Tennessee Code 70-2-303 – Resident preference in licensing – Nets

(a) Tennessee residents shall be given preference in licensing with a limit on the number of nonresident permits.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 70-2-303

Agency: means the wildlife resources agency. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
Fishing: means any effort made to take, kill, injure, capture, or catch any fish and every act of assistance in any effort. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
Nonresident: means any person who is not a resident. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
Waters of the state: means any waters within the territorial limits of the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101

(b) All nets shall be properly buoyed to promote safety on the waters of the state.

(c) The agency shall develop a plan to study sustainability, population conditions, and juvenile survival rates on waters not currently open to commercial roe fishing. With the assistance of the commercial fishing community in harvest surveys, such study shall include at least the following objectives:

(1) Description of the size structure and age structure of the existing paddlefish population;

(2) Determination of paddlefish population parameters including growth, recruitment, and natural mortality; and

(3) Assessment of the likelihood that the paddlefish population can provide a sustainable commercial fishery.

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