Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 482 - Commercial Fishing

• Boundary waters: means the waters of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Big Sioux rivers. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Commercial fish helper: means a person who is licensed by the state to assist a commercial fisher or a commercial roe harvester in operating commercial gear or in taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting commercial fish, roe species, roe, or turtles. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Commercial fisher: means a person who is licensed by the state to take, attempt to take, possess, transport, sell, barter, or trade turtles or turtle eggs, commercial fish except roe species, or fish parts except roe. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Commercial fishing: means taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting of commercial fish or turtles for the purpose of selling, bartering, trading, offering, or exposing for sale. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Commercial gear: means the capturing equipment used by commercial fishers, commercial roe harvesters, and commercial turtle harvesters. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Commercial roe buyer: means a person who is licensed by the state to engage in the business of buying, selling, bartering, or trading of roe and roe species. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Commercial roe harvester: means a person who is licensed by the state to engage in the harvest and sale, barter, or trade of roe and roe species. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Commercial turtle buyer: means a person who is licensed by the state to engage in the business of buying, selling, bartering, or trading commercial turtles or turtle eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Commercial turtle harvester: means a person who is licensed by the state to take, attempt to take, possess, transport, and sell, barter, or trade commercial turtles or turtle eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Commercial turtle harvesting: means taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting of commercial turtles or turtle eggs for the purpose of selling, bartering, trading, offering, or exposing for sale. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Commercial turtle helper: means a person who is licensed by the state to assist a commercial turtle harvester in operating commercial gear, or in taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting commercial turtles or turtle eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Constant attendance: means the presence of a commercial fisher whenever commercial gear is in use. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Director: means the director of the department of natural resources, and the director's duly authorized assistants, deputies, or agents. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Game fish: means all species and size categories of fish not included as "commercial species" or minnows. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Licensed commercial gear: means any commercial gear that is licensed as provided in this chapter and that, when in use, has the proper tags attached as provided by this chapter. See Iowa Code 482.2
• month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Nonresident: means every person who is not a resident of this state. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel or motorboat. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Proceeds: includes whatever is received when collateral or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected, or otherwise disposed of. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Resident: means a person as defined in section 483A. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Roe: means fish eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Roe species: means fish harvested for their eggs. See Iowa Code 482.2
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Waters of the state: means all of the waters under the jurisdiction of the state. See Iowa Code 482.2
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1