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2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 906 - Fleeing or attempting to elude an officer

§ 906. Fleeing or attempting to elude an officer.
(a) General rule.--
A person who has been given a visual or audible signal to stop by a person authorized to enforce this title and who willfully fails or refuses to bring his vehicle or boat to a stop or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude a pursuing officer or enforcement vehicle or boat commits a summary offense of the first degree.
(b) Definition.--
As used in this section, the term "visual or audible signal" includes a signal by hand, sign, voice, emergency lights, horn or siren.
(Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)
1989 Amendment.
Act 102 added section 906.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 907 - Operation of vehicle or boat without lights to avoid identification or arrest

§ 907. Operation of vehicle or boat without lights to avoid identification or arrest.
A person who operates a vehicle or boat without lights or who turns off any or all lights on a vehicle or boat for the purpose of avoiding identification or apprehension commits a summary offense of the first degree.
(Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)
1989 Amendment.
Act 102 added section 907.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 908 - False identification or false or fraudulent statements on reports, etc

§ 908. False identification or false or fraudulent statements on reports, etc.
A person who gives false identification to an officer authorized to enforce this title or who makes any false or fraudulent statement on any report, affidavit or application required by this title, or to any representative of the commission, commits a summary offense of the first degree.
(Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; July 7, 2006, P.L.365, No.79, eff. 120 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 909 - Interference with lawful fishing and boating prohibited

§ 909. Interference with lawful fishing and boating prohibited.
(a) General rule.--
Except as otherwise provided in this title, it is unlawful for a person at the location where lawful fishing or boating is taking place to intentionally obstruct or physically interfere with the lawful fishing or boating.
(b) Activities that violate section.--
A person violates this section if that person intentionally or knowingly commits any of the following:
(1) Disturbs fish in their habitat for the purpose of disrupting the lawful taking of fish where another person is engaged in the process of lawful fishing.
(2) Blocks or impedes another person who is engaged in the process of lawful fishing or boating.
(3) Uses natural or artificial visual, aural, olfactory or physical stimuli to affect fish behavior in order to hinder or prevent the lawful taking of fish.
(4) Creates or erects barriers with the intent to deny ingress or egress to areas where the lawful fishing or boating is permitted.
(5) Places obstructions or objects in the waters of this Commonwealth for the purpose of hindering lawful fishing or boating.
(6) Fails to obey the order of any officer authorized to enforce this title to cease and desist from conduct in violation of this section.
(c) Exception.--
The conduct declared unlawful in this section does not include any lawful activities arising from ownership and occupancy of private lands, farming, mining, forestry practices, activities associated with oil and gas drilling and production, recreation and similar activities or exercise of defendant's rights of free speech under the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize any interference with or disruption of activities associated with oil and gas drilling, production site restoration or other conduct necessary for compliance with the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, the act of December 19, 1984 (P.L.1140, No.223), known as the Oil and Gas Act, or other laws or regulations of the Commonwealth by the operator of the oil and gas site. In addition, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize any interference with or disruption of activities conducted pursuant to a permit or other authorization of a Federal, State or local government agency or any other government agency.
(d) Enforcement and recovery of damages.--
The commission or any person who is lawfully engaged in fishing or boating who is directly affected by a violation of this section may bring an action to restrain conduct declared unlawful in this section and to recover damages.
(e) Penalties.--
A violation of this section is a summary offense of the first degree.
(Dec. 19, 1996, P.L.1454, No.185, eff. 60 days)
1996 Amendment.
Act 185 added section 909.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 910 - Unlawful use of computer

§ 910. Unlawful use of computer.
It is unlawful to use a computer, computer network or electronic device with the intent to falsify or forge electronic mail transmissions, electronic transactions or other electronic information in any manner in connection with the purchase of a fishing license, boat registration or other commission-issued license, permit or privilege through or into the computer network of an electronic mail service provider, Internet service provider or computer system of the commission and its agents. Any person violating this section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(Nov. 1, 2012, P.L.1716, No.211, eff. 60 days)
2012 Amendment.
Act 211 added section 910.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 911 - Liability for conduct of another; complicity

§ 911. Liability for conduct of another; complicity.
(a) General rule.--
A person is guilty of an offense under this title if it is committed by his own conduct or by the conduct of another person for which he is legally accountable, or both.
(b) Conduct of another.--
A person is legally accountable for the conduct of another person when:
(1) acting with the kind of culpability that is sufficient for the commission of the offense, he causes an innocent or irresponsible person to engage in such conduct;
(2) he is made accountable for the conduct of such other person by this title or by the law defining the offense; or
(3) he is an accomplice of such other person in the commission of the offense.
(c) Accomplice defined.--
A person is an accomplice of another person in the commission of an offense if:
(1) with the intent of promoting or facilitating the commission of the offense, he:
(i) solicits such other person to commit it; or
(ii) aids or agrees or attempts to aid such other person in planning or committing it; or
(2) his conduct is expressly declared by law to establish his complicity.
(d) Culpability of accomplice.--
When causing a particular result is an element of an offense, an accomplice in the conduct causing such result is an accomplice in the commission of that offense if he acts with the kind of culpability, if any, with respect to that result that is sufficient for the commission of the offense.
(e) Status of the actor.--
In any prosecution for an offense in which criminal liability of the defendant is based upon the conduct of another person under this section, it is no defense that the offense in question, as defined, can be committed only by a particular class or classes or person, and the defendant, not belonging to such class or classes, is for that reason legally incapable of committing the offense in an individual capacity.
(f) Exceptions.--
Unless otherwise provided by this title or by the law defining the offense, a person is not an accomplice in an offense committed by another person if:
(1) he is a victim of that offense;
(2) the offense is so defined that his conduct is inevitably incident to its commission; or
(3) he terminates his complicity prior to the commission of the offense and:
(i) wholly deprives it of effectiveness in the commission of the offense; or
(ii) gives timely warning to the law enforcement authorities or otherwise makes proper efforts to prevent the commission of the offense.
(g) Prosecution of accomplice only.--
An accomplice may be convicted on proof of the commission of the offense and of his complicity therein, though the person claimed to have committed the offense has not been prosecuted or convicted or has been convicted of a different offense or degree of offense or has an immunity to prosecution or conviction or has been acquitted.
(Nov. 1, 2012, P.L.1716, No.211, eff. 60 days)
2012 Amendment.
Act 211 added section 911.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 922 - Possession prima facie evidence of violation

§ 922. Possession prima facie evidence of violation.
In all cases of violation of any provision of this title, the possession of fish or the possession or operation of nets, equipment or other devices prohibited under this title shall be prima facie evidence of the violation.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 924 - Costs for summary offenses

§ 924. Costs for summary offenses.
Any person convicted of a summary offense under this title shall, in addition to the fine imposed, be sentenced to pay costs as provided or prescribed by or pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 17 (relating to governance of the system).
(Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 925 - Acknowledgment of guilt and receipts for payment

§ 925. Acknowledgment of guilt and receipts for payment.
(a) General rule.--
Subject to subsection (d), a person charged with violating any provision of this title which is a summary offense may sign, within ten days of the commission of the offense, an acknowledgment of the offense committed and pay to any authorized officer of the commission the penalty in full as fixed by this title. The printed receipt for this payment shall only prove full satisfaction of the monetary fine for the offense committed and in no way shall limit the commission from further revoking fishing or boating privileges.
(b) Notice of right to hearing.--
Before any person signs an acknowledgment pursuant to this section, he will be advised of his right to a hearing in a judicial proceeding. The printed receipt shall have prominently printed thereon a statement that the person charged has a right to a hearing and that if he elects to sign the acknowledgment he is forfeiting that right.
(c) Stopping payment of check.--
Any person who makes payment to the commission by personal check for an acknowledgment pursuant to this section and who stops payment on the check commits a summary offense of the second degree. The official receipt for payment of the penalty, issued by an authorized officer of the commission, shall become void and the prosecution of the person or persons named on the receipt shall be allowed to continue.
(d) Limitations on acknowledgments of guilt.--
On and after December 31, 1999, acknowledgments of guilt pursuant to this section shall be used only in such counties as the commission may designate by regulation for such use upon a finding that the county has summary offense procedures that differ from those used in other counties.
(Nov. 3, 1999, P.L.447, No.41, eff. Jan. 1, 2000)
Cross References.
Section 925 is referred to in sections 301, 930 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 926 - Disposition of fines and penalties

§ 926. Disposition of fines and penalties.
(a) General rule.--
Subject to any inconsistent procedures and standards relating to reports and transmission of funds prescribed pursuant to Title 42 (relating to judiciary and judicial procedure) and related penalties:
(1) Fines recovered in cases where the prosecutor is a salaried officer of the commission shall be immediately surrendered by the court receiving the fines to the prosecutor who, within 30 days of receipt, shall forward the fines and penalties to the executive director.
(2) Where any officer of this Commonwealth other than a salaried officer is the prosecutor, the fines and penalties shall, as soon as the case is fully determined, be forwarded by the court to the executive director through the district waterways patrolman, together with a statement of the cause for which the fines were collected.
(3) All fines received under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury for the use of the Fish Fund or Boat Fund, as appropriate.
(b) Penalty.--
Any person failing to forward fines in accordance with this section commits a summary offense of the first degree.
(Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 927 - Forfeiture of fish and devices

§ 927. Forfeiture of fish and devices.
(a) General rule.--
A person convicted of an offense under this title shall forfeit any fish seized under section 901(a)(6) (relating to powers and duties of waterways conservation officers and deputies) and any device confiscated under this title. Forfeitures shall be conducted in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 5803 (relating to asset forfeiture), 5805 (relating to forfeiture procedure), 5806 (relating to motion for return of property), 5807 (relating to restrictions on use), 5807.1 (relating to prohibition on adoptive seizures) and 5808 (relating to exceptions).
(b) Disposition of confiscated property.--
(Deleted by amendment).
(June 29, 2017, P.L.247, No.13, eff. July 1, 2017)
Cross References. Section 927 is referred to in section 5803 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 9 - Enforcement › Section 929 - Suspension of privileges pending payment of penalties

§ 929. Suspension of privileges pending payment of penalties.
All fishing and boating privileges granted by this title shall automatically be suspended if a defendant fails to respond to a citation or summons within 30 days or fails to pay all penalties in full within 90 days following conviction or a guilty plea.
(Nov. 3, 1999, P.L.447, No.41, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Nov. 1, 2012, P.L.1716, No.211, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 21 - General Provisions › Section 2101 - Administration of part

§ 2101. Administration of part.
The commission shall administer and enforce this part and other laws of this Commonwealth relating to:
(1) The encouragement, promotion and development of the fishery interests.
(2) The protection, propagation and distribution of fish.
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 25 - Protection of Property and Waters › Section 2506 - Commonwealth actions for damage to fish

§ 2506. Commonwealth actions for damage to fish.
(a) Declaration of policy.--
The Commonwealth has sufficient interest in fish living in a free state to give it standing, through its authorized agencies, to recover damages in a civil action against any person who kills any fish or who injures any streams or streambeds by pollution or littering. The proprietary ownership, jurisdiction and control of fish, living free in nature, are vested in this Commonwealth by virtue of the continued expenditure of its funds and its efforts to protect, perpetuate, propagate and maintain the fish population as a renewable natural resource of this Commonwealth.
(b) General rule.--
The commission, as an agency of the Commonwealth authorized to regulate, control, manage and perpetuate fish may, in addition to criminal penalties provided in this title, bring civil suits in trespass on behalf of the Commonwealth for the value of any fish killed or any stream or streambed destroyed or injured in violation of this chapter. In determining the value of fish killed, the commission may consider all factors that give value to such fish. These factors may include, but need not be limited to, the commercial resale value, the replacement costs or the recreational value of angling for the fish killed. In addition, the commission is entitled to recover the costs of gathering the evidence, including expert testimony, in any civil suit brought under this section where the defendant is found otherwise liable for damages.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 25 - Protection of Property and Waters › Section 2508 - Restrictions on transport, sale, importation or release of nonnative injurious fish

§ 2508. Restrictions on transport, sale, importation or release of nonnative injurious fish.
(a) General rule.--
No person shall transport, sell, offer for sale or release in this Commonwealth or import, bring or cause to be brought or imported into this Commonwealth a nonnative injurious fish.
(b) Regulations.--
The commission shall promulgate regulations pertaining to nonnative injurious fish.
(c) Penalty.--
Any person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(July 7, 2006, P.L.355, No.75, eff. 60 days)
2006 Amendment.
Act 75 added section 2508.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 27 - Fishing Licenses › Extra - Chapter Notes

Enactment.
Chapter 27 was added October 16, 1980, P.L.996, No.175, effective in 90 days.
Cross References.
Chapter 27 is referred to in section 2907.2 of this title; section 4355 of Title 23
            (Domestic Relations).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 27 - Fishing Licenses › Section 2701 - Resident fishing licenses

§ 2701. Resident fishing licenses.
(a) General rule.--
For the purposes of this chapter, any person is eligible for a "Resident Annual Fishing License" when the person:
(1) Has applied to an issuing agent within this Commonwealth or to the commission.
(2) Has established the person's identity, age and the fact that the person is a bona fide resident of this Commonwealth to the satisfaction of the issuing agent or the commission by producing a motor vehicle driver's license or some other positive means of identification.
(3) Has paid the issuing agent or the commission a license fee and issuing agent fee as set forth in section 2715 (relating to license and issuing fees).
(b) Senior citizens.--
A person who is or will be 65 years of age or older in the year of application who establishes the person's identity, age and the fact that the person is a bona fide resident of this Commonwealth to the satisfaction of the issuing agent or the commission by producing a motor vehicle driver's license or some other positive means of identification is eligible for a "Senior Resident Annual Fishing License" upon payment of the license fee and issuing agent fee set forth in section 2715. The application shall give the date of birth of the applicant. Any person who qualifies to purchase a Senior Resident Lifetime Fishing License may, in lieu thereof, purchase a Senior Resident Lifetime Fishing License which shall be valid for the person's lifetime upon the payment of a license fee and issuing agent fee set forth in section 2715.
(June 25, 1982, P.L.631, No.180, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; July 20, 1983, P.L.53, No.27, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Mar. 19, 1992, P.L.18, No.7, eff. imd.; July 6, 1995, P.L.310, No.47, eff. Dec. 1, 1995)
1995 Amendment.
Section 5 of Act 47 provided that the license fees and issuing agent fees established by Act 47 shall apply to fishing licenses issued for the 1996 fishing license year and thereafter.
Special Provisions in Appendix.
See section 6 of Act 115 of 2000 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to free resident fishing licenses for permanently disabled residents.
Cross References.
Section 2701 is referred to in sections 2702, 2702.1, 2707, 2707.1, 2707.2, 2708.1, 2907.2 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 27 - Fishing Licenses › Section 2702 - Nonresident and tourist licenses

§ 2702. Nonresident and tourist licenses.
(a) Nonresident annual licenses.--
For the purposes of this chapter, any person who does not purchase a resident fishing license under section 2701 (relating to resident fishing licenses) is eligible for a "Nonresident Annual Fishing License" when the person:
(1) Has applied to an issuing agent or to the commission.
(2) Has paid the issuing agent or the commission a license fee and issuing agent fee set forth in section 2715 (relating to license, permit and issuing agent fees).
(b) Seven-day tourist licenses.--
Any person required to have a fishing license under this chapter may fish in any of the waters of this Commonwealth or in any boundary waters for a period not to exceed seven consecutive days with a "Seven-Day Tourist Fishing License" upon payment of a license fee and issuing agent fee set forth in section 2715.
(c) Three-day tourist licenses.--
Any person required to have a fishing license under this chapter may fish in any of the waters of this Commonwealth or in any boundary waters for a period not to exceed three consecutive days with a "Three-Day Tourist Fishing License" upon payment of a license fee and issuing agent fee set forth in section 2715.
(d) One-day tourist licenses.--
Any person required to have a fishing license under this chapter may fish in any of the waters of this Commonwealth or in any boundary waters for a period not to exceed 24 hours, specified by the person at time of purchase, with a "One-Day Tourist Fishing License" upon payment of license fee and issuing agent fee as set forth in section 2715. One-Day Tourist Fishing Licenses shall not be issued for fishing during the period from March 15 to April 30 of any year. Holders of One-Day Tourist Fishing Licenses shall not be required to obtain special permits, including trout permits, special permits to fish in Lake Erie and tributaries or combination trout permits and Lake Erie permits.
(June 25, 1982, P.L.631, No.180, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; July 20, 1983, P.L.53, No.27, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Mar. 19, 1992, P.L.18, No.7, eff. imd.; July 6, 1995, P.L.310, No.47, eff. Dec. 1, 1995; Nov. 29, 2004, P.L.1286, No.159, eff. imd.; July 14, 2005, P.L.306, No.54, eff. imd.; Feb. 4, 2008, P.L.3, No.2, eff. imd.; July 10, 2020, P.L.604, No.56, eff. imd.)
2020 Amendment.
Act 56 amended subsec. (d).
2004 Amendment.
Act 159 amended subsec. (a). Section 7 of Act 159 provided that Act 159 shall apply to all fees for licenses and permits issued on or after January 1, 2005.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 30 - FISH › Chapter 27 - Fishing Licenses › Section 2702.1 - One-day resident fishing license

§ 2702.1. One-day resident fishing license.
(a) General rule.--
A person required to have a fishing license under section 2701 (relating to resident fishing licenses) may fish in any waters of this Commonwealth or in any boundary waters for a period not to exceed 24 hours, specified by the person at time of purchase, with a One-Day Resident Fishing License upon payment of a license fee and issuing agent fee set forth in section 2715 (relating to license, permit and issuing agent fees).
(b) Limitation on issue.--
One-Day Resident Fishing Licenses shall not be issued for fishing during the period from March 15 to April 30 of any year.
(c) Additional stamps and permits required.--
Holders of One-Day Resident Fishing Licenses shall obtain all required special permits, including trout permits, special permits to fish in Lake Erie and tributaries and combination trout permits and Lake Erie permits.
(Nov. 29, 2004, P.L.1286, No.159, eff. imd.; July 14, 2005, P.L.306, No.54, eff. imd.; Feb. 4, 2008, P.L.3, No.2, eff. imd.; July 10, 2020, P.L.604, No.56, eff. imd.)
2020 Amendment.
Act 56 amended subsec. (c).
2008 Amendment.
Act 2 amended subsec. (b).
2004 Amendment.
Section 7 of Act 159 provided that Act 159 shall apply to all fees for licenses and permits issued on or after January 1, 2005.