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...ed from commercial fishers shall be deposited in the state treasury in accordance with section 1533.33 of the Revised Code. No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or a division rule adopted pursuant to it.

...ief 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 and in this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code do not apply to devices licensed under this section.

... 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 are charged residents of such states.

...e to a person holding a license issued under that section or to a person meeting the qualifications set forth in section 1533.342 of the Revised Code. Such a transfer is subject to all of the following conditions: (1) The transferred license shall not be sold, offered for sale, or bartered to any person. (2) The chief of the division of wildlife, with the approval of the director of natural resources, shall d...

...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.

... 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. Nonresidents engaging in the collecting, seining, or picking of minnows, crayfish, or hellgrammites for bait shall have a nonresident fishing license as prescribed in section 1533.32 of the Revised Code.

...ept 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 of December. No person shall draw, set, place, locate, or maintain any fish net whatever except a minnow net in the ...

...shall include at least the number of pounds of each kind of fish taken, the grid fished, the kind and amount of fishing gear lifted, the number of lifts, and any other data the biologists employed by the division of wildlife require in following the trend of the fisheries. The licensee shall report each day, under oath when requested to do so, those data to the chief. The daily catch data shall be recorde...

... be attached to either end of the line running across the top of the net. Each tag shall be attached in such a manner that the number thereon can be read easily, and the number shall not be defaced by paint or any other substance or in any manner. If such tags are not attached to such nets in the manner provided in this section, it is prima-facie evidence that they have not been lawfully licensed. Each net without th...

... 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 intentionally or accidentally detached from a net while it is in the wa...

...ate attached to either end of the line running across the top of the net. On live cars or other holding devices, except a pond used in holding live commercial species of fish, the name shall be located on the top of the live car or other holding device. Each net, seine, carp apron, or string of nets not legibly marked as prescribed in this section constitutes a separate offense and is a public nuisance. Such an unma...

...is section. The chief shall adopt rules under section 1531.10 of the Revised Code establishing no-fishing zones throughout the Ohio waters of the Lake Erie fishing district. No net shall be set in less than three feet of water in either of the fishing districts of the state except seines and minnow seines. The division may establish in Sandusky bay, with the consent of the coast guard, any buoys or markers that are ...

... be driven into any net or device by "plunging," "splashing," "hammering," or by any noise or other disturbances in or out of the water for such purpose in either of the fishing districts of the state.

...ring the time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. All fish taken from such a trotline shall be brought ashore during the time from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant thereto. In addition to other penalties in the Revised Code, the license of any person who is conv...

...used in fishing in this state shall be hung on a third so as to hang squarely, shall be made of twine not heavier than eighteen thread, and shall measure not less than two and five-eighths inches stretched mesh as found in use or possession, measured on the bar. The meshes shall extend from the top to the bottom of the crib or car of the nets. No person shall place a screen or apron of any kind over the two and five-...

...shall be more than one hundred feet in length nor more than seventy-five feet in depth. No less than three and one-half inches stretched mesh shall be used in the apron. No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant to it.

...lected from fishing guides shall be deposited in the state treasury pursuant to section 1533.33 of the Revised Code. (H) No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant to it.

...s fished, locality fished, numbers or pounds of each kind of fish taken, and such other data as the chief requires. Every licensee shall submit such a completed monthly report form to the division of wildlife within fifteen days after the end of the calendar month in which the fishing guide service is provided regardless of whether the service is discontinued for one or more months. If the service is so discontinued,...

... bar, by exerting not more than a two pound strain on four consecutive bars and measuring these four bars while that strain is on them from the inside edge of the knot on one end of this series of bars to the outside edge of the knot on the other end. One-half the length of the four bars so measured shall be deemed to be the length of one collapsed stretched mesh of that part of the net being measured. The weight to ...

... owner or person having the owner's consent in that part of the stream bordering on or running through that owner's lands. Notwithstanding this section, any resident who is licensed to fish with nets in the Ohio river may possess fish nets for the sole purpose of storage, repair, drying, and tarring in the area between United States route fifty and the Ohio river from the Indiana state line to Cincinnati, Ohio, and ...

...Lake Erie between the fifteenth day of June and the fifteenth day of September, both dates inclusive. No seine or net of any kind except a minnow net shall be placed, located, pulled, or maintained in Sandusky bay from one hour after sunset on Saturday until one hour before sunrise on the following Monday, or from one hour before sunset on the day before Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day until one hour be...

...ses, or in any manner processes fish taken with other than commercial fishing gear shall maintain accurate daily records. Those records shall show the name and address of each owner or other person from whom the processor receives fish, the species, the weight of each species, and the date of receipt during the day. The name, address, species, weight, and date shall be recorded on monthly report forms provided by, an...

...ng four feet in depth and eight feet in length. In the Lake Erie fishing district no minnows shall be taken with a minnow seine exceeding thirty feet in length. No person at any time in the inland fishing district shall have in his possession either alive or otherwise more than one hundred minnows, except persons, firms, associations, or corporations buying, selling, or dealing in bait. Such persons, firms, associati...

...bstances in any such waters, except for engineering purposes and with the written permission of the chief of the division of wildlife. Each wild animal taken, killed, or had in possession in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.

...r other person may take up, remove, or clear away such obstructions, except milldams, and if the obstruction is a net or other device used for leading or catching fish, it may be seized and condemned, as provided in section 1531.20 of the Revised Code. This section does not apply to Lake Erie.