Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 40 - Invasive Species Identification, Classification And Control › Section NR 40.07 - Preventive measures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED. Any person who
				possesses a restricted invasive fish species in a safe facility shall notify
				the department within 24 hours of any escape of a specimen or viable part of a
				specimen, or of any failure of the integrity of the safe facility that could
				allow the escape of any specimen or viable part of a specimen. The notice shall
				be made in writing by mail or by e-mail and shall include the specific location
				of the known, suspected, or anticipated escape and the fish species involved.
Note: The notice shall be mailed to the Director, Bureau of
				  Fisheries Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, PO Box 7921,
				  Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7921 and e-mailed to
				  DNRFishHabitatProtection@wisconsin.gov.
(2) IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF AQUATIC PLANTS AND
				AQUATIC ANIMALS AND DRAINAGE OF WATER.
(a)
				Except as provided in pars. (b) to (g):
1. Any
				person who removes a vehicle, boat, boat trailer, boating or fishing equipment,
				or other equipment or gear of any type from any inland or outlying water or
				from its bank or shore shall remove all attached aquatic plants and aquatic
				animals immediately after removing the vehicle, boat, boat trailer, boating or
				fishing equipment or other equipment or gear from the water, bank or shore and
				before leaving any boat launch area or associated parking area.
Note: Section
				  30.07(2)
				  (a) and (b), Stats., prohibit any person from
				  placing or operating a vehicle, seaplane, watercraft, or other object of any
				  kind in a navigable water if it has any aquatic plants or aquatic animals
				  attached to the exterior and from taking off with a seaplane, or transporting
				  or operating a vehicle, watercraft, or other object of any kind on a highway
				  with aquatic plants or aquatic animals attached to the exterior.
2. Any person who removes a
				vehicle or equipment other than boating or fishing equipment, or gear of any
				type from any inland or outlying water or from its bank or shore shall drain
				all water from the vehicle, equipment or gear, including water in any motor,
				tank or other container, immediately after removing the vehicle, equipment or
				gear from the water, bank or shore and before leaving any boat launch area or
				associated parking area.
Note: Section
				  NR
				  19.055(1) requires any person who
				  removes a boat, boat trailer, boating equipment or fishing equipment from any
				  inland or outlying water or its bank or shore to immediately drain all water
				  from the boat, boat trailer, boating equipment or fishing equipment, including
				  water in any bilge, ballast tank, bait bucket, live well or other container
				  immediately after removing the boat, boat trailer, boating equipment or fishing
				  equipment from the water, bank or shore, with certain exceptions.
Note: Chapters
				  NR 320,
				  323,
				  328,
				  329,
				  341,
				  343 and
				  345, relating to general navigable
				  waters permit criteria, set out equipment decontamination requirements to stop
				  the spread of invasive species from one waterway to another and require removal
				  of all plants, animals, mud, debris, etc., before and after use.
Note: See ss.
				  30.18(2)
				  and
				  31.02(1),
				  Stats., regarding the diversion or withdrawal of water from lakes and streams.
				  Withdrawals are regulated through individual permits that may consider the
				  associated risk of spreading invasive species.