- (1) Terms used in this rule are defined in Sections 23A-1-101 and R657-13-2.
(2) In addition:
- (a) "Certificate of Registration (COR)" means a license or permit issued by the division that authorizes a contest organizer to conduct a contest and outlines any special provisions and conditions that must be followed.
- (b) "Cold water fish species" means: any fish in the family Salmonidae, salmon, trout, whitefish, char, grayling, and associated hybrids.
- (c) "Cull" or "high-grade" means to release alive and in good condition, a fish that has been held as part of a possession limit for the purpose of including larger fish in the possession limit.
- (d) "Fishing clinic" means an organized gathering of anglers for non-competitive, educational purposes that does not offer cash, awards or prizes for their individual or team catches.
- (e) "Live weigh" or "live weigh-in" means that fish are held in possession by contest participants and transported live to a specified location to be weighed.
- (f) "Possession" means active or constructive possession.
- (g) "Tagged fish contest" means any certified fishing contest where prizes are awarded for the capture of fish previously tagged or marked specifically for that contest.
(h) "Certified fishing contest" means a competitive event that meets any of the following criteria:
- (i) involves 85 or more participants per water per day;
- (ii) includes cash and or prizes awarded individually or cumulatively per year at $2,000 or more for a contest or a series of contests;
- (iii) utilizes a live weigh-in; or
- (iv) any tagged fish contest.
- (v) Certified fishing contest does not include any event where fish are not legally possessed by participants.
- (i) "Warmwater fish species" means any species not considered to be included in the definition of coldwater fish species.
KEY: fish, fishing, wildlife, wildlife law
Date of Last Change: October 2, 2023
Notice of Continuation: December 12, 2022
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 23A-2-304; 23A-2-305; 23A-4-201; 23A-2-403