Section 97C.031 Lakes with Unbalanced Fish Populations

97C.031 LAKES WITH UNBALANCED FISH POPULATIONS.

The commissioner may establish and amend a list of lakes and rivers that have been found by the fisheries director to contain an unbalanced fish population, or to contain species of fish that have become stunted from overpopulation. The list may not include more than 100 lakes and rivers, or more than six in a county. The commissioner may, by rule, establish open seasons, limits, and methods of taking fish from lakes and rivers on the list. The rule must be published in each county containing the lake or river.

History:

1986 c 386 art 3 s 7; 1991 c 259 s 23; 2002 c 323 s 15