Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-13 - Taking Fish and Crayfish
Section R657-13-13 - Prohibited Fish

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-13-13

Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024

(1) The following species of fish are classified as prohibited and may not be taken or held in possession:

(a) Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus);

(b) Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus);

(c) Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis);

(d) Black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus);

(e) Bonytail (Gila elegans);

(f) Bowfin (Amia calva);

(g) Brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans);

(h) Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius);

(i) Eurasian ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus);

(j) Flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris);

(k) Gar (Family Lepisosteidae);

(l) Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella);

(m) Humpback chub (Gila cypha);

(n) Ide (Leuciscus idus);

(o) June sucker (Chasmistes liorus);

(p) Piranhas (all species);

(q) Nile perch (Lates niloticus);

(r) Northern snakehead (Channa argus);

(s) Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus);

(t) Red bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus);

(u) Red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis);

(v) Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus);

(w) Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus);

(x) Sand shiner (Notropis stramineus);

(y) Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus);

(z) Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix);

(aa) South American parasitic catfish (Family Cetopsidae and Family Trichomycteridae);

(bb) Tiger fish (Hydrocynus vittatus);

(cc) Tench (Tinca tinca);

(dd) Tilapia (Genus Coelotilapia, Genus Coptodon, Genus Heterotilapia, Genus Oreochromis, and Genus Sarotherodon)

(ee) Virgin River chub (Gila seminuda);

(ff) Walking catfish (Clarias batrachus); and

(gg) Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus).

(2) Any of these species taken while attempting to take other legal species shall be immediately released.

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