Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a)
All commercial fishermen shall have a commercial fishing license. All
individuals assisting a licensed commercial fisherman shall have a commercial
fishing license unless these individuals are under the direct supervision of
and aboard the same watercraft as the licensed commercial fisherman.
b) All commercial fishermen shall obtain a
sport fishing license in addition to their commercial fishing license, unless
they are exempted from being required to obtain a sport fishing license. All
individuals assisting a licensed commercial fisherman shall first obtain a
sport fishing license, unless they are exempted from being required to obtain a
sport fishing license.
c) All
commercial fishermen shall procure a commercial roe harvest permit in addition
to their commercial fishing and sport fishing license before taking roe-bearing
species with commercial fishing devices from the waters of the State legally
open to commercial fishing.
d)
Commercial fishermen who wish to use their watercraft as a primary collection
device for the harvest of commercial fish shall first obtain a commercial
watercraft device tag.
e)
Reciprocity with Neighboring States - All Illinois-licensed commercial
fishermen shall conform to the regulations of the state in which they are
fishing, unless the Illinois regulations are more restrictive than the other
state. When the Illinois regulation is more restrictive, the fisherman must
conform to the Illinois regulation.
1) The
States of Illinois and Iowa will recognize and accept as valid the commercial
fishing license of either state when legally possessed and used on the
Mississippi River proper. This includes any backwater lakes and bayous
contiguous with the flow of waters in the main channel, subject to the
following conditions:
A) No device or
equipment is attached to the main bank of the Mississippi River under the
jurisdiction of the State of Iowa; and
B) No fishing is conducted in any Iowa
tributaries.
2) Pursuant
to the reciprocal agreement for the Mississippi River between the States of
Iowa and Illinois, the center of the navigation channel as surveyed by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers shall constitute the boundary between the States of
Illinois and Iowa.
3) The States of
Illinois and Missouri will recognize and accept as valid the commercial fishing
license of either state when legally possessed and used on the Mississippi
River proper, subject to the following conditions:
A) No device or equipment is attached to the
main bank of the Mississippi River under the jurisdiction of the State of
Missouri; and
B) No fishing is
conducted in any Missouri tributaries.
4) Pursuant to the reciprocal agreement for
the Mississippi River between the States of Missouri and Illinois, the center
of the navigation channel as surveyed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shall
constitute the boundary between the States of Illinois and Missouri, except in
situations where it is clearly shown to be elsewhere.
5) The States of Illinois and Kentucky will
recognize and accept as valid the commercial fishing license of either state
when legally possessed and used on the Ohio River, excluding embayments and
tributaries, defined as a straight line between opposite points where the
tributary of embayment connects with the main body of the Ohio River.
6) Illinois commercial fishing anglers shall
abide by Kentucky's restricted areas below the locks and dams in this shared
section of the Ohio River.
7) The
States of Illinois and Indiana will recognize and accept as valid the
commercial fishing license of either state when legally possessed and used on
the Wabash River proper, subject to the following conditions:
A) No fishing is conducted beyond the natural
and ordinary river banks of the state in which the commercial fisherman is not
licensed to fish;
B) No fishing is
conducted from land attached to or taxed now by the state in which he or she is
not licensed to fish;
C) No fishing
is conducted in any tributaries, bayous or backwaters of the state in which he
or she is not licensed to fish;
D)
No device or equipment is attached to land under the jurisdiction of the state
in which he or she is not licensed to fish; and
E) Fishermen fishing beyond the center of the
main channel in waters they are not licensed to fish must comply with all the
laws, rules and regulations of the adjoining state.
8) Pursuant to the reciprocal agreement for
the Wabash River between the States of Indiana and Illinois, the center of the
navigation channel as surveyed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shall
constitute the boundary between the States of Illinois and Indiana.
