Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-14 - Commercial Harvesting of Protected Aquatic Wildlife
Section R657-14-2 - Definitions

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-14-2

Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024

(1) Terms used in this rule are defined in Section 23-13-2.

(2) In addition:

(a) "Alternate seiner" means the person in charge of and responsible for supervising a crew of helpers harvesting authorized species of protected aquatic wildlife in the absence of the primary seiner.

(b) "Certified bait dealer" means a person who has obtained a certificate of registration authorizing the harvest, possession, or sale of protected aquatic wildlife for use as dead fish bait.

(c) "Harvest" means to seine, or gather in protected aquatic wildlife and reduce it to possession.

(d) "Harvest location" means the location where the gathering or harvesting of protected aquatic wildlife takes place.

(e) "Helper" means a person aiding a certificate of registration holder in the harvesting, transporting, or selling of protected aquatic wildlife, including any employee, agent, family member, or donated labor.

(f) "Helper card" means a card authorizing a person to act as a helper.

(g) "Nongame fish" means all species of fish, except:
(i) any species or hybrid species of trout, including albino, brook, brown, cutthroat, golden, grayling, kokanee salmon, lake or mackinaw, rainbow, splake, and tiger;

(ii) Bonneville cisco;

(iii) bluegill;

(iv) bullhead;

(v) catfish;

(vi) crappie;

(vii) green sunfish;

(viii) northern pike;

(ix) largemouth bass;

(x) Sacramento perch;

(xi) smallmouth bass;

(xii) striped bass;

(xiii) tiger muskellunge;

(xiv) walleye;

(xv) white bass;

(xvi) whitefish;

(xvii) wiper; and

(xviii) yellow perch.

(h) "Primary seiner" means the person in charge of and responsible for supervising a crew of helpers harvesting protected aquatic wildlife.

(i) "Purchase" means to buy, acquire, or obtain from sale, exchange, barter, or trade protected aquatic wildlife for pecuniary consideration or advantage.

(j) "Seining" means to harvest protected aquatic wildlife with the use of a net or other similar device.

(k) "Wildlife registration office" means the division office in Salt Lake responsible for processing applications and issuing certificates of registration.

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