Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.07-013 - Commercial Fishing Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Fisheries Proposed Commercial Fishing Code
			 Book
Language for Implementation in 2008
01.00-C
DEFINITION OF TERMS.
For the purposes of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Code of
		  Regulations, the following terms shall be construed, respectively,
to
mean and include:
AQUACULTURE SPECIES
-Any species listed
		  on the Approved Aquaculture Species List (available from the Fisheries
		  Division) and species not listed but allowed under Unlisted or Restricted
		  Species Possession Permits.
ADULT GOBBLER
- Male turkeys having at least one of
			 the following characteristics:
a) tail feathers which are the same length, b) wing feathers that
			 have white barring ali the way to the tip or c) a beard more than six (6)
			 inches in length.
ALLIGATOR DEALER
- Any person, firm or
			 corporation engaging in the sale, purchase, barter or exchange of an American
			 alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) or other crocodilian species, or any
			 part, nest or eggs thereof in the State of Arkansas.
ALLIGATOR FARMER
- Any person, firm or corporation
			 possessing an American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) or other
			 crocodilian species, or any part, nest or eggs thereof in the State of Arkansas
			 for the purpose of propagation production or rearing.
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING
			 TURTLE DEALER
- Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the sale or
			 purchase of alligator snapping turtles.
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE BREEDER
- Any person, firm
			 or corporation possessing alligator snapping turtles for the purpose of
			 propagation, production, rearing or sale.
ANIMAL
- An organism of the animal kingdom, as
			 distinguished from the plant kingdom, including any part, product, egg or
			 offspring thereof.
ANTLERLESS ELK
- Any elk {male or female) not
			 meeting requirements to be a legal bull elk.
AQUATIC WILDLIFE
- Aquatic Snails, Aquatic Turtles,
			 Crayfish
(Crawfish, Crawdads), Fish (including Minnows), Frogs, Mussels
			 and Salamanders.
ARKANSAS RIVER BOUNDARY (Sportfishing Only):
The
			 Arkansas Post Canal from Lock and Dam #1 to the Arkansas River and the Arkansas
			 River from Dam #2 upstream to the Oklahoma state line including all lakes, bays
			 and tributary streams accessible by boat from the main channel except that
			 portion of Big Bayou Meto upstream from Hwy 11, Plum Bayou upstream from Hwy
			 79, Little Maumelle River upstream from Pinnacle State Park, Maumelle River
			 upstream from Lake Maumelle Dam, Fouche LaFave upstream from Hwy 113, Palarm
			 Creek upstream from Interstate 40,
Cadron Creek upstream from the weir, Point Remove Creek upstream
			 from
Hwy 113, Petit Jean River upstream from Pontoon Boat Ramp at Hwy
			 154,
Illinois Bayou upstream from Russellville Waterworks Dam, Big
			 Piney and
Little Piney Creeks upstream from Hwy 359, Horsehead Creek
			 upstream from Interstate 40, Mulberry River upstream from Interstate 40, Frog
			 Bayou upstream from Hwy 162 and Lee Creek upstream from Lee Creek Dam,
and from the first non-navigable shoal for streams entering the
			 Arkansas
River along the left bank ascending from Lake Dardanelle Dam to
			 the
Oklahoma state line.
ARTIFICIAL LURE/FLY
- Terminal fishing tackle made
			 by the method of fly tying, or made entirely of rubber, wood, metal, glass,
			 feathers, hair,
synthetic fibers or plastic, with hook attached.
BAG LIMIT
- The number of species allowed to be
			 taken in a time period -
24 hours (12 o'clock midnight to 12 o'clock midnight) unless
			 otherwise specified.
BAITFISH
- Minnows (including bluntnose minnows,
			 bullhead minnows,
chubs, crayfish, dace, fatheads, common carp under 6 inches,
			 small goldfish, shiners and stonerollers), logperch (also called sand pike or
			 zebra minnows), shad, gar (other than alligator gar), drum, bowfin under
			 6
inches, skipjack herring, silversides (brook and inland), buffalo
			 (bigmouth,
smallmouth and black), river carpsucker, sculpin (banded and
			 Ozark),
bream 4 inches and under, and bream over 4 inches that are caught
			 by hook and line.
BAITING
- The direct or indirect placing, exposing,
			 depositing, distributing or scattering of salt, grain or other feed that could
			 serve as a lure or attraction for wildlife to, on or over any areas where
			 hunters are attempting to take them.
BIG GAME -
Alligator
,
bear,
			 deer, elk and turkey.
BLACK BASS
- Largemouth bass, redeye bass,
			 smallmouth bass and spotted bass.
BLOCKING OUT
-The removal of the head and/or tail
			 associated with the processing of a commercial fish. The blocked-out carcass
			 (bullet)
must be at least the minimum length required for the body of
			 water where the commercial fish was harvested (see Code 41.12 for minimum
			 length limits).
BONUS DEER-
A harvested deer that is not included in
			 a hunter's statewide bag limit.
BOX TYPE TURTLE TRAP
- A floating trap designed to
			 capture aquatic turtles, but does not permit capture of fish (See Code 39.04
			 for restrictions).
BREAM
- Any species of the genus Lepomis, including
			 bluegill, redear,
warmouth and other sunfish.
BUCK
- A male deer (See LEGAL BUCK
			 definition).
BUCK DEER SEASON
- Any deer season whereby no deer
			 other than legal buck deer may be taken.
BULL ELK (legal)
- Any elk having at least one
			 antler visible above the hairline.
BUY
-To purchase, barter, exchange or trade and
			 includes any offer to purchase, barter, exchange or trade.
CAPTIVITY or HOLD CAPTIVE
- The holding of living
			 wildlife in a controlled environment that is manipulated by man for the purpose
			 of exercising ownership, possession or control of the wildlife, and that has
			 boundaries designed to prevent selected species from entering or leaving the
			 controlled environment.
CARCASS
- The body of a dead animal.
CASE
- A container specifically designed for the
			 purpose of housing a gun which completely encloses such gun by being zipped,
			 snapped, buckled,
tied or otherwise fastened with no portion of the gun
			 exposed.
CATCH-AND-RELEASE
- The requirement that fish of a
			 designated species must be immediately released into the water where
			 caught.
CERVID
- A member of the family Cervidae.
CHASE FOR PLEASURE
- To search for, pursue or chase
			 game animals or other wildlife with the use of dogs for recreational purposes
			 only, with no intent of taking or attempting to take such game animals or
			 wildlife through the possession or use of any killing device.
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD)
- Fatal disease
			 affecting the brain of cervids that belongs to a group of diseases called
			 transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
CHUMMING
- To dislodge or deposit any substance not
			 attached to a hook which may attract fish.
CITY, COUNTY, STATE OR FEDERALLY MAINTAINED ROAD
-
			 Any road graded or otherwise repaired by any city, county, state or federal
			 agency in the state of Arkansas.
CLEAN
- Having no meat matter or tissue attached to
			 the carcass part.
COMPUTER ASSISTED HUNTING - The use of a
			 computer or any
other device, equipment or software to remotely
			 control the aiming
and discharge of a firearm, bow or crossbow to
			 kill wildlife located in
the state of
			 Arkansas
.
COMMERCIAL FISH
- Bowfin (over 6 inches), buffalo,
			 catfish, carp,
drum, gar, paddlefish, sucker family, white amurand
			 sturgeon.
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN
- Any person who fishes with
			 tackle designated as commercial tackle requiring a license and/or tag issued by
			 the Commission.
COMMERCIAL WILDLIFE PERMIT(S)
- Shall be a term
			 construed to identify each and/or all of the following permits: Alligator
			 Farmer/Dealer
Permit, Alligator Snapping Turtle Breeder/Dealer Permit, Resident
			 Shell
Taker and Seller Permit, Shell Buyer Permit, Non-Resident Shell
			 Buyer
Permit, Resident Roe Taker/Seller Permit, Resident Roe
			 Buyer/Exporter
Permit, Non-Resident Roe Buyer Permit, Resident Fur Dealer
			 Permit,
Non-Resident Fur Dealer Permit, Special Commercial Quail Permit,
			 Game
Bird Shooting Resort Permit, Wildlife Hunting Resort Permit,
			 Wildlife
Breeder/Dealer Permit and Wildlife Translocation Permit.
COMMISSION
- The Arkansas State Game and Fish
			 Commission, unless otherwise designated.
DEFERRED HUNTER EDUCATION - Shall be a term
			 whose
abbreviation
DHE (DHE) when dealer imprinted on an Arkansas
			 hunting license/
permit defers completion of hunter education
			 certification while said
license/ permit is
			 valid
.
DISABLED
- Any individual who is 100% permanently
			 and totally disabled as declared by the following federal agencies: the
			 United
States Social Security Administration, the United Department
			 of
Veteran's Affairs or the United States Railroad Retirement
			 Board.
DOE
- A female deer.
DOE DEER SEASON
- Any deer season whereby a doe may
			 be taken.
DROWNING SET
- Any leg hold trap that utilizes one
			 or more of the following techniques to retain the target animal in water of
			 suitable depth for drowning. These are:
(1) a slide wire with lock; (2) tangle stake; or (3)
drowning weight.
DUCKS
(includes the following species) - All species
			 of Teal, Merganser,
Whistling Duck and Scaup; American Wigeon, American Black
			 Duck,
Bufflehead, Canvasback, Gadwail, Goldeneye, Mallard, Mottled
			 Duck,
Northern Shoveler, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck,
			 Northern
Pintail and Wood Duck.
EITHER-SEX
- A male or a female.
EITHER-SEX DEER SEASON
- Any deer season whereby a
			 doe or a legal buck may be taken.
ENCLOSE
-To surround species of wildlife on all sides
			 using man-made barriers, including but not limited to fencing, walls,
			 structures or other devices, so that the wildlife are not free to leave a
			 particular environment.
ENCLOSURE
-Any area surrounded by a man-made
			 barrier, including but not limited to fencing, walls, structures or other
			 devices that prevent wildlife from leaving a particular environment.
ENDANGERED SPECIES
- any wildlife species or
			 subspecies endangered or threatened with extinction listed by the U. S.
			 Department of
Interior and the following native species hereby designated in
			 Arkansas:
MAMMALS:
Gray bat (
Myotis qrisescens
). Indiana
			 batf
Mvotis sodalis
), Ozark big-eared bat
			 (
Corvnorhinus townsendii ingens.
BIRDS:
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus
leucocephalus
),
			 least tern (
Sterna antillarum
). Bachman's warbler
			 (
Vermivora bachmanii
), red-cockaded woodpecker
			 f
Picoides borealis
). ivory-billed woodpecker
			 (
Campephilus principalis
). REPTILES:
American alligator (
Alligator
			 mississippiensis
).
Currently listed as
			 threatened due only to similarity in appearance to the American crocodile
			 fCrocodvlus acutus)
.
FISHES:
Ozark cavefish (
Amblvopsis
rosae),
			 leopard darter (
Percina pantherina
), pallid sturgeon
			 f
Scaphirhvncus albus
); MOLLUSKS:
Scaleshell mussel, Curtis' pearly mussel, (Epioblasma
florentina curtisi
), fat pocketbook pearly mussel
			 (
Potamilus capax
), pink mucket mussel
			 (
Lampsilis abrupta
), turgid blossom mussel
			 f
Epioblasma turqidula
), speckled pocketbook mussel
			 (
Lampsilis streckerO
, Arkansas fatmucket mussel
			 (
Lampsilis powelli
), winged mapleleaf mussel
(Quadrula fraqosa)
, Magazine Mountain shagreen land
			 snail
(
Inflectarius maqazinensis
); scaleshell
			 mussel (
Leptodea leptodon
), Ouachita rock pocketbook
			 mussel (
Arkansia wheeled
); ARTHROPODS:
Cave crayfish (
Cambarus zophonastes
) and
			 (
Cambarus aculabrum
): INSECTS:
American burying beetle (
Nicrophorus
			 americanus
): PLANTS:
Geocarpon minimum
(no common name),
			 pondberry, (
Lindera melissifolia
), Missouri bladderpod
			 (
Lesquerella filiformis
), Harperella
(Ptilimnium nodosum
). Eastern prairie fringed orchid
			 (
Platanthera leucophaea
), running buffalo clover
			 (
Trifolium stoloniferum
):
FEE LAKE
- A
			 lake in which there is a charge for fishing privileges. All persons 16 years of
			 age and older must possess an Arkansas fishing license. Daily limits
			 apply.
FERAL HOG
-Any hog (Sus scrofa), including Russian
			 and European wild boar, which is roaming freely upon public lands and is living
			 in a wild or feral state.
FIREARMS, LOADED
- Firearms shall be considered to
			 be loaded if shells or cartridges are in either the chamber, magazine or
			 cylinder; percussion cap muzzle-loading firearms are considered loaded if the
			 percussion cap is on the nipple; flintlock muzzle-loading firearms are
			 considered to be loaded if there is powder in the flashpan.
FISH or
			 FISHING
- To lure, attract, collect or pursue fish species or aquatic
			 wildlife for the purpose of taking or attempting to take such fish species or
			 aquatic wildlife by any method.
FISH FARIVI
- Waters and adjacent premises confined
			 within a pond, tank or lake not connected with public waters, and under
			 management by a fish farmer.
FISH FARMER (AQUACULTURIST)
- Any person, firm,
			 partnership or corporation engaged in the propagation or rearing of aquaculture
			 species for sale.
FREEFLOATING FISHING DEVICE
- Any floating fishing
			 device unanchored or unattached to a stationary object.
FURBEARERS
- Badger, beaver, bobcat, coyote, gray
			 fox, red fox, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossum, raccoon, river otter, spotted
			 skunk (civet cat), striped skunk and weasel.
GAFFING FISH
- Taking or attempting to take fish
			 with a hand held or handled hook prior to being caught on hook and line.
GAME ANIMALS -
Alligator
,
black bear, bobcat, coyote, deer, elk,
gray
fox,
red
fox, mink, opossum,
eastern cottontail
rabbit,
swamp
rabbit,
raccoon,
gray
squirrel and
fox
squirrel.
GAME BIRD SHOOTING RESORT
- Any person, firm or
			 corporation engaged, for pay or other consideration, who provides pen-raised
			 birds for harvest by hunters.
GAME BIRDS
- Turkey, quail, pheasant, chuckar, and
			 all birds classified by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service as migratory game
			 birds.
GAME FISH
- Alligator gar, black bass, white bass,
			 striped bass, striped bass hybrid, crappie, catfish, trout, bream, sunfish,
			 goggle-eye, walleye,
northern pike, muskellunge, sauger, paddlefish and
			 pickerel.
GEOCACHE
- Items in a container (cache) placed or
			 hidden for individuals to subsequently find using a Global Positioning
			 Satellite (GPS)
receiver device.
GEOCACHING
- An outdoor sport, similar to "high-tech
			 treasure hunting",
involving use of a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receiver
			 device to find a cache.
GUIDE
- Any person who provides, for monetary or any
			 other compensation, that person's personal services for the purpose of
			 assisting others to locate, pursue, catch or hunt wildlife.
HIGH-FENCE
ENCLOSURE
- An enclosure that contains
			 an area of at least 500 contiguous acres, with at least sixty percent (60%) of
			 the acreage in forested cover that has been classified as timberland by the
			 local county tax assessor, that has a perimeter fence at least eight (8) feet
			 high, with no cross-fencing that has the effect of reducing the size of the
			 area to less than 500 contiguous acres with at least sixty percent (60%) of the
			 acreage in forested cover as herein provided.
HOGGING
- The taking of fish by the use of hands
			 only in or under the water.
HUNT or HUNTING
- To search for, pursue, chase,
			 track, lure, attract or lie in wait of game animals or other wildlife for the
			 purpose of taking or attempting to take such game animals or wildlife by any
			 method.
HUNTING PARTY
- Two or more persons hunting
			 together.
IMPORT
- To land on, bring into or introduce into
			 any place within the jurisdiction of the State of Arkansas.
IMPORTATION
- To ship, convey, carry or transport
			 wildlife into or through the state by any means.
JAKE
- Sub-adult turkeys having all of following
			 characteristics:
a) longer central tail feathers, b) outermost 1
or 2 wing feathers lacking white barring all the way to the tip
			 and c) a beard six (6) inches or less in length.
KILLING DEVICE
- Any firearm, bow and arrow,
			 crossbow,
pellet gun or any other device capable of killing
			 wildlife.
LEGAL BUCK
- A buck having both antlers under two
			 inches
(including button buck) or at least one antler with at least
			 three points including the main beam, each a minimum of one inch long. (Ref.
			 Code 21.03)
LARGE CARNIVORE
-Tigers
{Panthera tigris),
African Lions
(Panthera leo),
or any hybrid thereof and all
			 species of bears.
LITTER - All waste which has been discarded
			 or
otherwise disposed of, including, but not
			 limited to,
convenience food and beverage packages or
			 containers,
trash, garbage, all other product packages or
			 containers,
and other post consumer solid
			 wastes
.
MIGRATORY BIRDS
- All birds protected by the
			 federal
Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and subsequent
			 amendments.
MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
- Coots, crows, doves,
			 ducks,
gallinules or moorhens, geese, rails, snipe and woodcock.
MINIMUM LENGTH LIMIT
- The shortest length of a
			 fish, of a designated species, measured from the front of the lower jaw with
			 the mouth closed to the tip of the tail with tail lobes pressed together, that
			 an angler may keep.
All fish not meeting the minimum length requirement for a
			 particular water or species must be immediately released into the water where
			 caught.
MINNOWS
- small nongame fish commonly used for bait
			 including bluntnose minnows, bullhead minnows, chubs, dace, fatheads, common
			 carp under 6 inches, goldfish, shiners and stonerollers.
MOBILITY IMPAIRED
- Individuals who are mobility
			 impaired in accordance with criteria on the Game and Fish application for the
			 mobility impaired card.
NATIVE WILDLIFE
- Those species and sub-species of
			 wildlife that have established, naturally reproducing, free-ranging, wild
			 populations within the state of Arkansas.
NIGHT
- thirty (30) minutes after sunset to thirty
			 (30) minutes before sunrise.
NOODLING
- The taking of fish by the use of a pole
			 mounted breakaway hook that detaches at the time of the strike or catch, or
			 snare type device,
with an attached line manipulated by hand when a person is in or
			 under the water.
NONGAME WILDLIFE
- all wildlife other than
			 furbearing or game animals,
birds and fish.
NON-RESIDENT - Any person not defined as resident.
NUISANCE WILDLIFE
- Any wild animal creating a
			 problem by committing damage to personal property (Depredation Permit
			 available).
NUISANCE FURBEARING ANIMALS
- Beaver, muskrat and
			 nutria.
OPEN SEASON
- that season during which protected
			 wildlife may be lawfully taken.
PEN-RAISED
QUAIL
- Quail that are hatched from eggs
			 of quail raised in captivity in pens or cages.
PERSON
- Any individual, firm, corporation,
			 association or partnership in singular or plural as the context
			 requires.
POSSESS OR POSSESSION
- Having or holding wildlife,
			 or any property in one's power; the exercise of dominion over property.
			 Possession includes actual possession, which means physical occupancy or
			 control over property, and constructive possession, which means control or
			 dominion over property without actual possession or custody of the
			 property.
PROPAGATE or PROPAGATION
- To cause plants or
			 animals to breed or multiply.
PROTECTED SLOT LIMIT-
A species/size limit which
			 prohibits anglers from keeping fish within a designated size group, and
			 requires fish of that size and species to be immediately released into the
			 water where caught.
PROTECTED WILDLIFE
- all wildlife in the state
			 unless a declared open season has been established by the Commission.
PUT AND TAKE PAY LAKE
- Private waters open to
			 public fishing for a fee, after being licensed by the Commission and where no
			 fishing license or daily limit offish is imposed.
RAPTOR
- Any migratory bird of the Order
			 Falconiformes or the Order
Strigiformes and Ciconiiformes Family Cathartidae.
REAR OR REARING
- To maintain plants or animals in
			 order to increase their size or developmental stage.
REHABILITATION
- The practice of providing medical
			 treatment or other care to orphaned, sick or injured wild animals that have
			 come into human possession with the goal of returning the animal to the
			 wild.
RESIDENT
- Any person who
physically inhabits
a bona fide
			 residence
within Arkansas for a period of time, no less
			 than
60 days, and declares
themselves to
			 be a full-time resident of Arkansas
.
Additional facts to be
			 considered in establishing proof of current Arkansas residency are:
(1)
Possession of a valid
		  current Arkansas issued Driver's License or Arkansas issued I.D.
		  card
.
(2)
Possession of a valid Arkansas vehicle registration in their
		  name and displaying current Arkansas license tags on their
		  vehicle
.
(3)
Other documentation may be taken into consideration to
		  verify proof of Arkansas residenc
y.
Possession of Arkansas real estate
and/or proof
			 of payment of
associated services or utilities do not gualifv
			 the owner/renter as a
resident if they live out of
			 state
.
EXCEPTIONS:
(A) The
		  following students, carrying proof of full-time enrollment in schools, colleges
		  or universities while hunting or fishing in
Arkansas, are eligible to purchase
annual or
			 trip
resident license
privileges
:
(1) Residents of Arkansas enrolled as
		  full-time students in colleges and universities outside of Arkansas.
(2) Non-residents enrolled as full-time
		  students in colleges and universities in Arkansas.
(3) Non-resident foreign exchange students
		  attending school in Arkansas.
(4) 
		  Resident foreign exchange students attending school outside of
		  Arkansas.
(B)
The following military personnel are eligible to
		  purchase
annual or trip resident license
			 privileges:
(1)
Active-duty military personnel assigned to duty stations in
		  Arkansas
.
(2) 
		  Active-duty military personnel who were Arkansas residents at the time of
		  entering service, regardless of where currently stationed.
(C) Proof of at least one (1) year residency
		  must be provided when applying for the following licenses:
$1,000 Sportsman's permit, Resident Disabled 3-Year
Licenses, Special Guide License, Alligator Farmer/Dealer
Permit, Alligator
Snapping Turtle Breeder/Dealer Permit, Commercial
Fisherman's Permit & Sportfishing License, Commercial
Fisherman's Helper Permit, Junior/Senior Commercial
Fishing Permit, Resident Shell Taker/Seller Permit, Shell
Taker Helper Permit, Shell Buyer, Resident Fish Dealer,
Resident Roe Taker/Seller Permit,
Resident Roe Taker Helper Permit and Resident Roe
Buyer/Exporter Permit.
(D) Proof of at least three (3) years
		  residency must be provided when applying for the following licenses: 65 Plus
		  Lifetime License.
The Director or his representative shall make the final
			 determination as to the resident status of any license applicant.
ROUGH FISH
- Gars, bowfin, bullhead catfish, common
			 carp, asian carp
(grass carp, bighead carp, silver carp), suckers (including
			 buffalo) and drum.
SELL OR SALE
- To exchange or deliver for money or
			 its equivalent; to offer for sale, barter, exchange or trade or the act of
			 selling, bartering,
consigning, exchanging or trading.
SEINE
- A fishing net that hangs vertically in the
			 water where the ends can be drawn together to entrap fish.
SEINING
- The act of moving a seine by boat or human
			 power to capture fish.
SHELL BUYER
- Anyone who buys mussels or mussel
			 parts from a
Taker. An agent purchasing for a licensed buyer is not a
			 buyer.
SIMULATED WING MOVEMENT DECOYS
- Electronic,
			 mechanically-operated, wind-powered or manually-powered devices that simulate
			 wing movement, except for kite devices.
SMALL GAME
- Furbearers, migratory game birds,
			 quail, rabbit and squirrel.
SNAGGING
-A method of taking fish using conventional
			 rod and reel tackle where the fish is impaled by the forceful retrieval of one
			 or more hooks.
SNAGLINE
- Commercial tackle consisting of a
			 horizontal line with hooks or drops less than 24 inches apart.
SPORTFISH
- See game fish definition above.
TACKLE
- Any rod, reel,
			 pole, line, net, yo-yo, seine or any other apparatus or device used to take
			 fish.
TAKE
- To shoot, kill, injure, trap, net, snare,
			 spear, catch, capture or reduce to possession.
TAXIDERMY
- The art of preparing, stuffing and/or
			 mounting of wildlife and parts thereof.
TRANSLOCATION
- To ship, convey, carry or transport
			 wildlife from one location to another by any means, including importation,
			 exportation, interstate and intrastate movement.
TRAP or TRAPPING
- To use a device, such as a
			 clamp-like apparatus that closes, noose or cable restraint device (snare), for
			 the purpose of catching and holding animals.
TROUT
- Any members of the Salmonidae family
			 including rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, lake trout and cutthroat
			 trout.
WATERFOWL
- All species of ducks, geese and swans.
WATERS OF THE STATE
- All streams, lakes, sloughs, bayous, marshes
			 or any other water wholly or partially within the State. Pay lakes and fish
			 farms are excluded from the above.
WILD
- to be living in a state of nature and not
			 domesticated.
WILDLIFE
- All wild birds, mammals, fish, reptiles,
			 amphibians and other wild aquatic forms, and all other wild animals, regardless
			 of classification, whether resident, migratory or imported, protected or
			 unprotected, dead or alive, and shall extend to and include any and every part
			 of any individual species of wildlife, including animals living in a captive
			 state and which lack a genetic distinction from members of the same species
			 living in the wild.
WILDLIFE CHECK STATION
- An official wildlife check
			 station is a Commission designated (1) county check station, (2) Commission
			 employee, (3) deer camp or (4) Commission on-line checking web site
http://www.agfc.com
.
WILDLIFE HUNTING RESORT
- A Wildlife Hunting Resort
			 is any facility, location, business or operation that is engaged in offering
			 the opportunity to hunt or attempt to hunt captive wildlife other than
			 pen-raised game birds.
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (WMA)
- Designated areas
			 set aside by the Commission and distinguished by certain markers and considered
			 a separate zone with regard to wildlife regulations, referred to as "WMA",
			 "Waterfowl Rest Area (WRA)", "Wildlife Demonstration Area (WDA)",
"
Special Use Area (SUA)
'. "State
			 Park-Conservation Area (SP-CA)", or "National Wildlife Refuge (NWR)".
ZONE
- Any area defined or delineated by the
			 Commission where hunting and/or fishing activities are regulated for that
			 specific area.