A person shall make application for a fish importation permit on forms provided by the department. The application must be received at least ten working days prior to the date of importation. A person may import only those species from the specific source facility listed on the permit. A separate application is required to add any additional species to an existing permit or to import from any additional source facility. Fish importation permit types and fees are as follows:

1. (1) An annual commercial importation permit authorizes any licensed aquaculture hatchery, fee fishing hatchery, wholesale bait dealer or retail bait dealer to import live fish and fish reproductive products into the state. The fee is $40 per source facility. A permit under this subsection expires 12 months from the date of the export facility's most recent fish health inspection report. An annual fish importation report shall be submitted on forms provided by the department prior to the issuance of an annual commercial importation permit in the following year; and
2. (2) A noncommercial importation permit authorizes any other applicant to import live fish and fish reproductive products into the state for 12 months from the date of the export facility's most recent fish health inspection report. A permit under this subsection has no fee.

Source: 29 SDR 80, effective December 10, 2002; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 46 SDR 74, effective December 2, 2019.

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(1).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(1) , 41-13-3.1.

Prior versions effective: 2010-01-11.