North Dakota Code 20.1-06-12 – Regulations governing private fish hatcheries
Any person operating a private fish hatchery is not subject to fishing seasons, limits, legal size restrictions, or other methods of taking fish as provided in any governor’s proclamation. The director may adopt rules governing the operation of private fish hatcheries. No license is required of any person for taking fish by angling at a licensed private fish hatchery operated in accordance with the rules of the director. The hatchery operator shall furnish to each person taking fish a written certificate in the form the director prescribes, giving the number and description of the fish taken and other information as the director requires, whereupon the fish may be possessed, shipped, or transported within the state in like manner as fish taken by residents under a license. The director shall issue an annual license to operate the hatchery during a calendar year or a portion of a year upon application and payment of the appropriate fee by the owner or operator. The license may be suspended for noncompliance with the director’s regulations.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 20.1-06-12
- Director: means the director of the department. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or a vessel. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a motorboat. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Person: includes every partnership, association, corporation, and limited liability company. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Private fish hatchery: means a body of water, whether natural or artificial, and any other facilities used, maintained, or operated by any private person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company for the propagation and production of fish for sale or planting in other waters. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33