North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 30 - Game and Fish Department
Article 30-03 - Fishery Management
Chapter 30-03-06 - Aquatic Nuisance Species
Section 30-03-06-05 - Water prohibited

1. Refer to the North Dakota game and fish department website for a listing of state waters infested with class I prohibited aquatic nuisance species. Fish transported and held in or on ice are allowed.

2. All water must be drained from all watercraft and recreational, commercial, and construction equipment bilges and confined spaces, livewells, and baitwells, when out of water or upon entering the state. Water used for instate transportation of legal live bait and legal live baitfish in bait buckets no larger than five gallons in volume is allowed to and from waters of the state not designated as infested with class I prohibited aquatic nuisance species. Refer to the current fishing proclamation for legal live bait and legal live baitfish definitions. Potable water and sewage water are excluded from this restriction.

3. Water may not be transported away from waters of the state designated as infested with class I prohibited aquatic nuisance species unless permitted by the department of water resources or otherwise authorized.

4. All drain plugs that may hold back water must be removed, and water draining devices must be open, on all watercraft and recreational, commercial, and construction equipment bilges and confined spaces, during any out-of-water transport of same.