Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION › Title 163 - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission › Chapter 2 - Fisheries Regulations › Section 163-2-009 - Bail Collecting And Dealer Regulations

Current through June 17, 2024
The following regulations are prescribed by the Nebraska Game
				  and Parks Commission, State of Nebraska, in addition to State Statutes, in
				  accordance with Neb. Rev. State. §§
									37-214,
				  37-301,
				  37-304,
				  37-310,
				  37-314,
				  37-482.01, 374,105, 37-4,106,
				  37-505,
				  37-511,
				  37-546, and
				  37-548. For purposes of these
				  regulations, unless context otherwise requires, the definitions found in
				  Chapter 37, sections
				  206-241 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.
BAITFISH shall be restricted to the following species.
Family
Scientific Name
Common Name
Minnow
Semotilus
								atromaculatus
creek chub
Cyprinella
								lutrensis
red shiner
Notemigonus
								crysoleucas
golden shiner
Notropis
								atherinoides
emerald shiner
Notropis blennius
river shiner
Notropis
								stramineus
sand shiner
Notropis dorsalis
bigmouth shiner
Pimephales
								promelas
fathead minnow
Carassius auratus
goldfish
Campostoma
								anomalum
stoneroller
Hybognathus
								hankinsoni
brassy minnow
Phenacobius
								mirabilis
suckermouth minnow
Rhinichthyes
								cataractae
longnose dace
Sucker
Catostomus
								commersoni
white sucker
Topminnow
Fundulus zebrinus
plains killifish
Herring
Dorosoma
								cepedianum
gizzard shad
Alosa
								pseudoharengus
alewife
The following regulations in Section 009 will pertain to the
				  above baitfish and the following amphibians and crustaceans:
Family
Scientific Name
Common Name
Amphibians
Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum
tiger salamander
(now recognized as
Ambystoma
								mavortium,
barred salamander)
Crustaceans
Crayfish
Orconectes
								neglectus
ringed crayfish
Orconectes immunis
papershell crayfish
Orconectes virilis
northern crayfish
Cambarus diogenes
devil crayfish
009.01 BAIT
				USE: Bait may be possessed and utilized by:
1) individuals for fishing;
2) licensed bait dealers;
3) licensed aquaculturists; and,
4) licensed nonresident fish
				dealers.
009.01A It shall be
				unlawful:
009.01A1 for anyone to sell,
				import, transport, or offer for sale as bait any live species not defined as
				baitfish in this section, except live alewife and gizzard shad may not be sold,
				imported, or transported from the water body in which they were taken. Live
				black bullhead, yellow bullhead, buffalo, carp, carpsucker, gar, gizzard shad,
				alewife, yellow perch or quillback and legal sport fish may be used for bait
				only in the same waters from which they are legally taken.
009.01A2 to sell sport fish for bait except
				sport fish may be resold as bait by a bait dealer if they have been lawfully
				acquired, 1) from an aquaculturist who lawfully propagated or acquired them, or
				2) from a licensed nonresident fish dealer who lawfully acquired them. Any bait
				dealer who lawfully acquires sport fish for which the Nebraska Game and Parks
				Commission has established bag limits, and resells them as bait, must provide
				to the customer a legible receipt or invoice with the following information:
				Invoice or receipt number; date of transaction; seller name and address; buyer
				name and address; and the number and size of each species sold.
009.01A3 for any resident 16 years of age or
				older and all nonresidents, regardless of age, to sell baitfish, amphibians and
				crustaceans, listed in Section 009, without a valid bait dealer
				permit.
009.01A4 for anyone to
				import any live species of fish without meeting the following criteria:
An "Application for Importation of Bait" form shall be
				  submitted, plus a current (within previous 12 months) disease inspection report
				  of the supplying facility and its fish shall be submitted to the Fisheries
				  Division, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission not less than 10 days prior to
				  each importation.
The approval for importation and a copy of the latest fish
				  health inspection report shall be carried on the transport vehicle during any
				  importations into the state.
Importations may be subject to random inspections by
				  employees of the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission. An adequate sample shall
				  be surrendered for testing if requested.
Failure to comply with these criteria shall result in the
				  bait dealer permit being revoked.