Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission
Rule 002.00.07-017 - Commercial Fishing Regulations
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 002.00.07-017
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
41.12 UNDERSIZED COMMERCIAL FISH PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for commercial fishermen to possess catfish or buffalo fish less than 16
inches in length or paddlefish and sturgeon of any size taken from public waters.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Twelve
(12) inch or larger blue and channel catfish only may be taken in waters
specified in Section
41.24.
(2) Holders of a current Resident Roe
Taker/Seller Permit or Resident Roe Buyer/Exporter Permit in compliance with
Code 41.05(A) or Code 41.05(B) may possess paddlefish 37 inches or larger in
Dardanelle and Ozark lakes of the Arkansas River, 36 inches or larger in the
open portion of the Arkansas River below Dardanelle Lock and Dam, 32 inches or
larger in body length in the open portion of the White River and 34 inches or
larger in body length for all other waters open to paddlefish harvest or
sturgeon when in season. Paddlefish shall be measured from front of eye to fork
of tail with the fish laid flat on a rule.
(3) See also 41.38 Harvest Restriction of
Catfish and Sturgeon in the Mississippi River.
(4) It shall be unlawful
for commercial fishermen to possess flathead catfish less than 20 inches in
length on the Ouachita River from the confluence of the Little Missouri River
to the confluence of the Caddo River.
(5) Sturgeon harvested from the waters legal
for harvest must be at least 21 inches from the tip of the snout to the fork of
the tail.
(6) Effective January
2009, the Arkansas River from the Dardanelle Dam downstream to the Mississippi
River will have a 37-inch minimum length limit on paddlefish.
(7) Effective January 2009, the Mississippi
River from the Tennessee state line to the Louisiana state line will have a
36-inch minimum length limit on paddlefish.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00 and fishing privileges may be suspended in accordance with Code 11.05, Revocation of Privileges.
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