Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission
Division 01 - Legal Division
Rule 002.01.20-071 - 26.13 Certain Exotic Species Prohibited

Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 002.01.20-071
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024

It is unlawful to import, transport, or possess any live species commonly known as snakehead (Family channidae), walking catfish, stickleback, Mexican banded tetra, piranha or rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus).

EXCEPTION: These species may be possessed for display and educational purposes by written permit approved by the Commission. Northern Snakehead, Channa argus, may be possessed once the head has been severed from the body.

PENALTY: Class 2

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