Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-2 - COASTAL RESOURCES › Subject 391-2-4 - SALTWATER FISHING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-2-4-.17 - Commercial Fishing Species Endorsements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1)
Purpose
. The purpose of
				these Rules is to implement the authority of the Board of Natural Resources to
				promulgate rules and regulations to designate species of wildlife or species
				grouping of wildlife that require a commercial fishing species endorsement.
(2)
Endorsements.
In
				addition to a commercial fishing license and commercial fishing boat license
				required by Code Sections
				27-4-110 and
				27-2-8, any person engaged in
				commercial fishing shall obtain a separate commercial fishing species
				endorsement for each species or species grouping listed below:
(a) Bait Minnows (family
Fundulidae).
A bait minnow endorsement is required of
				employees of a licensed bait dealer that are engaged in the harvest of bait
				minnows, other than those exempted by Code Section
				27-4-171, but is not required of
				the licensed bait dealer.
(b) Bait
				Shrimp (
Penaeus spp.
). A bait shrimp endorsement is required
				of employees of a licensed bait dealer that are engaged in the harvest of bait
				shrimp, other than those exempted by Code Section
				27-4-171, but is not required of
				the licensed bait dealer.
(c)
				Cannonball Jellyfish (
Stomolophus meleagris
). A cannonball
				jellyfish endorsement is required of any licensed commercial fisherman employed
				on board a trawl vessel harvesting or landing cannonball jellyfish unless the
				fisherman is onboard a vessel having a trawler crew license issued pursuant to
				Code Section
				27-2-8.
(d) Catfish in Saltwater (families
Ariidae
and
Ictaluridae
). A catfish in
				saltwater endorsement is required of any licensed commercial fisherman
				harvesting or landing catfish in saltwater.
(e) Crab (
Callinectes spp.)
A crab endorsement is required of any licensed commercial fisherman employed by
				a commercial crab harvester or by a soft-shell crab-dealer, or employed on
				board a trawl vessel harvesting or landing crab, but is not required of a
				licensed commercial crab harvester or a licensed soft-shell crab dealer
				licensed pursuant to Code Section
				27-4-150. Notwithstanding the
				foregoing, a crab endorsement shall not be required of a fisherman onboard a
				vessel having a trawler crew license issued pursuant to Code Section
				27-2-8.
(f) Eel (
Anguilla spp.
) An
				eel endorsement is required of any licensed commercial fisherman harvesting or
				landing eel.
(g) Finfish. A finfish
				endorsement is required of any licensed commercial fisherman harvesting or
				landing finfish other than shad, catfish in saltwater or bait minnows.
				Notwithstanding the foregoing, a finfish endorsement shall not be required of a
				licensed commercial fisherman onboard a vessel having a trawler crew license
				issued pursuant to Code Section
				27-2-8.
(h) Food Shrimp (
Penaeus
				spp.
) A food shrimp endorsement is required of any licensed commercial
				fisherman employed by a commercial shrimp castnet harvester or onboard a trawl
				vessel unless the fisherman is onboard a vessel having a trawler crew license
				issued pursuant to Code Section
				27-2-8.
(i) Horseshoe crab (
Limulus
				Polyphemus
). A horseshoe crab endorsement is required of any licensed
				commercial fisherman harvesting or landing horseshoe crabs unless the fisherman
				is onboard a vessel having a trawler crew license issued pursuant to Code
				Section 27-2-8.
(j) Shad (
Alosa spp.
) A shad
				endorsement is required of any licensed commercial fisherman harvesting or
				landing shad.
(k) Shellfish
				(
Crassostrea spp.
and
Mercenaria spp.
). A
				shellfish endorsement is required of any employee of a master collecting
				permittee actively involved in the harvest or landing of shellfish and includes
				the master collecting permit holder.
(l) Whelk (family
Busyconidae
). A whelk endorsement is required of any licensed
				commercial fisherman harvesting or landing whelk unless the fisherman is
				onboard a vessel having a trawler crew license issued pursuant to Code Section
				27-2-8.