Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 800 - Department of Wildlife Conservation › Chapter 10 - Sport Fishing Rules › Subchapter 1 - Harvest and Possession Limits › Section 800:10-1-3 - Additional definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Close To Home"
fishing waters means bodies of
				  water designated as such under a cooperative fisheries management agreement
				  between the Department and participating cities and/or municipalities. "Close
				  to Home" fishing waters shall be designated in the Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting
				  Regulations.
"Department fishing areas"
means lakes American
				  Horse, Burtschi, Chambers, Dahlgren, Doc Hollis, Elmer, Etling, Fugate, Hall,
				  Jap Beaver, Nanih Waiya, Ozzie Cobb, Raymond Gary, Schooler, Vanderwork,
				  Vincent, Watonga, the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area, the Lower
				  Illinois River Public Fishing and Hunting Area - Simp and Helen Watts
				  Management Unit, and all Department Wildlife Management Area ponds.
"In the Field"
means while fishing, or while in
				  a boat, or on the bank or in the immediate vicinity of any river, creek,
				  stream, lake or pond, or while transporting or carrying the fish from the
				  waters described above to camp or from such waters to the final destination.
"No culling"
means fish caught and placed on a
				  stringer or otherwise held in possession (live well, basket, ice chest, etc.)
				  cannot be released.
"Total length"
means measured from the tip of
				  the snout to the end of the tail, with the fish laid flat on the rule with
				  mouth closed and tail lobes pressed together.
"OLAP"
means walk-in fishing areas and stream
				  access to bodies of water designated as such under a lease agreement through
				  the Oklahoma Land Access program between the Department and the cooperator.
"Stream access areas"
means stream access points
				  and/or stream corridors enrolled in the OLAP.
"Stream access point"
means a delineated area
				  enrolled in the OLAP that provides access to a stream.
"Stream corridor"
means a length of a stream
				  enrolled in the OLAP. These areas may include one or both banks, and the
				  boundaries are delineated by signage and/or the OLAP map directory.
Amended at 18 Ok Reg
				  2908, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 251, eff 1-1-02 (emergency); Amended at
				  19 Ok Reg 1517, eff 7-1-02; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1435, eff 6-1-04; Amended at
				  24 Ok Reg 226, eff 10-9-06 through 7-14-07
				  (emergency)1; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2462, eff 1-1-08;
				  Amended at 28 Ok Reg 686, eff 6-1-11
1This emergency action expired
				  without being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency
				  amendatory action, the last effective permanent text is reinstated. Therefore,
				  on 7-15-07 (after the 7-14-07 expiration of the emergency action), the text of
				  800:10-1-3 reverted back to the permanent text that became effective on 6-1-04,
				  as was last published in the 2006 Edition of the OAC, and remained as such
				  until amended again by permanent action on
				  1-1-08.