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97C.345

Statute ID: 10476

Restrictions on use and possession of nets and

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Statute Number:

97C.345

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Restrictions on use and possession of nets and

Statute ID:

10476

Created:

Oct 19, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Oct 19, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Restrictions on use and possession of nets and

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97C/345.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Oct 19, 2006

Subd. 3b.   
(a) Cast nets may be used only to take gizzard shad for use as bait for angling from July 1 to November 30 as allowed under section 84D.03, subdivision 3.

(b) Cast nets used under this subdivision must be monofilament and may not exceed five feet in radius. Mesh size must be from three-eighths-inch to five-eighths-inch bar measure. A person may use up to two cast nets at one time.

Subd. 2.   
(a) Except as specifically authorized, a person may not possess a spear, fish trap, net, dip net, seine, or other device capable of taking fish on or near any waters. Possession includes personal possession and in a vehicle.
(b) A person may possess dip nets and spear guns allowed under section 97C.381 on or near waters between sunrise and sunset from May 1 to the last Sunday in February, or as otherwise prescribed by the commissioner. A person may possess a spear on or near waters between sunrise and sunset from the last Saturday in April to the last Sunday in February, or as otherwise prescribed by the commissioner.

Subd. 5.   
The commissioner may adopt rules to regulate the use of nets to take fish.