROUGH FISH ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1997 c 216 s 90; 1997 c 226 s 51] Subd. 2. Commercial fish netting on Mississippi River. (a) A license is required to commercially take rough fish with seines in the Mississippi River from the St. Croix River junction to St. Anthony Falls. (b) A person may take rough fish in the Mississippi River, from the St. Croix River junction to St. Anthony Falls, only with the following equipment and methods: (1) operations shall be conducted only in the flowing waters of the river and in tributary backwaters prescribed by the commissioner; (2) seines may be used only as prescribed by this section and rules adopted by the commissioner; (3) seines must be hauled to a landing immediately after being placed; (4) two seines may not be joined together in the water; and (5) a seine may not be landed between sunset and sunrise. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 60; 1997 c 216 s 90; 1997 c 226 s 41
MN Stat § 97C.805 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97C — Fishing|Section 97C.805 — Netting Lake Whitefish And Ciscoes.

97C.805 NETTING LAKE WHITEFISH AND CISCOES. Subdivision 1. Open season. (a) The commissioner shall, by rule, prescribe the open season and open state waters for netting lake whitefish and ciscoes. The commissioner may open specific lakes and waters that are otherwise closed if the commissioner posts notice of the date and time in appropriate public places at least 48 hours before the open season begins. (b) The commissioner may close specific lakes and waters that are otherwise open under this subdivision if the commissioner posts notice of the closing at a minimum of three sites on the shore of the waters, including all public water-access sites. Before closing waters under this paragraph, the commissioner shall determine that the closure is necessary to protect game fish populations. Subd. 2. Restrictions. (a) Netting lake whitefish and ciscoes is subject to the restrictions in this subdivision. (b) A person may not use: (1) more than one net; (2) a net more than 100 feet long; or (3) a net more than three feet wide. (c) The mesh size of the net may not be less than: (1) 1-3/4 inches, stretch measure, for nets used to take ciscoes; and (2) 3-1/2 inches, stretch measure, for all other nets. (d) A net may not be set in water, including ice thickness, deeper than six feet. (e) The commissioner may designate waters where nets may be set so that portions of the net extend into water deeper than six feet under conditions prescribed by the commissioner to protect game fish. A pole or stake must project at least two feet above the surface of the water or ice at one end of the net. (f) A net may not be set within 50 feet of another net. (g) A person may not have angling equipment in possession while netting lake whitefish or ciscoes. Subd. 3. Fish may not be sold. Notwithstanding section 97C.391, subdivision 1, lake whitefish and ciscoes taken under this section may not be bought or sold. Subd. 4. No limit on rough fish netted. Lake whitefish and ciscoes taken under this section may be taken and possessed without limit. Rough fish caught while netting may be retained. All other fish taken while netting must be returned to the water immediately. History:  1986 c 386 art 3 s 61; 1988 c 588 s 14; 1991 c 259 s 22; 1993 c 231 s 63-65; 1Sp2021 c 6 art 2 s 77