Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission
Division 01 - Legal Division
Rule 002.01.22-131 - 26.30 Possession of Certain Live Carp Prohibited

Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 002.01.22-131
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024

It is illegal to possess live Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), or Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus). If caught, these fish must be euthanized immediately or immediately released back into the waters from which they were taken.

EXCEPTION: Persons possessing a valid Conditional Species Possession Permit or an Unlisted Aquaculture Species Permit for one or more of these species may possess such species alive.

PENALTY: Class 1

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