Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-14 - Commercial Harvesting of Protected Aquatic Wildlife
Section R657-14-8 - Prohibited Nongame Species

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-14-8

Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024

The following species of protected aquatic wildlife may not be harvested, and if caught must be immediately returned alive and unharmed to the water from which it was taken:

(1) bonytail (Gila elegans);

(2) bluehead sucker (Catostomus discobolus);

(3) Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius);

(4) flannelmouth sucker (Catostomus latipinnis);

(5) gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum);

(6) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella);

(7) humpback chub (Gila cypha);

(8) June sucker (Chasmistes liorus);

(9) least chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis);

(10) leatherside chub (Lepidomeda copei and Lepidomeda aliciae);

(11) razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus);

(12) Virgin River chub (Gila robusta seminuda);

(13) Virgin spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis); and

(14) woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus).

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