Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
Definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming
				  Statutes, Commission regulations and the Commission also adopts the following
				  definitions:
(a) "Aquaria" means any
				enclosures used to contain organisms that prevent escape. Aquaria shall have a
				closed system of water circulation with no risk of contacting the surface
				waters of the state of Wyoming. Aquaria does not include ornamental
				ponds.
(b) "Certificate of
				Veterinary Inspection" means an official health certificate issued by a
				licensed and accredited veterinarian.
(c) "Cold-Blooded Wildlife" means all fish,
				amphibians, reptiles, mollusks, crustaceans, their viable gametes (eggs and
				sperm), fertilized eggs and any transgenic product or hybrid thereof.
(d) "Commercial Use" means utilizing wildlife
				in sale, trade, barter, brokerage, or other commerce.
(e) "Drainage" means the river or stream
				proper and the area of land, including all streams and standing waters, which
				drain into that river or stream. For the purpose of this regulation, drainage
				shall be defined at the U.S. Geological Survey eight digit hydrologic unit code
				(8-digit HUC).
(f) "Holding
				Facility(ies)" or "Facility" means the physical structure designed to confine
				and handle live wildlife. The holding facility shall be defined by legal
				description to the quarter-quarter (1/4-1/4) section or Universal Transverse
				Mercator (UTM) coordinates where live wildlife shall be possessed or confined.
				Holding facilities shall include aquaculture facilities, private fish
				hatcheries (as defined in Commission Regulation Chapter 51, Private Fish
				Hatcheries), aquaria, ornamental ponds or other structures where wildlife are
				held or reared for any purpose.
(g)
				"Hybrid" means any animal produced by crossing species or subspecies.
(h) "Import/Importation" means to bring or
				cause live wildlife to be brought into Wyoming by any means.
(i) "Importation/ Possession Permit" means a
				written permit issued by the Department in accordance with this regulation to
				allow for all or part of the following: importation, possession,
				transportation, or commercial use of cold-blooded wildlife into or within this
				state.
(j) "Interstate
				Transportation Permit" means a written permit issued by the Department through
				the ports of entry to allow for the transportation of live cold-blooded
				wildlife throughout the state.
(k)
				"Marine" means those aquatic wildlife capable of living only in salt water. For
				purposes of this regulation, fish that migrate between fresh and salt water as
				part of their life history (anadromous and catadromous) are not marine
				fish.
(l) "Nongame Fish" means all
				fish not defined as aquatic invasive species in Commission Regulation Chapter
				62, Aquatic Invasive Species and not defined as game fish in Commission
				Regulation Chapter 46, Fishing Regulation, including those that are commonly
				considered to be game fish by other states. Nongame fish also includes
				baitfish, Goldfish (
Carassius auratus
), koi (as defined in
				Commission Regulation Chapter 49, Private Fish Stocking), marine fish and
				tropical fish.
(m) "Ornamental
				Fish" means any species of fish that are reared or marketed for their beauty or
				exotic characteristics, rather than for consumptive or recreational use. Many
				nongame fish, including many marine and tropical fish, Goldfish
				(
Carassius auratus
) and koi are ornamental fish. Ornamental
				fish does not include game fish as defined in Commission Regulation Chapter 46,
				Fishing Regulations.
(n)
				"Ornamental Pond" means any outdoor pond constructed as an aesthetic landscape
				feature that has a closed system of water circulation with no risk of
				contacting the surface waters of this state and does not include aquaculture
				facilities, ponds constructed to provide fishing opportunity or ponds used for
				the confinement or production of baitfish.
(o) "Possess/Possession" as it pertains to
				live wildlife and as used in this regulation, means to have physical dominion
				or control over wildlife regardless of ownership; possession also includes
				constructive possession, where a person knowingly holds the power and ability
				to exercise dominion and control over wildlife, and has the ability to reduce
				the wildlife to actual possession.
(p) "Quarantine" means isolation or
				confinement in a holding facility as approved in advance by the Department,
				constructed to hold animals in isolation for a certain period of time to ensure
				they are free of infectious diseases or parasites. Quarantine facilities shall
				prevent contact between quarantined wildlife and any other animals, prevent
				escape of quarantined wildlife, and allow humane restraint and handling of
				quarantined wildlife.
(q) "Tropical
				Fish" means all species in the genera
Tilapia, Coelotilapia, Coptodon,
				Heterotilapia
and
Pelmatolapia
and all other fish
				whose survival in water temperatures below fifty (50) degrees Fahrenheit is not
				documented in the scientific literature.