Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
Division 10 - Conservation Commission
Chapter 10 - Wildlife Code: Commercial Permits: Seasons, Methods, Limits
Section 3 CSR 10-10.726 - Reciprocal Privileges: Commercial Fishing; Commercial Waters
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment clarifies regulations for the St. Francis River, as outlined in a reciprocal agreement with the State of Arkansas, and corrects an inaccurate reference in the authority section of the rule.
(1) Any person possessing a valid commercial fishing license issued by the state of Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kansas, or Nebraska, or who is legally exempted from the license requirement without further permit or license, may fish as permitted by this Code in commercial waters within the boundary of Missouri and adjacent to the state where the fisherman is licensed. Bowfin, paddlefish, and shovelnose sturgeon may not be harvested except as permitted in 3 CSR 10-10.722, 3 CSR 10-10.724, and 3 CSR 10-10.725.
(2) All other Missouri regulations shall apply to commercial fishing in the Missouri portion of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
(3) Commercial fishermen not licensed in Missouri may not fish in the tributaries, bayous, or backwaters of commercial waters; nor may they fish from or attach any device or equipment to land under the jurisdiction of Missouri. Fishermen who hold Arkansas or Illinois licenses, when fishing in waters in which they are not licensed to fish by Missouri, shall comply with the most restrictive laws and regulations of the two (2) states.
(4) All reciprocal privileges shall be contingent upon a grant of like privileges by the appropriate neighboring state to the duly licensed commercial fishermen of Missouri.
*Original authority: 252.240, RSMo 1972, amended 1984.
