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97A.551

Statute ID: 13702

Fishing - Possession and Transportation of Fish

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Statute Number:

97A.551

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2006

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Fishing - Possession and Transportation of Fish

Statute ID:

13702

Created:

Dec 10, 2010 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Dec 10, 2010 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

New payable offense. No existing codes; section last amended 2006 c 281 art 2 s 34

Summary Text:

Fishing - Possession and Transportation of Fish

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97A/551.html

Legislative Session:

1859 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jan 6, 2025

Subd. 3.
A person that has a license to take fish may make three shipments of fish in a license year to any person within or out of the state after obtaining a permit for each shipment from the commissioner. A shipment may not contain more than a possession limit of one species of fish per licensee.



Subd. 6.
The commissioner may, by rule, require persons taking, possessing, and transporting certain species of fish to tag the fish with a special fish management tag and may require registration of tagged fish. A person may not possess or transport a fish species taken in the state for which a special fish management tag is required unless a tag is attached to the fish in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall prescribe the manner of issuance and the type of tag as authorized under section 97C.087. The tag must be attached to the fish as prescribed by the commissioner immediately upon reducing the fish to possession and must remain attached to the fish until the fish is processed or consumed. Species for which a special fish management tag is required must be transported undressed, except as otherwise prescribed by the commissioner.