Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-12 - NUISANCE ALLIGATOR HARVEST › Rule 391-4-12-.04 - Conditions Governing Operations of Authorized Agent-trappers

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
(1) The
				agent-trapper will be issued a permit assigning in writing a specific nuisance
				alligator complaint by designated Department personnel. No agent-trapper shall
				possess any live alligator for more than 48 hours except as directed by
				designated Department personnel.
(2) Alligators shall be humanely killed, but
				firearms (except a bang stick) shall not be used without specific authorization
				by the Department.
(3) An alligator
				hide tag furnished by the Department shall be attached within 24 hours to any
				alligator killed by the agent-trapper and shall remain attached until consumed
				by the lubricator. No person shall possess any untagged alligator
				hide.
(4) Alligators shall be
				skinned only at designated sites and in accordance with written skinning
				instructions provided by the Department. The tagged hides and parts of the
				alligators taken may be held by the agent-trapper at a designated site for
				purposes of salt curing or cold storage until time of sale.
(5) The meat of the alligators taken may be
				consumed by the agent-trapper or his immediate family or may be sold or
				transferred only as provided in Chapter 391-4-13. Containers of meat processed
				for personal consumption by the agent-trapper or his immediate family shall be
				labeled in indelible ink with the hide tag number of the alligator from which
				it came and the agent-trapper's name.
(6) Each agent-trapper may be assisted,
				providing that no such assistant shall transport or possess any alligator or
				conduct any trapping activity except in the presence of the agent-trapper.
				However, alligators may be skinned and processed by an assistant at a
				designated facility without the agent-trapper being present, and tagged hides
				or other properly packaged and labeled alligator products may be transported by
				an assistant provided they are accompanied by complete DNR shipping documents.
				Assistants shall assume personal liability for their own health, welfare, and
				safety while assisting an agent-trapper.
(7) Property rights to nuisance alligator
				hide tags issued to agent-trappers shall be vested in the Department and shall
				remain the property of the Department. No person except an authorized
				agent-trapper shall possess any nuisance alligator tag at any time. Unused
				alligator hide tags must be returned to the Department within 15 days of the
				expiration date of the nuisance alligator collection permit.
(8) Issuance of nuisance alligator collection
				permits and alligator hide tags shall be discontinued and agent-trapper
				contract terminated upon receipt of information verified by the Department that
				the agent-trapper has:
(a) Attempted to
				generate alligator complaints;
(b)
				Failed to respond promptly to an assigned complaint;
(c) Been convicted of a violation of any
				regulation or law concerning the taking of alligators or alligator
				eggs;
(d) Violated any portion of
				this rule;
(e) Acted incompetently
				in carrying out the responsibilities of his assignments.