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 69-9 - Cold-Blooded Wildlife Requiring an Importation/Possession Permit

Current through July 13, 2024
An importation/possession permit shall be required for the
				  activities listed in this section. The applicant for an importation/possession
				  permit may be required to provide evidence, allow inspections, or implement
				  procedures necessary to ensure that the proposed activity will not spread or
				  introduce an AIS of concern (as defined in Commission Regulation Chapter 51,
				  Private Fish Hatcheries), pathogen, disease or parasite. The Department may
				  deny importation or possession if the Department determines it would pose a
				  risk to the wildlife resources of the state of Wyoming. Cold-blooded wildlife
				  imported into the state shall not be diverted from the destination stated on
				  the importation/possession permit.
(a)
				Importation or possession of venomous reptiles or poisonous amphibians. A
				certificate of veterinary inspection is also required prior to
				importation.
(b) Importation or
				possession of all amphibians, reptiles, mollusks and crustaceans listed in
				Commission Regulation Chapter 52, Nongame Wildlife that require a permit for
				scientific and educational take. A certificate of veterinary inspection is also
				required prior to importation.
(c)
				Importation or possession of reptiles and amphibians indigenous to Wyoming
				imported for commercial use. A certificate of veterinary inspection is also
				required prior to importation.
(d)
				Placing aquatic turtles in ornamental ponds designed to prevent escape. An
				importation/possession permit shall not be issued if the Department determines
				that escape may be likely.
(e)
				Transplanting or stocking Plains Topminnow (
Fundulus
				sciadicus
), Northern Plains Killifish (
Fundulus
				kansae
), or Plains Killifish (
Fundulus zebrinus
) to
				control mosquitoes. These species may be approved only if they are known to the
				Department to be established in the drainage, stocking in the locations
				requested is considered by the Department to be compatible with aquatic species
				in that drainage and the source population(s) for transplant are not located in
				drainages known to contain an AIS or pathogen of concern (as defined in
				Commission Regulation Chapter 51, Private Fish Hatcheries).
(f) Using nongame fish in aquaponics or
				displaying nongame fish in aquaria or ornamental ponds unless otherwise
				prohibited from importation or possession in Section 8 of this regulation or
				allowed without an importation/possession permit in Section 10 of this
				regulation.
(g) Displaying
				coldwater, coolwater and warmwater fish in aquaria or ornamental ponds. Fish
				shall be legally obtained from a Department approved private fish hatchery or
				an individual or commercial operation permitted under this
				regulation.
(h) Importing mollusks
				and crustaceans for personal use that are designated as prohibited, invasive,
				or nuisance by any state, unless imported solely for human consumption and
				exempted in Section 6 of this regulation.