Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE
Section 69-9 - Cold-Blooded Wildlife Requiring an Importation/Possession Permit
Current through March 23, 2024
An importation/possession permit shall be required for the activities listed in this section. The applicant for an importation/possession permit may be required to provide evidence, allow inspections, or implement procedures necessary to ensure that the proposed activity will not spread or introduce an AIS of concern (as defined in Commission Regulation Chapter 51, Private Fish Hatcheries), pathogen, disease or parasite. The Department may deny importation or possession if the Department determines it would pose a risk to the wildlife resources of the state of Wyoming. Cold-blooded wildlife imported into the state shall not be diverted from the destination stated on the importation/possession permit.
(a) Importation or possession of venomous reptiles or poisonous amphibians. A certificate of veterinary inspection is also required prior to importation.
(b) Importation or possession of all amphibians, reptiles, mollusks and crustaceans listed in Commission Regulation Chapter 52, Nongame Wildlife that require a permit for scientific and educational take. A certificate of veterinary inspection is also required prior to importation.
(c) Importation or possession of reptiles and amphibians indigenous to Wyoming imported for commercial use. A certificate of veterinary inspection is also required prior to importation.
(d) Placing aquatic turtles in ornamental ponds designed to prevent escape. An importation/possession permit shall not be issued if the Department determines that escape may be likely.
(e) Transplanting or stocking Plains Topminnow (Fundulus sciadicus), Northern Plains Killifish (Fundulus kansae), or Plains Killifish (Fundulus zebrinus) to control mosquitoes. These species may be approved only if they are known to the Department to be established in the drainage, stocking in the locations requested is considered by the Department to be compatible with aquatic species in that drainage and the source population(s) for transplant are not located in drainages known to contain an AIS or pathogen of concern (as defined in Commission Regulation Chapter 51, Private Fish Hatcheries).
(f) Using nongame fish in aquaponics or displaying nongame fish in aquaria or ornamental ponds unless otherwise prohibited from importation or possession in Section 8 of this regulation or allowed without an importation/possession permit in Section 10 of this regulation.
(g) Displaying coldwater, coolwater and warmwater fish in aquaria or ornamental ponds. Fish shall be legally obtained from a Department approved private fish hatchery or an individual or commercial operation permitted under this regulation.
(h) Importing mollusks and crustaceans for personal use that are designated as prohibited, invasive, or nuisance by any state, unless imported solely for human consumption and exempted in Section 6 of this regulation.
