Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-11-2-1

Affected: IC 14-22-11-1; IC 14-31-1

Sec. 4. (a) A person must comply with all federal and state fishing laws.

(b) Except on the waters of a reservoir property administered by the division of state parks and reservoirs, a person who is on a waterway must not:

1. (1) clean or process fish; or
2. (2) possess fish that have been cleaned or processed.

(c) A person must not fish in a nature preserve dedicated under IC 14-31-1 or another property administered by the division of nature preserves, except as follows:

1. (1) At a site posted to authorize fishing.
2. (2) From a boat in a river, stream, or lake where access to the waterway was lawfully obtained outside the nature preserve.
3. (3) In a nature preserve that is also a fish and wildlife area.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 8-2-4; filed Oct 28, 1998, 3:32 p.m.: 22 IR 740, eff Jan 1, 1999; filed Nov 5, 1999, 10:14 a.m.: 23 IR 554, eff Jan 1, 2000; readopted filed Nov 17, 2004, 11:00 a.m.: 28 IR 1315; errata filed Jun 2, 2009, 10:29 a.m.: 20090624- IR-312090386ACA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2010, 2:58 p.m.: 20100421-IR-312100037RFA; filed Nov 5, 2012, 2:30 p.m.: 20121205-IR-312120218FRA, eff Jan 2, 2013; readopted filed Sep 27, 2016, 1:57 p.m.: 20161026-IR-312160151RFA; readopted filed Sep 28, 2022, 8:20 a.m.: 20221026-IR-312220242RFA)