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...ct of congress entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in wildlife restoration projects, and for other purposes," approved September 2, 1937, Public Law Number 415, as amended; and to the provisions of the act of congress entitled "an act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in fish restoration and management projects and for other purposes," approved August 9, 1950, ...

...a gun, net, seine, boat, trap, or other device that is set, maintained, used, or had in possession in violation of the Revised Code or division rule is prima-facie evidence of the guilt of the person setting, maintaining, using, or possessing that property. The finding of a wild animal, or part thereof, unlawfully in the possession of any person is prima-facie evidence of the guilt of that person.

..., the initial point of billing, and the destination. Boxes, packages, or receptacles containing shipments of commercial fish may be marked by weight instead of the number of fish contained therein. No person shall receive for transportation, transport, cause to be transported, or have in his possession with intent to transport or secure the transportation of, beyond the limits of this state, any game bird or game qu...

...ed in or outside this state, unless the consignor has a permit for the calendar year in which the fish is transported, except that no such permit is required for any of the following: (A) Fish transported from a point outside this state to another point outside this state if the fish are not unloaded in this state. A fish is not to be considered unloaded for purposes of this section if it remains under the control o...

...of any species of live wild animals for delivery within the state and the shipping of such wild animals from any point in the state to any point within or without the state. Upon the establishment of such regulations, the chief of the division of wildlife or any person designated by him may seize, impound, destroy, or otherwise dispose of such wild animals when received, shipped, or transported in violation of such r...

...or a limited liability partnership that consists of three or fewer individual members or partners, as applicable, an individual member or partner who is a resident of this state and the member's or partner's children of any age may take frogs and turtles and may take or catch fish of the kind permitted to be taken or caught therefrom without procuring a license provided for in this section. In addition, if the owner ...

...esident of this state; (3) A package consisting of any combination of license, stamp, or permit that the chief is authorized to issue under this chapter. (B) The chief may adopt rules in accordance with section 1531.10 of the Revised Code governing multi-year hunting and fishing licenses, lifetime hunting and fishing licenses, and combination packages, including rules establishing fees for the combination packa...

...ns 1533.32 and 1533.99 of the Revised Code, provided such person has complied with the law in regard to taking or catching fish by angling in the state, district, country, or sovereignty where he is licensed and complies with such law while taking or catching fish by angling in this state. Such exemption shall be operative only if the law of such other state, district, country, or sovereignty makes substantially like...

...nd hunting of game of this state by residents of such other states who are licensed under the law thereof. Said state officials may also confer and advise with the proper officers and legislative bodies of this and other states, and the District of Columbia, for the purpose of promoting reciprocal agreements under which hunting and fishing licenses issued to residents of this state shall be recognized by such other ...

...No person shall take mussels or sell mussels taken in this state.

...ion, and stocking of fish; (B) For the construction of fish chutes and dams; (C) For the securing of more public fishing waters including leasing, purchasing, or otherwise acquiring stream banks, bottoms, and marginal strips, headwaters and other lakes, ponds, quarries, gravel pits, and other suitable public fishing grounds with marginal strips as provided in section 1531.06 of the Revised Code; (D) For the improv...

...ted on demand to any wildlife officer, constable, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other police officer, or the chief. No licensee shall fail to exhibit the license on demand to any proper officer. Each boat, net, or other device used in fishing contrary to this section and each net or other device used or operated without having the metal license tag attached thereto as provided by law constitutes a separate of...

...management system that shall consist of determining on a scientific basis by species and number or pounds the maximum allowable annual taking of those fishery resources or part thereof in order to prevent over exploitation of any species and assure the conservation and wise use of all species, and the determination on an equitable basis of the distribution of that maximum allowable annual taking between and within ...

...s, the chief and the council shall give consideration to the number and type of licenses needed to harvest the fish determined to be harvestable; the capacity of the boats and characteristics of the equipment owned or used by the applicant; and any other facts or data relating to the protection, preservation, management, and utilization of fish species in a biologically sound manner. (B) The chief, in prescribing f...

... establish requirements and procedures concerning vessel and catch monitoring devices by division rule. A licensee shall pay the costs of purchasing, installing, and maintaining the devices.

...(A) Commercial fishing devices shall be annually licensed as follows: (1) Trap and fyke nets, for the first twenty nets or any portion thereof, eight hundred dollars; and for each additional group of ten such nets or any portion thereof, four hundred dollars; (2) For each seine of one hundred fifty rods or less in length other than an inland fishing district seine, four hundred dollars; (3) For each seine over on...

...imental purposes. Each license shall be conditioned as prescribed by the chief and may be revoked at any time for violation of the conditions prescribed. The annual license fee for each such device shall be set by the chief with the approval of the wildlife council and shall expire at midnight on the thirty-first day of December of each year. Mesh sizes, size of nets, and fishing seasons prescribed in division rules ...

...es, whereby the chief will issue nonresident commercial fishing licenses to residents of other party states for the fees charged Ohio residents, and Ohio residents may obtain nonresident commercial fishing licenses in other party states for the fees that are charged residents of such states.

...me of another person or that does not contain the signature of the agent issuing it. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision in the Revised Code and except as otherwise provided by division rule, a licensee holding a commercial fishing license issued pursuant to section 1533.35 of the Revised Code may transfer that license to a person holding a license issued under that section or to a person meeting the qu...

...ule. If a fish is unintentionally taken contrary to the Revised Code or division rule, it immediately shall be liberated and returned to the water without unnecessary injury.

...on, or corporation that buys, sells, or deals in minnows, crayfish, or hellgrammites or collects the listed species for sale shall obtain, annually, from the chief of the division of wildlife a permit and shall operate under such rules as the chief adopts. A permit shall be issued upon application and the payment of a fee of forty dollars. This permit expires at midnight on the thirty-first day of December. Nonreside...

... license or permit of any person who is convicted of a violation relating to drawing, setting, placing, using, maintaining, or possessing a gill net is revoked by operation of law, and the person is permanently barred from obtaining another license or permit of the type revoked.

...ief in division rule. A licensee shall contact the chief or the chief's designee when the licensee is in transit to the licensee's trap nets to lift, move, pull, remove, clean, or maintain the trap nets for any reason and also shall contact the chief or the chief's designee when returning to land with a daily catch of fish from a trap net indicating the licensee's estimated time of arrival at a specific port a...

...hout the tag prescribed in this section constitutes a separate offense and is a public nuisance. Such an untagged fishing device, or parts thereof, is unlawful under this section and shall be seized and held for evidence or for forfeiture proceedings. No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant thereto.

...ach net starting with numerical one and continuing in consecutive order as high as the number of nets licensed by the person in that fishing year. No person shall use the same number more than once. The numbers shall be placed and kept upon the orange uphaul buoy attached to each net. The number shall be at least two inches high and maintained in legible condition at all times. If at any time an uphaul buoy is intent...