Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION › Title 163 - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission › Chapter 2 - Fisheries Regulations › Section 163-2-003 - COMMERCIAL FISHING REGULATIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
The following regulations are prescribed by the Game and
				  Parks Commission, State of Nebraska in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat.
				  §§
									37-301,
				  37-304,
				  37-314,
				  37-315,
				  37-322,
				  37-4,104, 37543, and
				  37-545. For purposes of these
				  regulations, unless context otherwise requires, the definitions found in
				  Chapter 37, sections 212 through 234 of the Game Law, are used. These
				  regulations are effective following enactment by the Commission, approval by
				  the Attorney General and Governor, and when five days have elapsed since filing
				  with the Secretary of State.
003.01
				MISSOURI RIVER - AREA OPEN: All that portion of the Missouri River within
				Nebraska below or downstream from the U.S. Hwy. 81 bridge at Yankton, South
				Dakota, to the Nebraska-Kansas state line. Provided, that it shall be illegal
				to use hoop nets, trammel nets, seines, wing nets, trap nets, and dip nets
				within 300 yards (900 feet) in any direction from the mouth of any stream
				emptying into the Missouri River.
Provided, that it shall be illegal to use seines, hoop nets,
				  trammel nets, wing, dip or trap nets, or any similar device in that portion of
				  the Missouri River above or upstream from the U.S. Hwy. 81 bridge at Yankton,
				  South Dakota to the boat ramp at Santee such described area to include the
				  Lewis and Clark Lake (Gavins Point Reservoir).
Provided, also, that it shall be unlawful to use any seines,
				  trammel nets, wing, dip or trap nets or any similar device, except that not
				  more than six (6) hoop nets per licensed commercial permittee may be used in
				  that portion of the Missouri River upstream from the boat ramp at Santee to the
				  Nebraska-South Dakota state line.
003.01A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH IOWA: Under
				a legal reciprocal agreement between the states of Iowa and Nebraska,
				commercial permittees holding a valid Commercial Fishing Permit from either the
				state of Nebraska or Iowa may fish in the entire main channel of the Missouri
				River bordering the two states. No commercial fishing gear shall be attached to
				the bank except in the state where the license is issued. All commercial
				permittees shall conform with the regulations of the state in which they are
				licensed.
003.01B RECIPROCAL
				AGREEMENT WITH MISSOURI: Under a legal reciprocal agreement between the states
				of Nebraska and Missouri, commercial permittees duly licensed by either the
				state of Nebraska or the state of Missouri may fish with commercial gear on the
				flowing portion of the Missouri River bordering the two states. Commercial gear
				shall not be used in any cutoffs, chutes, bayous, or tributaries of the
				Missouri River. Commercial permittees shall not fish from nor attach any device
				or equipment to land under the jurisdiction of the state in which they are not
				licensed.
Each commercial permittee shall conform to the creel limits,
				  size limits, methods, mesh sizes, and all other laws and regulations on
				  commercial fishing of the state in which they are fishing and operating such
				  commercial gear.
003.01C
				MISSOURI RIVER BORDER WATER WITH SOUTH DAKOTA: It shall be unlawful to use any
				commercial fishing gear in the Missouri River on the South Dakota side from the
				U.S. Hwy. 81 bridge at Yankton, South Dakota downstream to the Big Sioux River.
It shall be unlawful to use hoop nets on the South Dakota
				  side of that portion of the Missouri River upstream from the boat camp at
				  Santee to the Nebraska-South Dakota state line.
The above agreements apply only to the main channel of the
				  Missouri River. All cutoffs formed by straightening or changing the main
				  channel of the river are not a part of the Missouri River; even though one or
				  both ends are open, commercial gear cannot be used in such waters.