Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 49 - PRIVATE STOCKING OF COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE
Section 49-4 - Application for Authorization to Stock Fish
Current through March 23, 2024
No fish, fish eggs or fish gametes shall be stocked in the waters of this state unless authorized in accordance with this regulation.
(a) Any person intending to acquire fish for stocking waters on privately owned lands shall submit an application for Private Fish Stocking Authorization on forms provided by the Department to the Chief of Fisheries at least ten (10) business days before the intended stocking date, unless otherwise specified in this regulation. A separate application is required for each body of water or stream for which fish stocking authorization is requested and for each time stocking is to occur.
(b) Any person wishing to stock marine fish, tropical fish, Goldfish (Carassius auratus) or koi into ornamental ponds (as defined in Commission Regulation Chapter 69, Importation and Possession of Live Cold-Blooded Wildlife) is exempted from the private fish stocking authorization requirements of this section. Application for authorization is not required. Those fish shall not be released or allowed to escape into the waters of this state.
(c) The Department may deny an application for private fish stocking if;