The following persons are exempt from SDCL 41-13A-2:

1. (1) A person possessing a scientific collectors permit issued by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks;
2. (2) A person authorized by the department to stock triploid grass carp for pond management purposes;
3. (3) A person contracted by the department to conduct commercial fishing operations as authorized in SDCL 41-13-7;
4. (4) A person in the process of removing an aquatic invasive species from a conveyance, as defined in SDCL 41-13A-1;
5. (5) An owner or agent of the owner of a conveyance in the process of transporting the conveyance for decontamination of dreissenid mussels using a department-approved procedure;
6. (6) An employee of a business approved by the department to transport and possess conveyances for the purpose of decontamination of dreissenid mussels;
7. (7) A commercial plant harvester operating within the requirements of a department approved work plan or a lakeshore property owner operating within the requirements of a department approved permit;
8. (8) A lakeshore property owner in the process of transporting aquatic invasive species, for disposal, in a manner that minimizes possible introduction to new waters;
9. (9) A person importing, transporting, or possessing live red swamp crayfish solely for the purpose of human consumption, provided the possession is not at a location licensed to sell bait; and
10. (10) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (9), a person transporting or possessing any aquatic invasive fish or crayfish species, provided that it is dead.

Source: 38 SDR 116, effective January 10, 2012; 41 SDR 173, effective May 11, 2015 ; 43 SDR 146, effective May 22, 2017 ; 45 SDR 89, effective December 31, 2018 ; 47 SDR 48, effective October 29, 2020; 48 SDR 60, effective December 8, 2021; 52 SDR 42, effective October 27, 2025 .

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18 (26) .

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-1 3A- 2 .

Prior versions effective: 2021-12-08, 2020-10-29, 2018-12-31, 2017-05-22, 2015-05-11, 2012-01-10.