Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 51 - PRIVATE FISH HATCHERIES
Section 51-10 - Sale, Transfer or Stocking of Live Fish or Fish Eggs

(a) Importation of fish to an in-state private fish hatchery shall be in accordance with Commission Regulation Chapter 69, Importation and Possession of Live Cold-Blooded Wildlife.

(b) No live fish, fish eggs or fish gametes shall enter or leave a private fish hatchery for any purpose unless the hatchery is currently designated as a Department approved private fish hatchery.

(c) The hatchery owner or authorized agent shall only provide fish, fish eggs or fish gametes for the purpose of stocking into waters of this state after first obtaining a copy of a private fish stocking authorization issued to the approved applicant by the Department or a brokerage receipt issued to a broker by the Department per Commission Regulation Chapter 49, Private Stocking of Cold-Blooded Wildlife.

(d) The hatchery owner or authorized agent shall not make any deviations from a private fish stocking authorization. At the time fish are stocked the hatchery owner or authorized agent shall sign the private fish stocking authorization receipt that was provided by the Department.

(e) Falsified or incomplete private fish stocking authorization receipts are in violation of regulation and may be grounds for revocation of a private fish hatchery license or designation as a Department approved private fish hatchery and may be prosecuted under penalty of law.