It is unlawful:
- 1. To use commercial gear which is not in accordance with this chapter or the rules of the commission.
- 2. To use commercial gear within nine hundred feet from a navigation dam on the boundary waters.
- 3. To use commercial gear within three hundred feet from the mouth of a tributary stream emptying into the boundary waters.
- 4. For a person to lift or to fish licensed commercial gear of another person, except when under the direct supervision of the licensee as provided in section 482.7.
- 5. To employ chemicals, electricity, or explosives into the water for taking fish, turtles, or freshwater mussels except as authorized by the director.
- 6. To have in one’s possession game fish or other fish, turtles, or mussels deemed illegal by other provisions of law while engaged in commercial activities. A fish caught in commercial fishing that is not lawful to possess shall be handled with wet hands and immediately released under water with as little injury as possible.
- 7. To block or inhibit navigation through channels with commercial gear unless a minimum of three feet of water depth is maintained over float lines of any entanglement gear or leads to trap nets. Gear shall not block over one-half the width of a navigable channel if there is less than three feet of water over the gear.
For applicable scheduled fines, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph e
86 Acts, ch 1141, §9 C87, §109B.9 C93, §482.9 2009 Acts, ch 144, §27; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §110
Referred to in §805.8B(3)(e)