Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation
Chapter NR 13 - Chippewa Treaty Rights Participants
Subchapter II - Fishing
Section NR 13.16 - Use of traps, seines, dip nets and fyke nets

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 13.16

Current through August 26, 2024

(1) PERMIT REQUIRED. No treaty rights participant may use, set, lift, attend or have in possession while on the inland waters any trap, seine or fyke net unless he or she possesses on his or her person a permit authorizing the use of the gear issued by the department. Each permit shall include a limitation on the number of fish to be taken so as to assure that the TQ is not exceeded.

(2) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

(a) A trap, seine, dip net or fyke net permit authorizes the use of traps, seines, dip nets or fyke nets by the permittee.

(b) Permittees may share in the use of a trap, seine, dip net or fyke net permitted to another treaty rights participant.

(c) No treaty rights participant may possess sport angling equipment, or other harvest equipment requiring a permit, while engaged in setting, lifting or attending a trap, seine, dip net or fyke net.

(3) TAGS REQUIRED. Each trap, seine or fyke net shall have attached securely to it a metal tag stamped with the number of the permit authorizing its use.

(4) FREQUENCY OF LIFTING. Each trap or fyke net shall be lifted and the catch removed at least once each day following the day it was set.

(5) NOTICE. The permittee shall notify the department 24 hours in advance prior to placement or use of traps, seines, dip nets or fyke nets in any lake.

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