12.5.702    RESTRICTIONS WITHIN IDENTIFIED CONTAMINATED BODIES OF WATER FOR EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL

(1) The prohibitions of 80-7-1010, MCA apply to the bodies of water identified as contaminated in ARM 12.5.701 except:

(a) possession of bait animals, dead or alive, is approved when allowed per fishing regulations;

(b) transportation of aquatic bait animals is approved from contaminated bodies of water in water from a noncontaminated source when allowed per fishing regulations; and

(c) transportation of live fish is approved from contaminated bodies of water in water from a noncontaminated source, when allowed per fishing regulations.

(2) Upon departure of a contaminated body of water all vessels and equipment, including bait buckets, must be free of Eurasian watermilfoil.

 

History: 80-7-1007, 80-7-1008, MCA; IMP, 80-7-1008, 80-7-1010, MCA; NEW, 2012 MAR p. 1523, Eff. 7/13/12; AMD, 2017 MAR p. 438, Eff. 4/15/17.