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150.450 Use, operation, and possession of certain fishing gear.

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150.450 Use, operation, and possession of certain fishing gear. (1) The department shall promulgate reasonable regulations governing the taking of minnows and crayfish from the waters of the Commonwealth. The regulations shall <br>prescribe the type of gear to be used, and shall prescribe the types of minnows and <br>crayfish that may be taken and the purposes for which they may be used. (2) Any person possessing a commercial fishing license may take rough fishes, by the use of commercial fishing gear, the types and specifications of which shall be <br>prescribed by the department by regulation. (3) No person shall operate any commercial fishing gear as prescribed by regulation unless he has procured a commercial fishing license and a tag for the use of each <br>piece of commercial fishing gear and has complied with the provisions of this <br>chapter or the regulations of the department. The tags shall be affixed to and <br>displayed on each piece of commercial fishing gear in use. This section shall not be <br>construed to require retail or wholesale dealers, or manufacturers to obtain licenses <br>and tags for commercial fishing gear in their possession. Effective: July 14, 1992 <br>History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 8, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 474, sec. 8, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 38, sec. 23. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 4. -- Amended 1956 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 115, sec. 18. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 63. -- Amended 1948 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 2. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 26. -- Amended 1944 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 13. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 46. -- Recodified <br>1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1893d-<br>10, 1954d-40, 1954d-41.