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§12609. Purchase or sale of certain fish

 
A person may not directly or indirectly purchase or sell black
bass, landlocked salmon, pickerel, togue, trout or white perch
except for:

 
1.__Fish produced by commercial producers or imported.__Fish
that have been lawfully produced by commercial producers within
the State or that have been lawfully imported from without the
State; and

 
2.__Skins of fish preserved through taxidermy.__The skins of
fish that have been preserved for display through the art of
taxidermy.

 
A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.__
The court shall also impose a fine of $20 for each fish
unlawfully possessed, none of which may be suspended.

 
§12610. Unlawful importation or sale of certain fresh or frozen

 
fish

 
1.__Prohibition.__A person may not import or offer for sale
fresh or frozen salmon, brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout,
lake trout or any member of the family salmonidae whose source is
outside of the continental United States, Canada or Alaska or
their adjacent waters.

 
2.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a
civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor
more than $500 may be adjudged.

 
SUBCHAPTER 5

 
UNLAWFUL FISHING METHODS

 
§12651.__Snagging

 
1.__Prohibition.__Except as provided in section 12506,
subsection 5, paragraph B, a person may not fish by snagging as
defined by section 10001, subsection 58.

 
2.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a
Class E crime.__The court shall also impose a fine of $20 for
each fish unlawfully possessed, none of which may be suspended.

 
§12652. Fishing with more than 2 lines


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