Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. The Commission
may prescribe legal sizes for possession of aquatic wildlife through Commission
Order.
B. A person who possesses a
valid Arizona fishing license may possess live aquatic wildlife lawfully taken
on the waters where taken, but the person shall not transport the aquatic
wildlife alive from the waters where taken except that:
1. A person may transport live baitfish
listed in subsection C(1);
2. A
person may transport live waterdogs except in the portion of Santa Cruz County
lying east and south of State Highway 82 or the portion of Cochise County lying
west of the San Pedro River and south of State Highway 82; and
3. Any crayfish taken on waters within Yuma
or La Paz Counties may be transported alive for use as live bait in that
portion of La Paz County west of Highway 95 and south of Interstate 10, Yuma
County, and on the Colorado River from the Palo Verde Diversion Dam downstream
to the Southern international boundary with Mexico.
C. A person who possesses a valid Arizona
fishing license may import, transport, or possess live baitfish, crayfish, or
waterdogs for personal use as live bait only as follows:
1. A person may possess or transport only the
following live baitfish for personal use as live bait:
a. Fathead minnow (Pimephales
promelas),
b. Golden shiners
(Notemigonus crysoleucas),
b.
Goldfish (Carassius auratus),
c.
Longfin Dace (Agosia chrysogaster)
d. Sonora Sucker (Catostomus
insignis),
e. Speckled Dace
(Rhynicthys osculus), and
f. Desert
Sucker (Catostomus clarki).
2. A person may import for personal use live
baitfish listed in subsection (C)(1) from:
a.
California or Nevada, or
b. From
any other state with accompanying documentation certifying that the fish are
free of Furunculosis.
3.
A person may import, transport, or possess live waterdogs for personal use as
bait, except in the portion of Santa Cruz County lying east and south of State
Highway 82 or the portion of Cochise County lying west of the San Pedro River
and south of State Highway 82.
4. A
person shall not import, transport, or move live crayfish between waters for
personal use as live bait except as allowed in 12 A.A.C. 4, Article 4, or
except as allowed in subsection (B)(3).
D. A person shall attach water-resistant
identification to any unattended live boxes or stringers holding fish and
ensure the identification bears the person's:
1. Name,
2. Address, and
3. Fishing license number.
E. A person who uses a crayfish
net or a minnow trap shall raise and empty the trap daily and shall attach
water-resistant identification to any unattended traps and ensure the
identification bears the person's:
1.
Name,
2. Address, and
3. Fishing license number.
F. A person shall not knowingly
disturb the crayfish net, live box, minnow trap, or stringer of another unless
authorized to do so by the owner.
