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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.341 | Quota Management System.

Effective:
October 10, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 77 - 127th General Assembly
The chief of the division of wildlife with the approval of the wildlife council, in managing the Lake Erie fishery resources, may utilize and establish by division rule a quota management system that shall consist of determining on a scientific basis by species and number or pounds the maximum allowable annual taking of those fishery resources or part thereof in order to prevent over exploitation of any species and assure the conservation and wise use of all species, and the determination on an equitable basis of the distribution of that maximum allowable annual taking between and within the sport and commercial fisheries.
The chief and the council, in determining and establishing the apportionment of the maximum allowable annual taking of a species between the sport and commercial fisheries, shall be guided by pertinent scientific, economic, and social data.
The chief and the council, in determining the distribution of the apportionment within the commercial fishery, shall consider pertinent scientific, economic, and social data.
No person shall fail to comply with any quota set pursuant to this section, other provisions of this section, or division rule adopted pursuant thereto.
No person who holds a commercial fishing license issued under section 1533.35 of the Revised Code and who uses trap nets shall harvest a quantity of yellow perch that is in excess of the amount of yellow perch that is allocated for the person's commercial fishing license in accordance with the quota set pursuant to this section. In addition, no person who holds a commercial fishing license and no employee of such a person shall possess at the same time on a boat on the waters of Lake Erie any yellow perch that have been taken from more than one statistical district established under division rule for the purpose of implementing the quota set pursuant to this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.343 | Vessel and Catch Monitoring Devices Required.

Effective:
October 10, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 77 - 127th General Assembly
On and after March 1, 2008, no commercial fishing licensee shall use or engage in fishing with commercial gear unless the licensee uses vessel and catch monitoring devices in accordance with requirements and procedures established by the chief of the division of wildlife. The chief shall establish requirements and procedures concerning vessel and catch monitoring devices by division rule. A licensee shall pay the costs of purchasing, installing, and maintaining the devices.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.35 | Commercial Fishing Device Annual License Fee.

Effective:
October 10, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 77 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Commercial fishing devices shall be annually licensed as follows:
(1) Trap and fyke nets, for the first twenty nets or any portion thereof, eight hundred dollars; and for each additional group of ten such nets or any portion thereof, four hundred dollars;
(2) For each seine of one hundred fifty rods or less in length other than an inland fishing district seine, four hundred dollars;
(3) For each seine over one hundred fifty rods in length other than an inland fishing district seine, six hundred dollars;
(4) For each inland fishing district seine, one hundred dollars;
(5) For each carp apron, one hundred dollars;
(6) For one trotline with seventy hooks or less attached thereto, twenty dollars;
(7) For each trotline, or trotlines, with a total of more than seventy hooks attached thereto, one hundred dollars.
The license fee for other commercial fishing gear not mentioned in this section, as approved by the chief of the division of wildlife, shall be set by the chief with approval of the wildlife council.
Commercial fishing gear owned or used by a nonresident may be licensed in this state only if a reciprocal agreement is in effect as provided for in section 1533.352 of the Revised Code.
All commercial license fees shall be paid upon application or shall be paid one-fourth upon application with the balance due and owing within ninety days of the date of application, except that those license fees of one hundred dollars or less shall be paid in full at the time of application.
(B) Royalty fees are hereby established on the following species of fish when taken commercially: catfish, white bass, and yellow perch.
The amount of the royalty fees shall be as follows: on the species taken for which an allowable catch or quota has been established by division rule, five cents per pound. On the species taken for which an allowable catch or quota has not been established by division rule, two cents per pound.
All royalty fees established or provided for in this section shall be paid by the license holder to the division. No person may be issued a commercial fishing license until all royalty fees due from that person for the preceding fishing season have been paid in full. The chief may request the attorney general to recover any royalty fee or amount thereof that is not paid by the opening date of the next fishing season, and the attorney general shall commence appropriate legal proceedings to recover the unpaid fee or amount.
All commercial fishing license moneys and all other fees collected from commercial fishers shall be deposited in the state treasury in accordance with section 1533.33 of the Revised Code.
No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or a division rule adopted pursuant to it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.351 | Experimental Fishing Device Annual License Fee.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided by division rule, the chief of the division of wildlife may issue annual licenses for experimental fishing devices or fishing devices for experimental purposes. Each license shall be conditioned as prescribed by the chief and may be revoked at any time for violation of the conditions prescribed. The annual license fee for each such device shall be set by the chief with the approval of the wildlife council and shall expire at midnight on the thirty-first day of December of each year. Mesh sizes, size of nets, and fishing seasons prescribed in division rules and in this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code do not apply to devices licensed under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.352 | Reciprocity.

Effective:
September 27, 1974
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 532 - 110th General Assembly
The chief of the division of wildlife may, with the approval of the wildlife council and the attorney general, enter into agreements with the appropriate officials of one or more states, whereby the chief will issue nonresident commercial fishing licenses to residents of other party states for the fees charged Ohio residents, and Ohio residents may obtain nonresident commercial fishing licenses in other party states for the fees that are charged residents of such states.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.36 | Fishing License Not Transferable - Exception.

Effective:
October 10, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 77 - 127th General Assembly
(A) No fishing license issued pursuant to section 1533.32 of the Revised Code is transferable, and no fisher shall carry a license that was issued in the name of another person or that does not contain the signature of the agent issuing it.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision in the Revised Code and except as otherwise provided by division rule, a licensee holding a commercial fishing license issued pursuant to section 1533.35 of the Revised Code may transfer that license to a person holding a license issued under that section or to a person meeting the qualifications set forth in section 1533.342 of the Revised Code. Such a transfer is subject to all of the following conditions:
(1) The transferred license shall not be sold, offered for sale, or bartered to any person.
(2) The chief of the division of wildlife, with the approval of the director of natural resources, shall determine if any quota species of fish are transferable with the transferred license. In making the determination, the chief shall use biological, social, and economic data.
(3) The transferred license is limited to the type of commercial fishing gear for which the original license was issued.
(4) The transfer does not affect any other commercial fishing license privilege possessed by the transferor.
(5) Application for the transfer may be made at any time and shall be made simultaneously by the transferor and transferee on forms provided by the division of wildlife.
(6) When a commercial fishing license is transferred during the open commercial fishing season, the transferee may be issued a license only upon receipt by the division of payment in an amount equal to the annual fees set forth in section 1533.35 of the Revised Code for the type of commercial fishing gear to be transferred plus any unpaid fees that have not been paid by the transferor at the time of transfer. The division shall not refund fees previously paid by a transferor.
(7) A commercial fishing license shall be transferred only upon payment to the division of the royalty fees imposed by section 1533.35 of the Revised Code that have accrued to the date of transfer. Royalty fees that accrue with regard to the license on or after the date of transfer are solely the responsibility of the transferee.
(8) A commercial fishing license may be transferred at any time, but it shall not be transferred if the license is suspended at the time transfer is sought, or if the licensee has been charged with a violation that could result in license suspension.
(9) After determining that the transfer of a commercial fishing license is proper, the chief shall effect the transfer by revocation of the license of the transferor and simultaneous issuance of the appropriate license to the transferee.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.37 | Methods of Taking Fish.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
Fish shall be taken only by angling unless otherwise provided by the Revised Code or division rule. If a fish is unintentionally taken contrary to the Revised Code or division rule, it immediately shall be liberated and returned to the water without unnecessary injury.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.40 | Permit to Buy, Sell or Deal in Minnows, Crawfish or Hellgrammites.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Each person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation that buys, sells, or deals in minnows, crayfish, or hellgrammites or collects the listed species for sale shall obtain, annually, from the chief of the division of wildlife a permit and shall operate under such rules as the chief adopts. A permit shall be issued upon application and the payment of a fee of forty dollars. This permit expires at midnight on the thirty-first day of December. Nonresidents engaging in the collecting, seining, or picking of minnows, crayfish, or hellgrammites for bait shall have a nonresident fishing license as prescribed in section 1533.32 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.41 | Fishing Season for Lake Erie and Other Waters.

Effective:
April 20, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 241 - 123rd General Assembly
For the Lake Erie fishing district, and in such other waters wherein fishing with nets is licensed by law, there shall be not more than two fishing seasons for residents and nonresidents. Except as otherwise provided by division rule, those seasons are the spring fishing season, beginning on the first day of May and including and closing on the thirty-first day of August, and the fall fishing season, beginning on the first day of September and including and closing on the thirty-first day of December.
No person shall draw, set, place, locate, or maintain any fish net whatever except a minnow net in the Lake Erie fishing district, or in any other waters of this state wherein fishing with nets is licensed by law, between the first day of January and the first day of May next following, both dates inclusive, except as otherwise provided by division rule.
No person shall draw, set, place, locate, use, maintain, or possess a gill net in this state except as provided in section 1533.61 of the Revised Code.
In addition to any other penalty provided in the Revised Code, the license or permit of any person who is convicted of a violation relating to drawing, setting, placing, using, maintaining, or possessing a gill net is revoked by operation of law, and the person is permanently barred from obtaining another license or permit of the type revoked.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.42 | Licensee Shall Keep Report for Each Day's Catch.

Effective:
October 10, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 77 - 127th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided by division rule, every licensee taking fish with commercial fishing gear, except a trotline of seventy hooks or less, in any of the waters mentioned in this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code or division rule, shall keep accurate reports for each day's catch upon forms provided, and in the manner prescribed, by the chief of the division of wildlife. The reports shall be open for inspection by a wildlife officer at all reasonable hours.
Every commercial fishing licensee shall keep an accurate record of each day's catch as prescribed upon a daily report form. The report shall include at least the number of pounds of each kind of fish taken, the grid fished, the kind and amount of fishing gear lifted, the number of lifts, and any other data the biologists employed by the division of wildlife require in following the trend of the fisheries. The licensee shall report each day, under oath when requested to do so, those data to the chief.
The daily catch data shall be recorded accurately in a manner and on a form prescribed by the chief in division rule.
A licensee shall contact the chief or the chief's designee when the licensee is in transit to the licensee's trap nets to lift, move, pull, remove, clean, or maintain the trap nets for any reason and also shall contact the chief or the chief's designee when returning to land with a daily catch of fish from a trap net indicating the licensee's estimated time of arrival at a specific port and any other information required by the chief. The licensee shall contact the chief or the chief's designee by using a cellular telephone, radio, or other communication device in a manner prescribed by the chief.
No person shall fail to comply with any report procedure provided for in this section, other provisions of this section, or division rule adopted pursuant thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.43 | License Tag to Be Attached to Each Fishing Device.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided by division rule, the chief of the division of wildlife, each fishing season, shall issue a license tag for each dip net, carp apron, and seine, except a minnow seine, used to take fish in the Lake Erie fishing district and in such other waters wherein fishing with nets or seines is licensed by law. No person shall use such nets in fishing without attaching a license tag thereto, as provided in this section.
On each seine, the tag shall be attached on either brail, and on each dip net, the tag shall be attached to the rim line of the net. On each carp apron, the tag shall be attached to either end of the line running across the top of the net. Each tag shall be attached in such a manner that the number thereon can be read easily, and the number shall not be defaced by paint or any other substance or in any manner. If such tags are not attached to such nets in the manner provided in this section, it is prima-facie evidence that they have not been lawfully licensed. Each net without the tag prescribed in this section constitutes a separate offense and is a public nuisance. Such an untagged fishing device, or parts thereof, is unlawful under this section and shall be seized and held for evidence or for forfeiture proceedings.
No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.431 | Numbering and Locating Trap or Fyke Nets.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided by division rule, every person using trap or fyke nets in taking fish in the Lake Erie fishing district, each fishing year, shall number each net starting with numerical one and continuing in consecutive order as high as the number of nets licensed by the person in that fishing year. No person shall use the same number more than once. The numbers shall be placed and kept upon the orange uphaul buoy attached to each net. The number shall be at least two inches high and maintained in legible condition at all times. If at any time an uphaul buoy is intentionally or accidentally detached from a net while it is in the water, the same buoy, or if the original one is lost another buoy with the required information placed upon it, immediately shall be attached to the net.
Except as otherwise provided by division rule, every person using trap or fyke nets to take fish in the Lake Erie fishing district shall notify the division of wildlife in writing of the location, date, and numerical number of each net placed in or removed from such waters. The notification shall show by grid number, taken from the grid chart furnished by the division, the location of the net at the time of its removal or placement. The written notification shall be mailed in time for the postmark to show a date of no later than the day after the day in which the net is removed or placed.
No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant to it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.44 | Fishing Devices Shall Be Marked With Owner's or Operator's Name.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided by division rule, no person shall use in fishing in the Lake Erie fishing district and other waters wherein nets are licensed by law any trap net, crib net, fyke net, seine, carp apron, live car, or trotline without having painted, branded, stamped, or burned thereon, in legible letters not less than one inch in height and maintained in legible condition at all times, the name of the owner or person operating the net or other device. On trotlines, the name shall be located on tally buoys at each end of each trotline. On trap nets, crib nets, and fyke nets, the name shall be located on the uphaul buoy of any net set singly or of the first and last net of any string of nets. On dip nets, the name shall be located on the lifting pole. On seines, the name shall be located on either brail. On carp aprons, the name shall be located on a board or metal plate attached to either end of the line running across the top of the net. On live cars or other holding devices, except a pond used in holding live commercial species of fish, the name shall be located on the top of the live car or other holding device.
Each net, seine, carp apron, or string of nets not legibly marked as prescribed in this section constitutes a separate offense and is a public nuisance. Such an unmarked fishing device or parts thereof shall be seized and held for evidence or for forfeiture proceedings as provided in section 1531.20 of the Revised Code.
The chief of the division of wildlife may provide by division rule the manner in which any device used in commercial fishing and referred to in this chapter or Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code shall be marked and the manner in which the marker shall be displayed. The chief may require that the devices be marked individually or in the aggregate and that the markers be displayed upon each device, at intervals, or in any other manner.
No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant thereto. No person shall remove, destroy, or tamper with any marker that is placed on a commercial fishing device in accordance with this section or any division rule adopted pursuant to it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.45 | Places Where Nets May Not Be Used.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
No person shall lay out, pull, lift, draw, set, place, locate, or maintain any net or seine, except a minnow seine, on any of the reefs of the Lake Erie fishing district, except by permission of the chief of the division of wildlife, or lay out, pull, lift, draw, set, place, locate, or maintain any net or seine in any channel or passage lying between any islands or between any island and the mainland in Lake Erie at a greater distance from the shore of the islands or mainland than one-fourth the distance across the channel or passage. No person shall lay out, pull, lift, draw, set, place, locate, or maintain any net or seine, except a minnow seine, in any other area of Lake Erie where that activity is prohibited by the chief in rules adopted for the purposes of this section. The chief shall adopt rules under section 1531.10 of the Revised Code establishing no-fishing zones throughout the Ohio waters of the Lake Erie fishing district.
No net shall be set in less than three feet of water in either of the fishing districts of the state except seines and minnow seines. The division may establish in Sandusky bay, with the consent of the coast guard, any buoys or markers that are necessary for information to the public or as aids to navigation, but nothing in this section shall be construed as permitting the division to place any buoys or markers that will in any way interfere with the use, laying out, or pulling of seines in any part of Sandusky bay as permitted pursuant to this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.46 | Splashing to Drive Fish Into Nets Prohibited.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No fish shall be driven into any net or device by "plunging," "splashing," "hammering," or by any noise or other disturbances in or out of the water for such purpose in either of the fishing districts of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.48 | Trotlines.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided by division rule, two types of trotlines may be used in the Lake Erie fishing district. One type shall be one line of not more than seventy single hooks attached thereto, and the second type shall have over seventy single hooks attached to any number of lines. No person shall use in the Lake Erie fishing district a trotline other than those described in this section.
No person shall set, maintain, bait, pull, or remove fish from a trotline having seventy hooks or less attached thereto which does not have all red buoys or floats.
No person shall set, maintain, bait, or remove fish from a trotline or trotlines with more than seventy hooks attached thereto that do not have all white buoys or floats.
No person shall set, maintain, bait, pull, or remove fish from a trotline in the Lake Erie fishing district that is wholly or partly made of wire line, does not have floats or buoys made of non-shatterable material, does not have the licensee's name on the end buoys or floats, can be removed from the water by pulling from shore, or is set on a reef.
No person shall set, bait, pull, or remove fish from a trotline in the Lake Erie fishing district during the time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. All fish taken from such a trotline shall be brought ashore during the time from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant thereto.
In addition to other penalties in the Revised Code, the license of any person who is convicted of two violations of this section that occurred within a twelve-month period is suspended upon the second such conviction by operation of law for a period of five fishing season days immediately following that conviction.
In addition to other penalties in the Revised Code, the license of any person who is convicted of three or more violations of this section that occurred within a twelve-month period is suspended upon the third or subsequent such conviction by operation of law for a period of twenty fishing season days immediately following that conviction.
During any period of suspension, no person shall use or engage in fishing with commercial gear owned, used, or controlled at the time of conviction by the licensee whose license has been suspended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.49 | Size of Mesh and Twine Used in Crib Nets, Trap Nets, and Fyke Nets.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
The dimensions and specifications for nets provided in this section shall apply except as otherwise provided by division rule.
The meshes of the back of the crib or car of all crib nets, fyke nets, or trap nets used in fishing in this state shall be hung on a third so as to hang squarely, shall be made of twine not heavier than eighteen thread, and shall measure not less than two and five-eighths inches stretched mesh as found in use or possession, measured on the bar. The meshes shall extend from the top to the bottom of the crib or car of the nets. No person shall place a screen or apron of any kind over the two and five-eighths inches mesh which in any way will tend to obstruct the passage of fish through the meshes.
No person shall use a trap net, crib net, or fyke net without having a spreader bar in the back of the crib or car thereof and so placed that the meshes of the back of the crib or car will hang squarely.
No person shall bring a crib net, fyke net, or trap net ashore with the back of the lifting car removed.
No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.50 | Carp Apron Use Restrictions.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided by division rule, no person shall use a carp apron except in marshes, or in connecting ditches dug especially for the purpose of draining or filling a marsh with water, that border the Lake Erie fishing district or border a stream or river flowing into that district in Lucas, Sandusky, Ottawa, and Erie counties.
No person shall use a carp apron except to take carp, suckers, sheepshead, goldfish, bowfin, and gizzard shad. Any other species of fish caught in a carp apron shall be released immediately, in as good a condition as possible, while the fish are being removed from the apron.
No carp apron shall be more than one hundred feet in length nor more than seventy-five feet in depth. No less than three and one-half inches stretched mesh shall be used in the apron.
No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant to it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.51 | Fishing Guide License.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) No person shall be or serve as a fishing guide in the Lake Erie fishing district without a license from the chief of the division of wildlife. The application for a license, and the license, shall be in such form as the chief prescribes.
(B) The chief, with the approval of the wildlife council, may establish the qualifications for such a license and the terms, conditions, and restrictions thereof. Such qualifications when applicable shall include that the applicant possesses a power boat operator's license from a department, agency, commission, or instrumentality of the United States.
(C) The chief shall issue a fishing guide license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(1) The applicant holds a license in another state.
(2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a fishing guide in a state that does not issue that license.
(D) Fishing guide licenses shall expire each year on the fifteenth day of April. Such a license shall be carried on the person or the person in command of the boat or person in charge when such service is being performed, and shall be exhibited upon demand to any wildlife officer or other law enforcement officer who has authority to enforce the wildlife, hunting, and fishing laws.
(E) The license fee for a fishing guide license is fifty dollars per person.
(F) The license fee for other services or devices, as approved by the chief, not mentioned in this section shall be an amount set by the chief with the approval of the wildlife council, not to exceed twenty-five dollars.
(G) All license fees collected from fishing guides shall be deposited in the state treasury pursuant to section 1533.33 of the Revised Code.
(H) No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant to it.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.511 | Fishing Guide Daily Record.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided by division rule, every fishing guide who furnishes services that result in the taking of fish from the Lake Erie fishing district shall keep an accurate daily record of all fish caught upon monthly report forms, provided by and in the manner prescribed by the chief of the division of wildlife. The catch data shall be recorded on the respective date upon the monthly report no later than twelve noon on the day following the day in which the fish were taken and shall include the number of fishermen, hours fished, locality fished, numbers or pounds of each kind of fish taken, and such other data as the chief requires. Every licensee shall submit such a completed monthly report form to the division of wildlife within fifteen days after the end of the calendar month in which the fishing guide service is provided regardless of whether the service is discontinued for one or more months. If the service is so discontinued, the licensee shall state that fact. The report form shall be open to inspection to any employee of the division at all reasonable hours.
No person shall fail to comply with any report procedure provided for in this section, other provision of this section, or division rule adopted pursuant thereto.
In addition to other penalties provided in the Revised Code, the license of any person who is convicted of two violations of this section that occurred within a twelve-month period is suspended upon the second such conviction by operation of law for a period of five fishing season days immediately following that conviction.
In addition to other penalties provided in the Revised Code, the license of any person who is convicted of three or more violations of this section that occurred within a twelve-month period is suspended upon the third or subsequent such conviction by operation of law for a period of twenty fishing season days immediately following that conviction.
During any period of suspension, no person shall use or engage in fishing for hire with gear owned, used, or controlled at the time of conviction by the licensee whose license has been suspended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.52 | Method of Measuring Nets.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
Except as provided by division rule, the size of the mesh of all nets, seines, and carp apron, except dip nets or minnow nets, possessed in this state or used in fishing in any of the waters of this state wherein fishing with nets is licensed by law shall be determined by measuring the mesh on the bar, by exerting not more than a two pound strain on four consecutive bars and measuring these four bars while that strain is on them from the inside edge of the knot on one end of this series of bars to the outside edge of the knot on the other end. One-half the length of the four bars so measured shall be deemed to be the length of one collapsed stretched mesh of that part of the net being measured. The weight to be used in measuring the bars of meshes of nets shall be tested, approved, and certified by the department of agriculture, or other governmental entity authorized to so certify, and authorized by the chief of the division of wildlife.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.54 | Methods of Fishing.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
No person shall draw, set, place, locate, maintain, or possess a pound net, crib net, trammel net, fyke net, set net, seine, bar net, or fish trap, or any part thereof, or throw or hand line, with more than three hooks attached thereto, or any other device for catching fish, except a line with not more than three hooks attached thereto or lure with not more than three sets of three hooks each, in the inland fishing district of this state, except for taking carp, mullet, sheepshead, and grass pike as provided in section 1533.62 of the Revised Code, and except as provided in section 1533.60 of the Revised Code, or as otherwise provided for by division rule. No person shall catch or kill a fish in that fishing district with what are known as bob lines, trotlines, or float lines, or by grabbing with the hands, or by spearing or shooting, or with any other device other than by angling. In the waters of the inland fishing district, except those lakes, harbors, and reservoirs controlled by the state, a trotline may be used with not more than fifty hooks, and no two hooks less than three feet apart, by the owner or person having the owner's consent in that part of the stream bordering on or running through that owner's lands.
Notwithstanding this section, any resident who is licensed to fish with nets in the Ohio river may possess fish nets for the sole purpose of storage, repair, drying, and tarring in the area between United States route fifty and the Ohio river from the Indiana state line to Cincinnati, Ohio, and in the area between United States route fifty-two and the Ohio river from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Chesapeake, Ohio, and in the area between state route seven and the Ohio river from Chesapeake, Ohio, to East Liverpool, Ohio.
Any person possessing a net in this reserve district shall have an Ohio permit for each net in the person's possession. The permit shall be issued annually by the chief of the division of wildlife upon application of the owner of the net and submission of evidence by the owner of possession of a valid fishing license permitting the owner to fish with nets in the Ohio river, and the payment of fifty dollars for each net for which an application is made and a permit is issued. The permit shall expire at twelve midnight on the fifteenth day of March of each year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.56 | Daily Records of Fish Processing.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided by division rule, every person, in any county adjoining Lake Erie, who for consideration, hire, or resale, scales, fillets, dresses, or in any manner processes fish taken with other than commercial fishing gear shall maintain accurate daily records. Those records shall show the name and address of each owner or other person from whom the processor receives fish, the species, the weight of each species, and the date of receipt during the day. The name, address, species, weight, and date shall be recorded on monthly report forms provided by, and in the manner prescribed by, the chief of the division of wildlife. The processor shall keep each batch of fish he receives from one owner or other person separate and shall attach to the batch or its container a tag or label showing the name of that owner or other person and the weight of the fish until the information required to be recorded on the daily records is recorded as prescribed by law or division rule. The processor shall mail the monthly report form to the division on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the calendar month in which the fish were received by the processor. Any wildlife officer or law enforcement officer who has authority to enforce the wildlife, hunting, and fishing laws may enter the premises at any reasonable hour and inspect the records and premises.
No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.57 | Minnows Shall Be Taken Only for Bait.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In the inland fishing district seining for minnows is prohibited from the first day of May to the fourteenth day of June, both inclusive, except in streams in which the average width of water at the time seined does not exceed twelve feet for a distance of fifty yards above and below the point seined. In such district no persons shall take, catch, buy, or sell minnows, except for bait, and the taking, transporting, or shipping of minnows out of the state is prohibited. In the inland fishing district no minnows shall be taken or caught except with a minnow seine not exceeding four feet in depth and eight feet in length. In the Lake Erie fishing district no minnows shall be taken with a minnow seine exceeding thirty feet in length. No person at any time in the inland fishing district shall have in his possession either alive or otherwise more than one hundred minnows, except persons, firms, associations, or corporations buying, selling, or dealing in bait. Such persons, firms, associations, or corporations must be licensed as provided in section 1533.40 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.58 | Prohibition Against Use of Deleterious Substances in Waters of the State.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No person shall take, catch, injure, or kill wild animals, or destroy the habitat thereof, in any waters of the state by means of quicklime, electricity, or any kind of explosive or poisonous substances, or place or use quicklime, electricity, or explosive or poisonous substances in any such waters, except for engineering purposes and with the written permission of the chief of the division of wildlife. Each wild animal taken, killed, or had in possession in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.59 | Prohibition Against Obstructing Natural Transit of Fish.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
No person shall locate, place, or maintain in any of the waters over which the state has jurisdiction any obstruction to the natural transit of fish. The chief of the division of wildlife or any wildlife officer or other person may take up, remove, or clear away such obstructions, except milldams, and if the obstruction is a net or other device used for leading or catching fish, it may be seized and condemned, as provided in section 1531.20 of the Revised Code. This section does not apply to Lake Erie.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.60 | Fish May Be Taken in Overflows and Private Ponds.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Fish may be taken in any manner in the ponds or lagoons formed by the receding waters of any river when such ponds or lagoons no longer have any connection with the channels of such streams.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.61 | Certain Nets, Traps and Other Devices Exempted.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
This chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code do not apply to any of the following:
(A) Nets, traps, or other devices for catching fish in the possession of the owner of a private artificial fish pond or privately owned lake for use only in that pond or lake;
(B) Fish nets, fish traps, or other devices for catching fish, not otherwise prohibited, to be used in catching fish in Lake Erie, or in those bays, marshes, estuaries, or inlets bordering on, flowing into, or in any manner connected with Lake Erie, wherein fishing with those devices is permitted when the fish nets, fish traps, or other devices are kept within one mile of the waters of the Lake Erie fishing district;
(C) Nets, gill nets, traps, or other devices in the possession of bona fide manufacturers or dealers when the nets, gill nets, traps, or other devices are kept in the regular places of business of those manufacturers or dealers, or are in course of transportation, or other devices in the possession of common carriers for transportation;
(D) Gill nets in the possession of a person who holds a currently valid wild animal collecting permit issued to him by the chief of the division of wildlife under section 1533.08 of the Revised Code and who is taking fish with a gill net in accordance with the permit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.631 | Permit for Handling Fish at Wholesale.

Effective:
October 9, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly
Any person may apply for a permit to handle commercial fish, or other fish that may be bought or sold under the Revised Code or division rule, at wholesale. Prior to making application for such a permit, a person first shall satisfy the following qualifications to the satisfaction of the chief of the division of wildlife: over eighteen years of age, no prior conviction of or plea of guilty on or after October 10, 2007, to a disqualifying offense as determined in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code, and ninety days Ohio residency immediately preceding application. The chief shall issue an annual permit granting the applicant the privilege to handle such fish at wholesale at one or more designated premises upon satisfaction of the pre-application qualifications, filing of an application on a form prescribed by the chief, and payment of a fee of sixty-five dollars. No person or a person's agent shall handle at wholesale any fresh water fish or part thereof unless a permit has been issued for the calendar year in which the fish is handled at wholesale for the premises at which the fish is handled.
A fish is handled at wholesale for purposes of this section when it is on a premises within the state and is being held, stored, handled, or processed for the purpose of sale to a person who resells the fish.
The permit required by this section shall be issued subject to the right of entry and inspection of the designated premises of the permittee by any law enforcement officer authorized by section 1531.13 of the Revised Code to enforce the laws and rules of the division of wildlife. Such an officer may enter and inspect the designated premises and any box, package, or receptacle, and the contents thereof, for the purpose of determining whether any provision of this chapter or Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code or division rule is being violated.
No person holding a permit under this section shall remove a label required by section 1533.301 of the Revised Code unless the box, package, or receptacle bearing the label has been opened or unless the label is replaced with another label that meets the requirements of that section.
No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant to it.
Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:18 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.64 | Property Rights in Fish.

Effective:
October 10, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 77 - 127th General Assembly
Fish lawfully confined in a net, or by a device authorized by law, are the property of the owner or person operating the net or other device. No person other than the owner or person in control of the net or other device shall take or catch from it or possess a fish that is or has been so confined unless the person so taking, catching, or possessing the fish has been authorized in writing to do so by the owner or person in control of the net or other device. Each fish taken from and each fish had in possession that was taken from any net or other device legally operated in any of the waters of this state by any person other than the owner or the owner's agent operating the net or other device constitutes a separate offense.
No person shall fail to comply with this section or a division rule adopted pursuant thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing › Section 1533.65 | Each Fish Constitutes Separate Offense.

Effective:
October 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly
Each fish caught, killed, taken, or had in possession contrary to a division rule or this chapter or Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code constitutes a separate offense.