Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 19 - Miscellaneous Fur, Fish, Game And Outdoor Recreation › Subchapter I - Miscellaneous › Section NR 19.001 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) "Active service", for purposes of s.
				  29.194, Stats., means full time
				  employment as a member of the armed services and does not include annual summer
				  training by members of the national guard or reserves.
(1m) "Animal part or animal byproduct" has
				  the meaning given in s.
				  NR 10.001
				  (1r).
(2) "Application" means a written request for
				  any approval of a regulatory agency required as a condition of operating a
				  business in this state completed in the form required by and acceptable to the
				  department and accompanied by additional plans, information and the appropriate
				  fee.
(3) "Approval" means a
				  license, permit or other form of approval required from the department to
				  conduct business activities in Wisconsin.
(3m) "Asian carp" means bighead carp
				  (
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
), black carp
				  (
Mylopharyngodon piceus
), grass carp (
Ctenopharyngodon
				  idella
), silver carp (
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
),
				  and all other non-native carp species except common carp (
Cyprinus
				  carpio
), goldfish (
Carassius auratus
), and koi carp
				  (
Cyprinus carpio
).
(4) "Bird feeding devices and structures"
				  means any device or structure that has the primary purpose of attracting or
				  feeding birds or small mammals.
(4m) "Business" means a building used
				  primarily to carry out commercial activities at which regular scheduled
				  business hours are maintained for employees and the public such as restaurants
				  and retail stores, but does not include associated lands, warehouses,
				  outbuildings or other buildings that are not normally open to the
				  public.
(5) "Carcass" means the
				  dead body of any animal including the head, hair, skin, plumage, skeleton,
				  eggs, or any other part thereof.
Note:
Milk is not considered to be a part of
					 an animal carcass or an animal byproduct for the purposes of this
					 chapter.
(5m) "Daily bag
				  limit" as used in s.
				  NR
				  19.275, means the maximum number of a turtle species
				  or group of turtle species which may be taken by a person each day.
(5r) "Disinfect" or "disinfected" means to
				  decontaminate or be decontaminated with heat, drying, or a chemical solution
				  approved by the department so as to neutralize infectious diseases and invasive
				  species.
(6) "Environmental
				  consulting organization" means an individual or consortium of individuals
				  funded to provide consulting services including status assessment of wild
				  animals and their habitats.
(6d)
				  "Feed" has the meaning given in s.
				  NR 10.001
				  (10).
(6h) "Feeding site" has the meaning given in
				  s.
				  NR 10.001
				  (10c).
(6m) "Fish, fur, game seal" or "seal" means a
				  numbered, non-reusable, locking device bearing the embossed inscription Fish,
				  Fur, Game F-(number) which is issued by the department.
(7) "File" or "filed" means receipt by the
				  department of a written notice, verified claim or other document.
(7m) "Hooking", as used in s.
				  NR
				  19.275, means any activity which utilizes a
				  dull-pointed, metal, barbless hook attached to a staff to remove a turtle from
				  a body of water.
(8) "In the
				  process of being mounted" means, for the purposes of the sale of part or all of
				  a private collection, as authorized by s.
				  29.354, Stats., a physical
				  process which includes taxidermy work accomplished on the carcass, including at
				  least removal of the skin.
(8g)
				  "Live fish" means, for purposes of this chapter, any fish possessed by a person
				  that is handled or treated in a manner that will keep it alive, such as keeping
				  it in water, or that is revived by placement back into water. "Live fish"
				  includes any minnow that is possessed by a person for use as bait and that dies
				  while the person who possesses it is on the water, bank or shore for the
				  purpose of fishing, but only until the minnow is transported away from water,
				  bank or shore where it died.
(8r)
				  "Live fish eggs" means, for purposes of this chapter, fertilized or
				  unfertilized fish eggs that are handled or treated in a manner likely to keep
				  them alive or viable for the purpose of propagation.
(9) "Maintain records" means, for the purpose
				  of s. 29.503 (5),
				  Stats., to legibly prepare triplicate records and retain at least one copy of
				  each record at the place of business for inspection purposes.
(10) "Mount", "mounted", or "mounting" means,
				  for the purposes of ss.
				  29.354 (3) and
				  29.506 (1),
				  Stats., and this section, to prepare and preserve the head, skin or carcass in
				  a lifelike manner.
(11) "Natural
				  resources", for purposes of s.
				  23.095, Stats., includes wild
				  rice growing in navigable lakes.
(12) "Navigable lake", for the purpose of
				  interpreting s. 29.607, Stats., means a natural
				  navigable lake or a flowage or pond, or portion of a flowage or pond, where the
				  bed is in town, county, city, village, state or federal ownership.
(12e) "Owner-occupied residence" for the
				  purpose of this section means a dwelling or building devoted to human occupancy
				  when used while feeding deer as a residence by the owner, members of the
				  owner's immediate family, or when used as a residence by individuals as a
				  rental property while feeding deer.
(12m) "Possession limit" as used in s.
				  NR
				  19.275, means the maximum number of a turtle species
				  or group of turtle species which may be possessed by a person at any
				  time.
(13) "Private collection"
				  means, for the purposes of s.
				  29.354, Stats.:
(a) A privately owned collection mounted for
				  the purpose of display, exhibition or personal use and does not include wild
				  animals mounted for the purpose of sale. In determining whether a wild animal
				  was mounted for the purpose of sale, at a minimum, factors to be considered are
				  the intent of the owner at the time of mounting, the length of time from
				  mounting to sale, display or use of the mounted wild animal prior to sale,
				  frequency of such sales by the owner and the reasons provided by the owner for
				  the sale. This does not preclude the ultimate sale of a mount from a private
				  collection.
(b) A mounted
				  collection sold upon the death of the owner.