1501:31-3-13 Quota species.

(A) Every commercial fish trapnet licensee, shall keep an accurate daily record of his or her yellow perch (Perca flavescens) catch for each license and in a manner prescribed by the chief and submitted to the division of wildlife by the licensee, as specified in paragraphs (B) and (C) of this rule.

(B) No person shall remove any quantity of yellow perch (perca flavescens) from a fyke or trap net without first scanning the electronic tag located on the brail. All estimated quantities of yellow perch (perca flavescens) shall be recorded electronically for each net fished.

(C) All yellow perch (perca flavescens) shall be weighed dockside, and total actual weight recorded electronically for each license before loading onto a motor vehicle for transportation. Licensees fishing more than one licenses quota on one vessel shall mark each license catch by electronic catch reporting and mark the identification number on each fish box.

(D) Catch reports of yellow perch harvested under authority of transferred quotas shall be recorded as harvest of the transferee.

(E) It shall be unlawful for a person to transport any quantity of yellow perch, commercially taken by a licensee, from the place where the fish are landed to a point outside the state without the licensee or his employee first weighing and recording on the original catch report the actual weight of the yellow perch, the date weighed, and the name and address of the fish processor or buyer.

(F) It shall be unlawful for a licensee to report any quantity of yellow perch on their catch report other than yellow perch taken by authority of his or her license.

(G) A license shall report all yellow perch taken by authority of his or her license.

(H) All trap net licensees or their employees shall notify the Sandusky office of the division of wildlife by phone, at a number provided by the chief of the division of wildlife, no less than thirty minutes prior to docking the boat with the following information;

(1) Location of dock were fish will be unloaded

(2) Name and/or number of the trap net boat

(3) License ID number

(4) Statistical district and grid number where fishing occurred.

(5) Pounds harvested of each species.

(6) Number of nets lifted

(7) Time of arrival at the dock.

(I) For the purpose of this rule, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) Licensee means a commercial fisherman licensed by the state of Ohio to fish trap nets;

(2) Trapnet boats means any boat used to set, lift, pull, or transport trap nets, fyke nets, or fish taken by the aid of said nets.

(J) The catch report required by this rule shall be open for inspection by any wildlife officer at all reasonable hours.

(K) All provisions in section 1533.42 of the Revised Code not mentioned in or modified by this rule shall remain in effect.

(L) A violation of this rule is a violation of section 1533.343 of the Revised Code in so far as it is applicable.

Effective: 08/15/2008

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 02/04/2008 and 08/01/2013

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 1531.06, 1531.08, 1533.341, 1533.342, 1533.343

Rule Amplifies: 1531.06, 1531.08, 1533.341, 1533.342, 1533.343

Prior Effective Dates: 1/2/96, 6/1/97, 4/30/06