1.__Time period.__A person who kills Atlantic salmon shall present the Atlantic salmon for registration within 12 hours.__ The Atlantic salmon must be registered at the first open Atlantic salmon registration station on the route taken by the person who kills the fish.

2.__Information requirements.__The person who kills the fish must register the fish in the person's own name.__Information concerning each Atlantic salmon registered must be reported accurately and truthfully.

3.__Possession of unlabeled parts prohibited.__A person may not possess any part of an Atlantic salmon taken from the inland or coastal waters of this State unless each part is plainly labeled with the name and address of the person who registered the fish, except that a person may possess a fish properly identified under this chapter.

4.__Exemptions.__The following are exempt from the registration requirements of this section:

A.__Atlantic salmon imported from outside the State;

B.__Atlantic salmon imported by taxidermists solely for taxidermy purposes; and

C.__Atlantic salmon raised by means of aquaculture.

5.__Recreational fishing provision.__A person engaged in recreational fishing who takes an Atlantic salmon shall affix to each fish an identification tag designating the date, location and name of the person who caught the fish.__The person shall notify the commissioner within 24 hours of that person's first landfall providing all information the commissioner may require.

§7646.__Atlantic salmon imports; exemption from prohibition for

fisheries enhancement

The commissioner may grant an exemption from the provisions of section 6071, subsection 4 for Atlantic salmon, live or eggs, imported for the purpose of enhancing the State's Atlantic salmon fisheries.

§7647.__Atlantic salmon; limits; method of taking; closed season