2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 515 - FISH › 515 ILCS 5/ - Fish and Aquatic Life Code. › Article 25 - Fish Preserves And Transportation Of Fish

(515 ILCS 5/Art. 25 heading)
ARTICLE 25.  
		FISH PRESERVES AND TRANSPORTATION OF FISH
(515 ILCS 5/25-5) (from Ch. 56, par. 25-5)
Sec. 25-5. 
		Aquatic life preserves; regulation of devices. 
		All
waters in the
State including boundary waters under jurisdiction of the State shall be
aquatic life preserves.
Sport fishing devices, except as
provided in this
Code and its administrative rules, are the only lawful means of taking
aquatic life.
The Department of Natural Resources, however, has the
authority through
administrative rule to prohibit all sport fishing or certain sport
fishing devices in designated waters and also has the authority through
administrative rule to allow commercial fishing in designated waters by
regulating commercial fishing devices used in the interest of the total
management of the fishery resource.
(Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
(515 ILCS 5/25-10) (from Ch. 56, par. 25-10)
Sec. 25-10. 
		Mussel preserves. 
		The Department may, from time to time when
it shall deem feasible for the conservation of mussels, by administrative
rule prescribe waters to be known as mussel preserves from which mussels
shall not be taken for any purpose during any periods of time that in its
opinion may be required to restore a supply of mussel life to the waters.
(Source: P.A. 87-833.)
(515 ILCS 5/25-15) (from Ch. 56, par. 25-15)
Sec. 25-15. 
		Destruction of posted notices. 
		It shall be unlawful for any
person to deface, obliterate, tear down, or destroy, in whole or in part,
or attempt to deface, obliterate, tear down, or destroy any notice or
proclamation posted according to the provisions of this Code. Any person
violating this Section shall be subject to the penalties provided for in
Section 20-35 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 87-833.)
(515 ILCS 5/25-20) (from Ch. 56, par. 25-20)
Sec. 25-20. 
		Shipment of aquatic life; labels and tags. 
		Except
as provided in
Sections 1-130, 20-85, and 20-90, any railroad company, express company,
steamboat company, or other common carrier, before receiving any aquatic
life protected by this Code for shipment from any person, shall require
that the person present a valid license as provided for in
this Code.
Any person placing a shipment as described in this Section or
transporting in any other manner shall attach to every box, barrel, crate,
or other receptacle containing aquatic life a tag showing the different
varieties of aquatic life contained within, the number of pounds of each
variety, the name and place of business of the consignor and of the
consignee, and the number and type of the
license.
All labels or tags attached to any box, barrel, crate, or other
receptacle in which aquatic life is shipped shall be accurate as to the
information required by this Section and shall be conspicuously displayed
on the receptacle. Any person who (i) falsifies any label or tag required
by this Section or attempts to do so, (ii) conceals or  attempts to conceal
the information required by this Section, or (iii) in any other manner
violates the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the penalty
provisions of Section 20-35 of this Code. It shall be lawful for any
individual to carry with him or her or transport as baggage on any train or
conveyance for which he or she has purchased a transportation ticket not
more than one package at any one time containing not more than the
possession limit of aquatic life as provided in this Code. When a package
containing aquatic life is offered as baggage, it shall be plainly labeled
to show the name of the person transporting it and the place to which it is
being transported.
It is unlawful for transportation companies or common carriers to
knowingly transport into this State from without the State any aquatic
life protected under this Code that was illegally taken and shipped
contrary to any laws, rules, and regulations of the State of origin.
(Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)