Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22-13-2.5

Sec. 8. (a) A person must not purchase or process roe-bearing species without a valid roe dealer's license, with the exception of the meat and caviar from roe-bearing species.

(b) A person must apply for a roe dealer's license on a departmental form. A person must submit a completed renewal application no later than December 15 of the year preceding the license year requested.

(c) A person applying for a roe dealer's license must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(d) A roe dealer must do the following:

1. (1) Not purchase fish, roe, screened eggs, or caviar that the roe dealer knows was taken or possessed unlawfully.
2. (2) Possess a valid roe dealer's license while purchasing, receiving, transporting, or selling roe or screened eggs and while processing roe or screened eggs into caviar for human consumption.

3. (3) Submit a complete, true, and accurate report to the department by the fifteenth day of the following month on a signed departmental form in ink that includes the following information:

   1. (A) The name and license number of the roe harvester.
   2. (B) The number of pounds of screened eggs of each roe-bearing species received.
   3. (C) The final processed weight (caviar) of each roe-bearing species received.
   4. (D) The date the roe or screened eggs were received for each roe-bearing species.

4. (4) Maintain for a period of five (5) years an accurate record of all transactions involving roe-bearing species or roe, or both, purchased from a roe harvester or roe dealer including:

   1. (A) the roe, screened eggs, or caviar sold;
   2. (B) the date purchased, sold, or otherwise transferred; and
   3. (C) the name and address of the individual or company to or from whom the roe, screened eggs, or caviar was sold, transferred, or purchased.

5. (5) Complete and sign the roe harvester's license transaction record for each transaction on a departmental form on the date of purchasing roe-bearing species from the roe harvester that includes the following information:

   1. (A) The date the product is received.
   2. (B) Pounds of screened eggs for each roe-bearing species of fish.
6. (6) Obey all state and federal laws applicable to the processing of roe and products of roe-bearing species.

(e) A roe dealer's license issued under this section is not transferable.

(f) A roe dealer must, upon request by a conservation officer or other authorized representative of the department, allow:

1. (1) access to all records and reports required in this rule upon request; and
2. (2) entry and inspection of the license holder's premises, equipment, boats, vehicles, and facilities.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-8-8; filed Jan 2, 2013, 3:42 p.m.: 20130130-IR-312120381FRA; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA; filed Oct 24, 2017, 8:46 a.m.: 20171122-IR-312170262FRA; readopted filed Sep 18, 2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)