Illinois Administrative Code
Title 17 - CONSERVATION
Part 830 - COMMERCIAL FISHING AND MUSSELING IN CERTAIN WATERS OF THE STATE
Section 830.12 - Special Regulations for the Commercial Harvest of Bighead Carp, Silver Carp, Grass Carp and Black Carp
Universal Citation: 17 IL Admin Code ยง 830.12
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Commercial fishermen shall be allowed to harvest from the wild, and transport to a State-licensed wholesale aquatic life dealer, bighead carp, silver carp, grass carp and black carp, providing all of the following criteria are met:
1) The fish are dead. Transportation of dead
fish is allowed if the fish meet the definition of "dead fish" in Section
830.5(p).
2) The fish are not transported under a
Restricted Species Transportation Permit (RSTP) (see 17 Ill. Adm. Code
870.60
), in an aerated live tank or in any other manner intended to maintain the fish
alive unless first obtaining an RSTP. An RSTP can be obtained at the address in
Section
830.11(b).
b) With a Department approved RSTP, commercial fishermen are allowed to:
1)
transport live grass carp to a State-licensed slaughter facility or equivalent
outside the State of Illinois, providing this facility is not located in the
counties of Will, Cook or Lake and that the fish are processed or stored on ice
immediately upon arrival at the facility;
2) transport live bighead carp, silver carp,
grass carp and black carp directly to a crib (net pen) or State-licensed
slaughter facility, provided that the fish are transported not more than a 15
mile radius to or from a crib or facility, or as otherwise designated on the
RSTP, and that the fish are processed or stored on ice immediately upon arrival
at a slaughter facility.
c) Asian carp may be held live in a crib (net pen) provided that:
1) they are cribbed in
the waters where caught (within a 15 mile radius of the crib) and not
transported upstream of a lock and dam or other barrier;
2) they are removed within 72
hours;
3) they are killed by one of
the methods specified in Section
830.5(p)
immediately upon removal from the crib; and
4) all other regulations pertaining to
commercial fishing and commercial fishing devices are followed.
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