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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 22 - Wisconsin-Iowa Boundary Waters › Subchapter I - Sport Fishing › Section NR 22.06 - Sport fishing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided,
				  only the following methods or manners of fishing shall be lawful. Any person
				  may:
(a) Fish for fish with no more than 3
				  hooks, baits or lures.
(b) Use
				  landing nets and a gaff only for the purpose of landing a fish that is legally
				  hooked. However, landing nets may be used to remove distressed fish in
				  winterkill waters in those areas and at those times designated by the
				  department by posting, and to net fish as authorized with the use of dip nets
				  under this chapter or ch. NR 20.
(c) Take, catch, kill or fish for fish by
				  means of trolling from a motor-driven boat, sailboat or other boats.
(d) Take rough fish by means of a spear, bow
				  and arrow or crossbow, by hand, or by landing net or dip nets not to exceed 24
				  inches in diameter or square from sunrise to sunset only, and bow and arrow or
				  crossbow may be possessed and used for spearing rough fish from sunset to
				  sunrise during the open season for spearing rough fish.
(e) Fish with a line or lines only while they
				  are attended.
(f) Take, catch, kill
				  or fish for flathead or channel catfish or bullheads with a bow and arrow or
				  crossbow during the open season for spearing rough fish, or by hand, in
				  accordance with the seasons, size limits and bag limits in s.
				  NR
				  20.20(73), in boundary waters within
				  Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 22 - Wisconsin-Iowa Boundary Waters › Subchapter I - Sport Fishing › Section NR 22.065 - Fishing near dams

Current through June 24, 2024
Except as otherwise provided by ss.
					 NR 22.11 and
					 22.15, no person may fish within 200
					 feet of any fishway, lock or dam by any means other than hook and
					 line.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 22 - Wisconsin-Iowa Boundary Waters › Subchapter I - Sport Fishing › Section NR 22.066 - Bank poles

Current through June 24, 2024
Bank poles may be used year round by persons holding a
					 license issued under s.
					 29.531,
					 Stats., for sport fishing purposes only and only for the taking rough fish,
					 catfish and turtles in accordance with bag limits, size limits and seasons
					 established under ss.
					 NR
					 22.04 and
					 22.13 and in accordance with the rules
					 regulating the use of bank poles under s.
					 NR
					 20.12.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 22 - Wisconsin-Iowa Boundary Waters › Subchapter I - Sport Fishing › Section NR 22.07 - Ice fishing shelters

Current through June 24, 2024
Buildings, vehicles, tents, fish shanties or similar
					 enclosures may be used on the ice for fishing purposes on the Mississippi river
					 from the time the ice forms; provided, however, that all such enclosures or
					 shelters shall be removed from the ice on or before February 20 of each year
					 unless otherwise extended by the department. The door of any enclosure or
					 shelter shall be equipped with a latch which will permit the door to be readily
					 opened from the outside at all times while the enclosure or shelter is
					 occupied. The name and residential address of the person owning such enclosure
					 or shelter shall be painted or permanently affixed in the English language on
					 the outside of the structure with lettering a minimum of one inch square.
					 Residents of Wisconsin or Iowa angling from a fish shelter shall comply with
					 the law of their respective states relative to licensing and identification of
					 fish shelters. Residents of states other than Wisconsin or Iowa who hold a
					 nonresident fishing license from either state must comply with the law of the
					 issuing state relative to the licensing and identification of fish
					 shelters.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 22 - Wisconsin-Iowa Boundary Waters › Subchapter II - Minnows › Section NR 22.08 - Minnow nets and traps

Current through June 24, 2024
Only those minnow seines, minnow dip nets, cast nets,
					 minnow traps or crayfish scoops described below and operated in the manner
					 specified may be used for taking of minnows.
Type of gea
Period may be used
Specification
Restrictions
(1) Seine
All year
Seines may not exceed 50 feet in length and 8
								  feet in width flat measure and may not contain mesh which exceeds one-half inch
								  stretch measure
None
(2) Dip net
All year
Dip nets shall consist of a square or round frame
								  not to exceed 8 feet in diameter or square with netting suspended from it which
								  when lifted makes a bag not to exceed 4 feet deep.
Dip nets may only be used by the method of
								  raising or lowing them in vertical direction.
(3) Traps
All year
Traps may not exceed 24 inches in length and 16
								  inches in diameter with an opening in the throat of the trap no larger than one
								  and one-half inches in diameter.
Traps shall have a label or tag securely attached
								  bearing the name of the owner in the English language.
Traps must be raised and the minnows removed at
								  least once a day between one hour before sunrise and one hour after
								  sunset.
(4) Cast net
All year
Cast nets may not exceed 7 feet in diameter or
								  mesh of more than one-half inch stretch measure
(5) Crayfish scoop
All year
A metal frame covered with hardware cloth not to
								  exceed 4 feet in length, 2 feet in width and 18 inches in depth. A handle of
								  any length may be attached.
May be used to harvest crayfish, minnows and
								  insect larva only.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 22 - Wisconsin-Iowa Boundary Waters › Subchapter II - Minnows › Section NR 22.09 - Carp as bait

Current through June 24, 2024
Live carp taken and possessed for the purpose of bait shall
					 only be transported live by boat or other floating conveyance while in
					 possession on Wisconsin-Iowa boundary waters.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 22 - Wisconsin-Iowa Boundary Waters › Subchapter III - Commercial Fishing › Section NR 22.10 - Boundary water, commercial fishing restriction

Current through June 24, 2024
For the purpose of fishing under a commercial fishing
					 license or the taking of turtles, licensed commercial fishers and agents of the
					 licensees are restricted to the state boundaries of the state they are licensed
					 under. No person may operate any commercial fishing gear or turtle traps beyond
					 the state line boundaries of the state in which the person's license was
					 issued.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 22 - Wisconsin-Iowa Boundary Waters › Subchapter V - General Provisions › Section NR 22.14 - Transportation

Current through June 24, 2024
Any properly licensed resident or nonresident holder of an
					 angling or commercial fishing license from the state of Iowa having lawfully
					 taken fish or turtles in the boundary waters described in this chapter during
					 the open season may land on the Wisconsin side of the boundary waters and
					 personally transport fish to the state of Iowa by the most direct practicable
					 route.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 22 - Wisconsin-Iowa Boundary Waters › Subchapter V - General Provisions › Section NR 22.15 - Taking of fish by and for the department

Current through June 24, 2024
Nothing in this chapter prohibits the department by
					 contract or otherwise from carrying out its management of the boundary waters
					 as required by the law or department policy.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 22 - Wisconsin-Iowa Boundary Waters › Subchapter V - General Provisions › Section NR 22.16 - Conflicting rules

Current through June 24, 2024
Where there are differences in elements of the boundary
					 waters regulations of Iowa and Wisconsin, anglers, commercial fishers, and
					 persons taking turtles shall comply with the regulations of the state in whose
					 territorial waters they are fishing or taking turtles.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 23 - Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters › Section NR 23.015 - License waiver

Current through June 24, 2024
On the first Saturday and consecutive Sunday in June and the
				  third Saturday and consecutive Sunday of January each year, no fishing license
				  is required to fish the Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 23 - Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters › Section NR 23.04 - Reciprocity

Current through June 24, 2024
Residents of Wisconsin and Michigan holding a resident
				  fishing license from their respective states, or residents of other states
				  holding a non-resident fishing license issued by Wisconsin or Michigan, may, in
				  conformity with this chapter, fish by hook and line; spear and use dip nets to
				  take minnows and rough fish in the Wisconsin-Michigan boundary
				  waters.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 23 - Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters › Section NR 23.055 - Modifications in daily bag limit and minimum size limit in response to tribal harvest

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ADJUSTMENT. In order to prevent a total
				harvest of more than 35% of the adult walleye population or 27% of the adult
				muskellunge population, the secretary may lower the daily bag limit on walleye
				or adjust size limits for walleye or muskellunge in specific waters in response
				to the harvest goals or actual harvest of the Chippewa Bands for their spear,
				net or trap fisheries. The adjusted daily bag and size limits shall be in
				effect until the first Sunday in March of the year following the tribal
				harvest. The safe harvest levels on individual waters shall be determined by
				the department.
(a)
Walleyes.
The daily bag limit may be reduced in response to
				harvest by the Chippewa Bands' spear, net, or trap fisheries. The extent of the
				reduction depends upon the percent of the safe harvest taken and the age of the
				population estimate used to determine the safe harvest or if a regression model
				was used to determine the safe harvest. The daily bag limits to be used with
				the different percentages and for various basis of determining the safe harvest
				are as follows: -
Reduced Daily Bag Limits for Walleye
						  Angling Percent of Safe Harvest Speared, Trapped or Netted
Daily bag limit
Current
						  population estimate
Population estimate made 1-2 years
						  ago
Population estimate made 3 years ago or more or
						  regression model
0
69% or more
95% or more
95%
						  or more
(b)
Muskellunge.
The minimum size limit will be increased when the
				department is notified by the Chippewa bands that their harvest goal on an
				individual water is 60% or more of the safe harvest. The minimum size limits to
				be used with different percentages of the safe harvest are as follows: -
Increased minimum size limits for
						  muskellunge angling
% of safe harvest to be speared, trapped or
						  netted by tribes
Minimum size limit
60-94
45 inches
95 or more
55 inches
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 23 - Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters › Section NR 23.06 - Dip nets

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Dip nets and landing nets may be used for
				taking suckers, redhorse, carp, smelt and lawyers or burbot from April 1 to May
				14, in the Menominee river except in that portion from the upstream side of the
				Hattie Street Bridge in Marinette-Menominee upstream to the next dam and within
				200 feet below dams on the river.
(2) Dip nets used for taking, catching, and
				killing rough fish and smelt may not exceed 9 feet square or 9 feet in diameter
				with a bag not more than 4 feet deep when lifted.
(3) No person may use or operate any dip net
				in any manner other than by raising and lowering it vertically when
				fishing.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 23 - Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters › Section NR 23.065 - Taking rough fish, catfish and bullheads by hand

Current through June 24, 2024
Rough fish, flathead and channel catfish, and bullheads may
				  be taken by hand in boundary waters within Wisconsin subject to the season
				  dates, gear restrictions, daily bag limits and size limits established in ss.
				  NR 20.05 and
				  20.20.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 23 - Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters › Section NR 23.07 - Minnows

Current through June 24, 2024
No person may sell, trade or barter minnows taken from
				  Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters. No person may take fish other than smelt
				  with nets or traps in the Montreal river downstream from the Superior Falls
				  dam.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 23 - Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters › Section NR 23.08 - Motor trolling

Current through June 24, 2024
Trolling with up to 3 hooks, baits, or lures per person is
				  authorized on all Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters, except that in Vilas
				  county waters, trolling with one hook, bait, or lure per person and no more
				  than three lines used per boat is authorized.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 23 - Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters › Section NR 23.085 - Spearing

Current through June 24, 2024
Notwithstanding seasons established in s.
				  NR
				  20.20, no person may fish by the method of spearing on
				  any Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters except that rough fish, flathead and
				  channel catfish and bullheads may be taken by bow and arrow or crossbow in
				  boundary waters within Wisconsin subject to the season dates, daily bag limits
				  and size limits established in ss.
				  NR 20.05 and
				  20.20.
This section is created eff. 4-1-14.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 23 - Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters › Section NR 23.09 - Ice fishing

Current through June 24, 2024
Buildings, vehicles, tents, fish shanties or similar
				  enclosures may be used on the ice for fishing in the Wisconsin-Michigan
				  boundary waters.
(1) The door of any
				enclosure or shelter shall be unlocked and readily opened from the outside at
				all times while the enclosure or shelter is occupied.
(2) All shelters shall be removed from the
				ice on or before March 15, or prior to that time if ordered by the department
				when it determines the ice has become unsafe for travel.
(3) All buildings, tents, fish shanties and
				similar enclosures or shelters maintained, occupied, or used for fishing on the
				ice of any Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters shall have the name and
				residential address in the English language of the person owning or using the
				fishing shelter legibly painted or otherwise affixed on the outside of the
				fishing shelter with block lettering a minimum of one inch square and in
				contrasting colors. Fishing shelters that are occupied or otherwise in use are
				exempt from this requirement.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 23 - Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters › Section NR 23.12 - Special lake sturgeon hook and line fishing requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
The hook and line fishing requirements for lake sturgeon
				  established in s.
				  NR
				  20.07 also apply to Wisconsin-Michigan boundary
				  waters.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 24 - Clams › Section NR 24.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In addition to the definitions contained in s.
				  29.537(2),
				  Stats., the following definitions apply to terms used in this chapter:
(1) "Boundary waters" means those waters
				which form all or part of the boundary between Wisconsin and Iowa, Michigan or
				Minnesota.
(2) "Business day" has
				the meaning given it in s.
				421.301(6),
				Stats.
(3) "Cooked clam" means a
				clam which has been processed in a cooker and a rotating drum in order to
				remove the meat or soft parts of the clam.
(4) "Crow-foot bar" means a bar or rod which
				has hooks or wires attached to it and which may be used to take clams. The
				hooks or wires may have beads attached or have thickened ends.
(4m) "Dead shell" means a clam which
				apparently died in the water of natural causes, contains no meat or soft parts
				and exhibits readily notable sediment, algae, vegetation or water stains,
				discoloration, soiling, weathering or other visual evidence on its interior
				surface which clearly and unambiguously shows that the clam is not a cooked
				clam and is not freshly dead.
(5)
				"Inland waters" has the meaning given it in s.
				29.001(45),
				Stats., but does not include boundary waters.
(6) "Malicious waste" means the unreasonable
				waste, injury, destruction or impairment of any natural resource within the
				state, in violation of s.
				23.095(1),
				Stats.
(7) "Open season" means that
				period of a year described in s.
				NR
				24.09 or whena 24.10 person may engage in clamming or
				commercial clam shelling.
(8)
				"Outlying waters" has the meaning given it in s.
				29.001(63),
				Stats.
(9) "Resident" has the
				meaning given it in s.
				29.001(69),
				Stats.
(10) "Ring" means a rigid
				circular band or a circular opening in a piece of solid material which may be
				used to measure clams.
(11)
				"Wisconsin-Iowa boundary waters" has the meaning given it in s.
				NR
				22.02(34).
(12) "Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters" has
				the meaning given it in s.
				NR
				23.02(10).
(13) "Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters"
				has the meaning given it in s.
				NR
				21.02(39).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 24 - Clams › Section NR 24.03 - General restriction

Current through June 24, 2024
A person who is engaging in commercial clam shelling under s.
				  NR
				  24.09, clam buying, clam helping or related activities
				  may not engage in clamming under s.
				  NR
				  24.10 at the same time.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 24 - Clams › Section NR 24.04 - Licenses; permits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CLAMMING. No license or permit is
				required to engage in clamming.
(2)
				COMMERCIAL CLAMMING. The license requirements of s.
				29.537(3),
				Stats., apply to clam buyers, assistant clam buyers, commercial clam shellers
				and clam helpers, except as provided in subs. (3) and (4).
(3) EXEMPTION FOR CHILDREN. A resident child
				under age 16 may not engage in commercial clam shelling without a commercial
				clam sheller license unless the value of the clams taken, killed, collected or
				removed by the child does not exceed $1,000 in any year and the child has a
				department permit. A permit issued under this subsection is valid from January
				1 or the date it is issued, whichever is later, until December 31 or the
				child's 16th birthday, whichever occurs first.
(4) APPLICATIONS. A person required to have a
				license or permit under this section or s.
				29.537(3),
				Stats., shall apply to the department on forms provided by it. The department
				shall deny any application for a license which is not accompanied by the
				appropriate license fee specified by s.
				29.563(7),
				Stats. No fee may be charged for a permit.
Note: Forms may be obtained from DNR area offices listed in
				  the note following s.
				  NR 24.07,
				  or by writing: DNR Bureau of Fish Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI
				  53707.
(5) DEADLINE. The
				department shall grant or deny a complete application for a permit or license
				under this section within 25 business days after it has been received by the
				department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 24 - Clams › Section NR 24.05 - Reciprocity

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall grant reciprocal commercial clamming
				  license privileges in accordance with s.
				  29.045(2),
				  Stats., to residents of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota or Missouri for the
				  Wisconsin-Iowa, Wisconsin-Michigan and Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters if
				  it determines that Wisconsin residents have been granted reciprocal rights,
				  privileges and immunities by the other state.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 24 - Clams › Section NR 24.06 - Clamming methods and equipment

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) METHODS.
(a) No person may engage in clamming or
				commercial clam shelling except by hand while diving or wading or by the use of
				crow-foot bars.
(b) No person may
				commit malicious waste by discarding clams into the waters or on lands governed
				by Wisconsin.
(c) No person may
				intentionally damage or break a clam to make determination of its original size
				or species impossible.
(d) A person
				engaging in clamming or commercial clam shelling shall promptly return all
				undersize clams and all clams of a species not open to clamming or commercial
				clam shelling, respectively, to the bed of the water at the location where the
				clams were found. The clams shall be returned unopened and unharmed.
(e) No person may cook clams unless the
				person is a licensed clam buyer or the person cooks the clams for a licensed
				clam buyer and the person is the buyer's licensed assistant clam buyer or
				licensed clam helper.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 24 - Clams › Section NR 24.07 - Records and reporting

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) COMMERCIAL CLAMMING RECORDS. A person
				engaged in commercial clam shelling, clam buying or clam helping shall keep
				daily records if forms are produced by the department for the specific
				commercial clamming activity in which the person is engaged.
(2) COMMERCIAL CLAMMING REPORTS. Prior to the
				10th day of each month, any person engaged in commercial clamming who is
				required to keep daily records under sub. (1) shall submit a report of their
				daily commercial clamming activities for the previous month to the department.
				The report shall be made on forms available from the department and shall be
				submitted in person or sent by first class mail to the department address shown
				on the form so that it is received by the 10th day.
(3) REPORTING. If requested by the
				department, a person who is not required to keep records and submit reports
				under subs. (1) and (2) shall furnish to the department information relating to
				the taking, killing, collection, removal, purchase, sale, barter,
				transportation or possession of clams. The information shall be sufficient to
				evaluate the person's compliance with this chapter and s.
				29.537,
				Stats.
(4) INLAND COMMERCIAL
				CLAMMING NOTICE OF INTENT. No person may engage in commercial clam shelling on
				any inland water unless the person has reported to the department the person's
				intent to do so at least one business day in advance. Notice of intent may be
				given in person, by telephone or by first class mail, but shall be in writing
				if the person wishes the specific location to be kept confidential by the
				department under s.
				29.537(9),
				Stats. The report shall include the person's name; commercial clam sheller
				license number; the specific location by county, the nearest town, village or
				city and name of the inland water; the equipment and methods to be used; and
				the starting date and time. The notice shall be given to the department area
				office responsible for the inland water involved.
With reorganization, the department no longer has area
					 offices. The notice of intent should be mailed to the Bureau of Fisheries
					 Management and Habitat Protection, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 24 - Clams › Section NR 24.08 - Minimum size and weight determination

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) SIZE. A person
				engaging in clamming or commercial clam shelling shall determine the size of a
				clam promptly upon removing it from the water by attempting to pass it intact
				through a ring with a diameter of the minimum size specified for the respective
				species in the table of s.
				NR
				24.09 if the clamis taken while commercial clam
				shelling or in the table of s.
				NR
				24.10 if the clamis taken while clamming.
(2) WEIGHT. For purposes of this chapter and
				s.
				29.537,
				Stats., the weight of clams shall be determined on a wet or fresh basis if
				their condition permits it.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 24 - Clams › Section NR 24.09 - Commercial clamming: size limits; open seasons, species and waters

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Except as
				provided in subs. (2) and (3), no person may engage in commercial clam shelling
				except between sunrise and sunset during the open season in waters which are
				open to commercial clam shelling, for clams of a species which is open to
				commercial clam shelling and which are of the minimum size or larger, as shown
				in the following table:
Waters Open to Commercial Clam
								Shelling
Open Season
Open Species
Minimum Size
(a) Wisconsin-Iowa boundary waters
No open season
mapleleaf (Quadrula quadrula)
2-3/4"
pigtoe (Fusco-naia flava)
2-3/4"
pimple-back
(Quadrula pustulosa)
2-3/4"
threeridge (Amb-lema pli-cata)
3"
(b) Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters
No open season
None
(c) Inland waters and Wisconsin-Michigan boundary
								waters: none, except as provided in sub. (3)
No open season, except as provided in sub.
								(3)
None, except as provided in sub. (3)
12", except as provided in sub. (3)
(2)
				Notwithstanding the minimum size limits set in sub. (1), the minimum size for
				cooked clams shall be 2-1/2" for mapleleaf, pigtoe and pimpleback clams and
				2-13/16" for threeridge clams.
(3)
(a) Notwithstanding sub. (1) (c), the
				department may designate:
1. Waters or
				portions of a water which are temporarily open to commercial clam
				shelling,
2. Clam species which are
				open to commercial clam shelling in waters designated under subd. 1.,
				and
3. Alternative minimum size
				limits for clam species which are designated under subd. 2., which are smaller
				than the minimum size limit of sub. (1) (c).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 24 - Clams › Section NR 24.10 - Clamming: size limits; open seasons, species and waters

Current through June 24, 2024
No person may engage in clamming except between sunrise and
				  sunset during the open season in waters which are open to clamming, for clams
				  of a species which is open to clamming and which are of the minimum size or
				  larger, as shown in the following table:
Waters Open to Clamming
Open Season
Open Species
Minimum Size
All boundary and outlying waters, except the St.
								Croix River where it forms the boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota
all year
all except those listed in s.
								NR
								27.03(2) (g) or (3) (g)
None
St. Croix River where it forms the boundary between
								Wisconsin and Minnesota
No open season
None, and collection of dead shells is
								prohibited
None
All inland waters
No open season
None, however, dead shells that are not from
								endangered or threatened clams may be collected, except that collection of all
								dead shells is prohibited in all waters within the St. Croix National Scenic
								Riverway.
None
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 25.01 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This chapter,
				  along with other applicable rules and statutes, regulates commercial fishing in
				  outlying waters and wholesale fish dealers doing business in
				  Wisconsin.
(2) The rules contained
				  in this chapter are not intended to, nor do they authorize, the sale or
				  introduction into interstate commerce for purposes of human consumption or use
				  fish taken from the outlying waters which fail to meet food and drug
				  administration (FDA) standards.
(2m) The following shall apply to any
				  agreements relating to the allocation or management of Lake Superior resources
				  which are entered into between the department and a tribe or tribes with
				  reserved treaty rights in the Lake Superior commercial fishery:
(a) The department shall assess
				  implementation of any agreements and any experimental regulations established
				  by the agreements using factors including scientific data, biological
				  indicators, and metrics related to the health, safety, and welfare of
				  users.
(b) In the event the
				  department determines the sustainability of any Lake Superior resource or the
				  health, safety and welfare of its users are or are likely to be jeopardized,
				  the department shall take action to address the department's concerns,
				  including good faith negotiation or the modification or termination of any
				  agreement, in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
Note:
In December 2018, the Bad River Band of
					 Lake Superior Chippewa, the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the
					 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources entered into an agreement relating to
					 the allocation and management of Lake Superior fishing resources ("the
					 Agreement"). The Agreement contains provisions applicable to both tribal treaty
					 fishers and non-tribal commercial fishers in the Wisconsin waters of Lake
					 Superior. For tribal members, the Agreement provisions are enforceable through
					 tribal codes adopted by the Tribes. For non-tribal members, the state's
					 regulations have been amended to be consistent with applicable provisions in
					 the Agreement. Biological representatives of the state and the two tribes have
					 identified specific goals for assessing state and tribal commercial fishing
					 seasons under the Agreement. Those specific goals are reviewed regularly and
					 adjusted as necessary. The Agreement contains provisions for modification or,
					 if necessary, for termination for any reason by any party. Grounds for
					 amendment or termination include, but are not limited to, adverse conditions
					 which, in the opinion of any party, could jeopardize the sustainability of the
					 Lake Superior resources or the health, safety, and welfare of resource
					 users.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 25.022 - Lake trout tagging and identification

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) IMPORTING
				  FOREIGN LAKE TROUT.
(a) No person may import
				  or cause to be imported into Wisconsin any foreign lake trout by means of a
				  boat authorized to be used under a license issued pursuant to s.
				  29.519 (1m),
				  Stats.
(b) No wholesale fish dealer
				  or producer of fish may sell, buy, barter, trade, possess, control, transport
				  or cause to be transported any domestic lake trout unless the fish is tagged
				  with a valid, current commercial fish tag issued or authorized by the
				  department. The tag shall be attached through the gills and mouth of whole or
				  dressed lake trout. Producers of fish and their crew members may not possess
				  filleted or chunked domestic lake trout on the ice or on board a
				  boat.
(c) All commercial fish tags
				  issued or authorized by the department or by a governmental agency of another
				  state or country, when severed from the lake trout are considered state
				  property and may be claimed by the department within one year of the date they
				  were severed.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 25.025 - Vehicle identification requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
As required under s.
					 29.503 (4) (e),
					 Stats., no wholesale fish dealer or producer of fish may transport or cause to
					 be transported any fish unless the transporting vehicle or boat is clearly
					 marked on each side of the vehicle or boat with the word "FISH" in letters of
					 block characteristic at least 4 inches high and of contrasting color with the
					 background, and the correct business name of the wholesale fish dealer or
					 producer of fish in letters one inch high, all in the English
					 language.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.03 - Commercial fishing licenses

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LAKE SUPERIOR.
(a)
1. Not
				  more than 10, subject to subd. 2., licenses authorizing commercial fishing in
				  Lake Superior may be issued for each license year except that this section does
				  not apply to licenses for fishing only for the harvest of rough fish from
				  outlying waters under permit or contract issued under s.
				  29.417
				  or
				  29.421,
				  Stats.
2. Notwithstanding the total
				  number of licenses established in subd. 1., the department may issue up to 21
				  licenses authorizing commercial fishing in Lake Superior if required by the
				  terms of cooperative agreements between the department and persons licensed
				  during the 1995-1996 license year.
3. A person may hold more than one license
				  under s.
				  29.519(1m),
				  Stats., for commercial fishing on Lake Superior, if the person meets the
				  criteria of par. (b) for each license separately.
Note:
The Wisconsin Attorney General and the
					 Department of Natural Resources interpret
LeClair et al. v. Natural
					 Resources Board and DNR,
168 Wis. 2d 227 (Ct. App. 1992), (review
					 denied June 2, 1992) and prior cases to hold that commercial fishing licenses
					 and quotas do not establish property rights and are subject to the full
					 regulatory authority of the state. By voluntarily withdrawing from the
					 commercial fishery in conjunction with the creation of this subdivision and the
					 amendment of ss. NR 25.03(1) (a) and
					 25.06(1) (a)
					 2., (effective February 1, 1997),
					 participating commercial fishers acknowledge this interpretation and agree to
					 cooperate in reducing the size of the commercial fishery while enhancing the
					 lake trout fishery of Lake Superior.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.04 - Transfer of commercial fishing licenses

Current through June 24, 2024
Any licensed commercial fisher may transfer their valid
					 license authorizing commercial fishing in the outlying waters to another person
					 who meets the criteria under s.
					 NR
					 25.03 and s.
					 29.519,
					 Stats., for obtaining such a license, subject to the conditions stated in this
					 section.
(1)Application for license
				  transfers shall be made on forms provided by the department.
(2)A licensee may designate on the
				  application for their license authorizing commercial fishing in the outlying
				  waters a person to whom the licensee wishes that license to be transferred in
				  the event of the licensee's death or incapacity. This designation may be
				  changed during the license year as requested in writing by the licensee. The
				  designated person would have to meet the criteria under this section for the
				  transfer to occur.
(a) In the absence of such
				  a designation, or a qualified transferee, or a transferee capable of accepting
				  the transfer under this section, members of the immediate family of the
				  licensee who meet the eligibility requirements of this section shall be offered
				  the license. The offer shall be made by the department in the following order:
1. Spouse;
2. Children, eldest first, then in order of
				  age;
3. Parents;
4. Siblings, eldest first, then in order of
				  age.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.07 - Individual licensee catch quotas

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LAKE SUPERIOR.
				  The allotment of harvest quotas as established in s.
				  NR
				  25.06(1) to individual licensed
				  commercial fishers on Lake Superior shall be by the department upon application
				  in accordance with sub. (3), and as follows:
(a)
Lake trout.
1. Each licensed commercial fisher shall
				  receive an equal share of the annual lake trout harvest quota established under
				  s.
				  NR
				  25.06(1) (a) Table.
2. Allocation of the lake trout quota to
				  individual licensees shall be by issuance of appropriate tags by the
				  department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.08 - Transfer of individual licensee catch quotas

Current through June 24, 2024
Individual licensee catch quotas allotted under s.
					 NR 25.07(1) (a)
					 or (b) or (2) (am) 1., (b), (bg), (br), (c), (d), (e), or
					 (f) may be transferred by the licensee
					 receiving the quota allocation to another valid licensee authorized to engage
					 in commercial fishing in the waters to which the quota applies, who meets all
					 criteria for receiving such a quota other than previous fishing history,
					 subject to the conditions stated in this section.
(1) Application for individual licensee catch
				  quota transfers shall be made on forms provided by the department.
(2) All or part of an individual licensee
				  catch quota allotted under s.
				  NR 25.07(1) (a)
				  or (2) (am) 1., (b), (bg), (br), (c), (d), (e) or
				  (f) may be permanently or temporarily
				  transferred by the quota holder.
(2m) A northern chub fishing zone permit
				  issued under s.
				  NR 25.07(2) (a)
				  1., may be permanently transferred by the
				  permit holder only in conjunction with the transfer of the permit holder's
				  valid license authorizing commercial fishing in the outlying waters under s.
				  NR
				  25.04.
(2t)
(a)
				  All or part of an individual licensee catch quota allotted under s.
				  NR 25.07(2) (g)
				  5., may be temporarily or permanently
				  transferred by the licensee receiving the quota allocation to another licensee
				  who also holds a valid quota smelt fishery permit and individual licensee catch
				  quota issued under s.
				  NR 25.07(2) (g)
				  5.
(b) A quota smelt fishery permit and
				  individual licensee catch quota allotted under s.
				  NR 25.07(2) (g)
				  5., may be transferred by the licensee
				  receiving the permit and catch quota to a person who does not also hold a valid
				  quota smelt fishery permit and individual licensee catch quota issued under s.
				  NR 25.07(2) (g)
				  5., only in conjunction with the transfer of
				  the permit holder's valid license authorizing commercial fishing in the
				  outlying waters under s.
				  NR
				  25.04.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.10 - Restricted commercial fishing areas

Current through June 24, 2024
The following restrictions apply to the use of the
					 specified commercial fishing gear in the indicated areas:
(1) LAKE SUPERIOR.
(a)
Areas restricted to the taking of
				  rough or detrimental fish and whitefish.
No commercial fishing gear of
				  any kind except nets by permit issued under sub. (4) for the taking of rough or
				  detrimental fish, or entrapping nets by permit issued under sub. (4) for the
				  taking of whitefish may be used, set, placed or operated in the following
				  waters:
1. Allouez bay, Superior bay, and St.
				  Louis bay, all in Douglas county.
2. All waters within one-fourth mile of the
				  mouth of any navigable stream flowing into Lake Superior.
3. All waters within one-fourth mile of any
				  harbor, pier or breakwater from April 15 through November 30.
4. That portion of Chequamegon bay lying
				  south of a line beginning at the easternmost point of Houghton point in section
				  27, township 49 north, range 4 west, Bayfield county, then proceeding
				  northeasterly to the signal light on the western end of Long island in section
				  13, township 48 north, range 4 west, Ashland county, then along the south or
				  west shore of Long island and on across the cut, if present, along the south or
				  west shore of Chequamegon point to where Chequamegon point joins the mainland
				  in section 1 or 12, township 48 north, range 3 west, Ashland county.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.102 - Commercial fishing in southern Green Bay

Current through June 24, 2024
For commercial fishers fishing for whitefish in that
					 portion of southern Green Bay south of the line at 44 o 505 N latitude,
					 commonly known as grids 901, 902 and 1001, all of the following requirements
					 apply:
(1) Each commercial fisher may
				  set, use, or operate no more than one trap net per license at a time.
(2) The commercial fisher shall notify the
				  department through the phone number, email address or other method specified by
				  the department no later than 4 p.m. the day prior to lifting a trap net. The
				  notification shall include the license number and name of the licensee, name
				  and location of net to be lifted, departure location, date of departure, and
				  time of departure.
(3) The
				  commercial fisher or a member of the commercial fisher's crew shall report the
				  number of incidentally caught fish of each species through the electronic fish
				  reporting system, in accordance with s. NR 25.13.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.105 - Exemptions

Current through June 24, 2024
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter:
(1) From June 1 through March 31, treaty
				  fishers using boats less than 18 feet in length may harvest perch and walleye
				  from the waters of Chequamegon Bay within one mile of the mainland shoreline in
				  Ashland county between the easternmost boundary of the Bad River reservation on
				  Chequamegon Point and a line extending due north from the westernmost boundary
				  of the Bad River reservation as authorized by the department. Only one
				  authorized boat may fish in this area at a time.
(2) From ice out to the Friday before
				  Memorial day, treaty fishers may fish for whitefish and harvest 1,462
				  incidentally- caught lake trout in those waters defined in s.
				  NR 25.10(1) (b)
				  1. The 1,462 lake trout harvested in this
				  area shall be allocated as part of the quota defined in s.
				  NR 25.06(1)
				  (a) Table. The department may require
				  distinctive tags for this harvest.
(3) Red Cliff treaty fishers may harvest
				  5,000 pounds (round weight) of walleye annually within the restricted areas
				  west of Bark Point and east of a point one mile west of Port Wing.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.11 - Handling of illegal fish

Current through June 24, 2024
All illegal fish taken during commercial fishing operations
					 on the outlying waters shall be immediately returned to the water, except that
					 a department employee on board a vessel or otherwise accompanying fishers
					 engaged in such commercial fishing operations may retain illegal fish
					 taken.