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5.__Restrictions. The commissioner shall adopt all rules
necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including,
but not limited to:

 
A.__Requiring that precautions be taken so that, if
possible, all fish caught may be retained alive and,
following the close of the tournament, be released into the
body from which they were taken;

 
B.__Fixing the maximum total value of prizes that may be
awarded at each tournament; and

 
C.__Limiting the length of a tournament to 3 days.__A
tournament lasting more than one day must be a regional or
multistate tournament sanctioned by the applicant bass club.

 
§12506. Alewife, eel, sucker and yellow perch permit; elver

 
prohibition

 
1.__Permit required.__Except as otherwise authorized pursuant
to the this Part and except as provided in subsection 5, a person
may not fish for or possess alewives, eels, suckers, lampreys or
yellow perch without a valid permit issued under this section.

 
Each day a person violates this subsection, that person commits a
Class E crime for which a minimum fine of $50 and an amount equal
to twice the applicable license fee must be imposed.

 
2.__Issuance.__The commissioner may issue permits to fish for
or possess alewives, eels, suckers, lampreys and yellow perch
under rules that the commissioner establishes, if these permits
do not interfere with rights granted under section 6131.

 
A.__Eels may be harvested in inland waters using only eel
pots or weirs.

 
B.__Alewives, suckers and yellow perch may be harvested in
inland waters using trap nets, dip nets or spears.

 
C.__Lampreys may be harvested in inland waters by use of a
hand-held dip net or by hand.

 
3.__Fees; transfer of permit. The minimum fee for an
individual permit for alewives, suckers, lampreys and yellow
perch is $42.__A crew permit may be sold for alewives, suckers,
lampreys__and yellow perch for $100, authorizing up to 3 persons
to engage in the permitted activity.__The annual fee for an eel
pot or weir permit is $100.__An eel pot or eel weir permit is not
transferable.


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