Ohio Revised Code Search

...hat 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.

...No person shall receive for transportation, transport, or cause to be transported any box, package, or other receptacle containing fish, game birds, or wild quadrupeds, or any part thereof, unless such box, package, or receptacle bears a label showing the number and kind of such fish, game birds, or wild quadrupeds, or parts thereof, the name of the consignor and consignee, the initial point of billing, and the desti...

... permit to transport fish that are for sale, sold, or purchased. The chief of the division of wildlife shall issue an annual permit granting the applicant the privilege to transport such fish, upon filing of an application on a form prescribed by the chief and payment of a fee of sixty-five dollars. No person shall transport any fish or part thereof that is for sale, sold, or purchased, whether acquired in or outside...

...ceiving 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 o...

...a reciprocal state $26.00 One-day fishing license - nonresident that is a resident of a reciprocal state $13.00 (2) As used in division (B)(1) of this section: (a) "Reciprocal state" means a state that is a party to an agreement under section 1533.91 of the Revised Code. (b) "Senior" means an applicant who is sixty-five years...

...ar fishing license $26.00 Senior 5-year fishing license $43.34 Senior lifetime fishing license $81.00 3-year fishing license $69.34 5-year fishing license $115.56 10-year fishing license $23...

...tate to take or catch fish by angling shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 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 ...

...The attorney general, the chief of the division of wildlife and the director of natural resources may enter into any reciprocal contracts and agreements with the proper authorities of other states as are proper and expedient to regulate the taking or catching of fish by angling in any of the waters of this state and the taking and hunting of game of this state by residents of such other states who are licensed under ...

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

...All moneys derived from fishing licenses issued pursuant to section 1533.32 of the Revised Code shall be appropriated exclusively for the use of the department of natural resources for the following purposes: (A) For the purchase, protection, propagation, preservation, and stocking of fish; (B) For the construction of fish chutes and dams; (C) For the securing of more public fishing waters including leasing, purch...

...No person shall use or operate, for the purpose of taking fish, a boat, net, or device other than a minnow net or hook and line with bait or lure, in any of the waters of the state wherein fishing with nets is licensed by law, without a license for that gear from the chief of the division of wildlife. The application for a license and all licenses required by section 1533.35 of the Revised Code shall be in such...

...the division of wildlife with the approval of the wildlife council, in managing the Lake Erie fishery resources, may utilize and establish by division rule a quota 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 c...

...he division of wildlife, with the approval of the wildlife council, may limit the type and number of commercial fishing licenses to be issued for fishing in the Lake Erie fishing district and other water wherein nets are licensed by law, except that such limitations shall not prohibit any person who was issued an Ohio commercial fishing license in the prior fishing season from being issued, upon satisfaction of the q...

...On and after March 1, 2008, no commercial fishing licensee shall use or engage in fishing with commercial gear unless the licensee uses vessel and catch monitoring devices in accordance with requirements and procedures established by the chief of the division of wildlife. The chief shall establish requirements and procedures concerning vessel and catch monitoring devices by division rule. A licensee shall pay t...

...(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...

... the division of wildlife may issue annual licenses for experimental fishing devices or fishing devices for experimental 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 thirt...

...ivision of wildlife may, with the approval of the wildlife council and the attorney general, enter into agreements with the appropriate officials of one or more states, 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 ...

...Code is transferable, and no fisher shall carry a license that was issued in the name 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...

...Fish shall be taken only by angling unless otherwise provided by the Revised Code or division rule. 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.

..., 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. Nonresident...

...g with nets is licensed by law, there shall be not more than two fishing seasons for residents and nonresidents. Except as otherwise provided by division rule, those seasons are the spring fishing season, beginning on the first day of May and including and closing on the thirty-first day of August, and the fall fishing season, beginning on the first day of September and including and closing on the thirty-first day o...

...every licensee taking fish with commercial fishing gear, except a trotline of seventy hooks or less, in any of the waters mentioned in this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code or division rule, shall keep accurate reports for each day's catch upon forms provided, and in the manner prescribed, by the chief of the division of wildlife. The reports shall be open for inspection by a wildlife officer at al...

...ion of wildlife, each fishing season, shall issue a license tag for each dip net, carp apron, and seine, except a minnow seine, used to take fish in the Lake Erie fishing district and in such other waters wherein fishing with nets or seines is licensed by law. No person shall use such nets in fishing without attaching a license tag thereto, as provided in this section. On each seine, the tag shall be attached on eit...

... fishing district, each fishing year, shall number each 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 a...

... provided by division rule, no person shall use in fishing in the Lake Erie fishing district and other waters wherein nets are licensed by law any trap net, crib net, fyke net, seine, carp apron, live car, or trotline without having painted, branded, stamped, or burned thereon, in legible letters not less than one inch in height and maintained in legible condition at all times, the name of the owner or person operati...