Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Applications for certificates of
registration to harvest brine shrimp and brine shrimp eggs are available at
division offices and must be submitted to the division between May 1 through
May 31. Applications may be submitted by mail if postmarked no later than
midnight on the last day of the application period.
(2)
(a) If
an application for a certificate of registration is made in the name of a
commercial organization, the applicant must specify the person responsible for
that entity.
(b) All commercial
organization applicants shall provide with the application a written statement
designating the responsible person as its legal agent in all matters before the
division relating to brine shrimp and brine shrimp egg harvesting.
(3)
(a) Completed applications must be submitted
to the wildlife registration office.
(b) The division may return any application
that is incomplete or completed incorrectly.
(4) The application review process may
require up to 45 days.
(5) The
division may deny issuing a certificate of registration to any applicant for
any of the following reasons:
(a) the
applicant has previously been issued a certificate of registration and has
failed to submit any report required by this rule, the division, or the
Wildlife Board;
(b) the applicant
has been found guilty, pleaded guilty or pleaded no contest in an
administrative proceeding to violating any rule, statute, proclamation, or
Wildlife Board order relating to the harvest, possession, or sale of protected
aquatic wildlife; or
(c) the
applicant has been found guilty, pleaded guilty or pleaded no contest in a
criminal proceeding to violating any rule, statute, proclamation, or Wildlife
Board order relating to the harvest, possession, or sale of protected aquatic
wildlife.
(6) The
division may limit the number of certificates of registration issued or deny
any application in the interest of wildlife, wildlife habitat, serving the
public, or public safety.
(7) If an
application is approved, the division shall issue the applicant a certificate
of registration that specifies, among other things:
(a) the name, address and phone number of the
applicant;
(b) the name, address
and phone number of the responsible person;
(c) the water and locations where brine
shrimp and brine shrimp eggs may be harvested;
(d) the certificate of registration's
expiration date; and
(e) any
restriction imposed on the applicant in addition to the provisions of this
rule.
(8) Certificates
of registration for harvesting brine shrimp and brine shrimp eggs are valid
only during the harvest season as provided in Sections
R657-52-12 and
R657-52-13.
