Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM
Article 17 - WILDLIFE, COMMERCIAL USES AUTHORIZED
Section 115-17-2 - Commercial sale of fishing bait
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 115-17-2
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) The following live species of wildlife may be commercially sold in Kansas for fishing bait:
(1) The following species of fish:
(A) Black bullhead (Ameiurus
melas);
(B) bluegill
(Lepomis macrochirus), including hybrids;
(C) fathead minnow (Pimephales
promelas), including "rosy reds";
(D) golden shiner (Notemigonus
crysoleucas);
(E) goldfish
(Carassius auratus), including "black saltys";
(F) green sunfish (Lepomis
cyanellus), including hybrids; and
(G) yellow bullhead (Ameiurus
natalis);
(2)
only species of annelids native to or naturalized in the continental United
States;
(3) the following species
of crayfish:
(A) Virile crayfish
(Orconectes virilis);
(B) calico crayfish (Orconectes
immunes); and
(C) white
river crayfish (Procambarus acutus); and
(4) only species of insects native to or
naturalized in Kansas.
(b) The following species of wildlife may be commercially sold only if dead:
(1) Bighead
carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis);
(2) emerald shiners (Notropis
atherinoides);
(3) gizzard
shad (Dorosoma cepedianum);
(4) silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys
molitrix);
(5) skipjack
herring (Alosa chrysochloris); and
(6) threadfin shad (Dorosoma
petenense).
(c) Wildlife listed in K.A.R. 115-15-1 or in K.A.R. 11515-2 or prohibited from importation pursuant to K.S.A. 32-956, and amendments thereto, shall not be sold.
(d) Live aquatic bait shall be certified free of the following pathogens before import, according to K.A.R. 115-17-2a:
(1) Spring viremia of carp
virus;
(2) infectious pancreatic
necrosis virus;
(3) viral
hemorrhagic septicemia virus; and
(4) infectious hematopoietic virus.
(e) Each distribution tank and each retail tank shall utilize a source of potable water or well water.
This regulation shall be effective on and after January 1, 2022.
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