Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation
Chapter NR 19 - Miscellaneous Fur, Fish, Game And Outdoor Recreation
Subchapter III - Permitting the Use of Natural Bodies of Water as Fish Farms
Section NR 19.91 - Definitions
Current through August 26, 2024
In this subchapter:
(1) "Barrier equipped" means the placement of a structure or device which prevents the movement of fish or bait from a fish farm to a natural body of water.
(1m) "Department fish hatching and rearing facilities" means all fish hatching and rearing waterbodies owned by the department, or leased or controlled through a cooperative agreement between the property owner and the department and where the department owns all the fish.
(2) "Freeze-out pond" has the meaning specified in s. 29.001(29), Stats.
(3) "Natural body of water" means any spring, stream, pond, lake, or wetland that was historically present in a natural state but may have been physically altered over time.
(4) "Preexisting fish rearing facility" has the meaning specified in s. 29.001(64), Stats.
(5) "Transfer of permit" means the conveyance of a permit from one party to another as a result of change in ownership or leasehold interest of a fish farm.
(6) "Wetland" has the meaning specified under s. 23.32, Stats.
For purposes of this subchapter, a natural body of water does not include an artificial wetland, as defined under s. NR 103.02(1m) or any swale, bermed area or excavation that is not located in a wetland, pond, lake, stream or spring that was historically present in a natural state, if the artificial wetland, swale, bermed area or excavation retains water as the result of human modification of the landscape or is constructed of man-made materials.
