002.00.07 Ark. Code R. 016
AQUACULTURE SPECIES - Any species listed on the Approved Aquaculture Species List (available from the Fisheries Division) and species not listed but allowed under Unlisted or Restricted Species Possession Permits. ADULT GOBBLER - Male turkeys having at least one of the following characteristics:
a) tail feathers which are the same length, b) wing feathers that have white barring all the way to the tip or c) a beard more than six (6) inches in length.
ALLIGATOR DEALER - Any person, firm or corporation engaging in the sale, purchase, barter, or exchange of an American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) or other crocodilian species, or any part, nest or eggs thereof in the State of Arkansas.
ALLIGATOR FARMER - Any person, firm or corporation possessing an American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) or other crocodilian species, or any part, nest or eggs thereof in the State of Arkansas for the purpose of propagation production or rearing.
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE DEALER - Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the sale or purchase of alligator snapping turtles. ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE BREEDER - Any person, firm or corporation possessing alligator snapping turtles for the purpose of propagation, production or rearing or sale.
ANIMAL - An organism of the animal kingdom, as distinguished from the plant kingdom, including any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof. ANTLERLESS ELK - Any elk (male or female) not meeting requirements to be a legal bull elk
AQUATIC WILDLIFE - Aquatic Snails, Aquatic Turtles, Crayfish (Crawfish, Crawdads), Fish (including Minnows), Frogs, Mussels and Salamanders.
ARKANSAS RIVER BOUNDARY (Sportfishing Only): The Arkansas Post Canal from Lock and Dam #1 to the Arkansas River and the Arkansas River from Dam #2 upstream to the Oklahoma state line including all lakes, bays and tributary streams accessible by boat from the main channel except that portion of Big Bayou Meto upstream from Hwy 11, Plum Bayou upstream from Hwy 79, Little Maumelle River upstream form Pinnacle State Park, Maumelle River upstream from Lake Maumelle Dam, Fouche LaFave upstream from Hwy 113, Palarm Creek upstream from Interstate 40, Cadron Creek upstream from the weir, Point Remove Creek upstream from Hwy 113, Petit Jean River upstream from Pontoon Boat Ramp at Hwy 154, Illinois Bayou upstream from Russellville Waterworks Dam, Big Piney and Little Piney Creeks upstream from Hwy 359, Horsehead Creek upstream from Interstate 40, Mulberry River upstream from Interstate 40, Frog Bayou upstream from Hwy 162 and Lee Creek upstream from Lee Creek Dam, and from the first non-navigable shoal for streams entering the Arkansas River along the left bank ascending from Lake Dardanelle Dam to the Oklahoma State Line.
ARTIFICIAL LURE/FLY - Terminal fishing tackle made by the method of fly tying, or made entirely of rubber, wood, metal, glass, feathers, hair,
synthetic fibers, or plastic, with hook attached.
BAG LIMIT - The number of species allowed to be taken in a time period -
24 hours (12 o'clock midnight to 12 o'clock midnight) unless otherwise specified.
BAITFISH - Minnows (including bluntnose minnows, bullhead minnows,
chubs, crayfish, dace, fatheads, common carp under 6 inches, small goldfish,
shiners and stonerollers), logperch (also called sand pike or zebra minnows),
shad, gar (other than alligator gar), drum, bowfin under 6 inches, skipjack herring, silversides (brook and inland), buffalo (bigmouth, smallmouth and black), river carpsucker, sculpin (banded and Ozark) and bream 4" and under.
BAITING - The direct or indirect placing, exposing, depositing,
distributing, or scattering of salt, grain, or other feed that could serve as a lure or attraction for wildlife to, on, or over any areas where hunters are attempting to take them.
BIG GAME - Alligator, bear, deer, elk and turkey.
BLACK BASS: Largemouth bass, redeye bass, smallmouth bass, and spotted bass.
BONUS DEER: A harvested deer that is not included in a hunter's statewide bag limit.
BOX TYPE TURTLE TRAP - A floating trap designed to capture aquatic turtles, but does not permit capture of fish (see Code 39.04 for restrictions).
BREAM - Any species of the genus Lepomis, including bluegill, redear,
warmouth and other sunfish.
BUCK - A male deer (See LEGAL BUCK definition).
BUCK DEER SEASON - Any deer season whereby no deer other than legal buck deer may be taken.
BULL ELK (legal) - Any elk having at least one antler visible above the hairline.
BUY - To purchase, barter, exchange, or trade and includes any offer to purchase, barter, exchange, or trade.
CAPTIVITY or HOLD CAPTIVE - The holding of living wildlife in a controlled environment that is manipulated by man for the purpose of exercising ownership, possession or control of the wildlife, and that has boundaries designed to prevent selected species from entering or leaving the controlled environment.
CASE - A container specifically designed for the purpose of housing a gun which completely encloses such gun by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied or otherwise fastened with no portion of the gun exposed. CARCASS - The body of a dead animal.
CATCH-AND-RELEASE - The requirement that fish of a designated species musts be immediately released into the water where caught. CERVID - A member of the family Cervidae.
CHASE FOR PLEASURE - To search for, pursue or chase game animals or other wildlife with the use of dogs for recreational purposes only, with no intent of taking or attempting to take such game animals or wildlife through the possession or use of any killing devices.
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD) - Fatal disease affecting the brain of cervids that belongs to a group of diseases called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
CHUMMING - To dislodge or deposit any substance not attached to a hook which may attract fish.
CITY, COUNTY, STATE, OR FEDERALLY MAINTAINED ROAD -Any road graded or otherwise repaired by any city, county, state, or federal agency in the state of Arkansas.
CLEAN - Having no meat matter or tissue attached to the carcass part. COMMERCIAL FISH - Bowfin (over 6 inches), buffalo, catfish, carp, drum, gar, paddlefish, sucker family, white amur and sturgeon. COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN - Any person who fishes with tackle designated as commercial tackle requiring a license and/or tag issued by the Commission.
COMMERCIAL WILDLIFE PERMIT(S) - Shall be a term construed to identify each and/or all of the following permits: Alligator Farmer/Dealer Permit, Alligator Snapping Turtle Breeder/Dealer Permit, Resident Shell Taker and Seller Permit, Shell Buyer Permit, Non Resident Shell Buyer Permit, Resident Roe Taker/Seller Permit, Resident Roe Buyer/Exporter Permit, Non-Resident Roe Buyer Permit, Resident Fur Dealer Permit, NonResident Fur Dealer Permit, Special Commercial Quail Permit, Game Bird Shooting Resort Permit, Wildlife Hunting Resort Permit, Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit and Wildlife Translocation Permit. COMMISSION - The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission, unless otherwise designated.
COMPUTER ASSISTED HUNTING - The use of a computer or any other device, equipment or software to remotely control the aiming an discharge of a firearm, bow or crossbow to kill wildlife located in the state of Arkansas.
DEFERRED HUNTER EDUCATION - Shall be a term whose abbreviation (DHE) when dealer imprinted on an Arkansas hunting license/permit defers completion of hunter education certification while said license/permit is valid.
DISABLED - Any individual who is 100% permanently and totally disabled as declared by the following federal agencies: the United States
Social Security Administration, the United Department of Veteran's Affairs,
or the United States Railroad Retirement Board.
DOE - A female deer.
DOE DEER SEASON - Any deer season whereby a doe may be taken.
DROWNING SET - Any leg hold trap that utilizes one or more of the following techniques to retain the target animal in water of suitable depth for drowning. These are:
(1) a slide wire with lock; (2) tangle stake; or (3)
drowning weight.
DUCKS (includes the following species) - All species of Teal, Merganser,
Whistling Duck and Scaup; American Wigeon, American Black Duck,
Bufflehead, Canvasback, Gadwall, Goldeneye, Mallard, Mottled Duck,
Northern Shoveler, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, Northern
Pintail and Wood Duck.
EITHER-SEX - A male or a female.
EITHER-SEX DEER SEASON - Any deer season whereby a doe or a legal buck may be taken.
ENCLOSE - To surround species of wildlife on all sides using man-made barriers, including but not limited to fencing, walls, structures or other devices, so that the wildlife are not free to leave a particular environment.
ENCLOSURE - Any area surrounded by a man-made barrier, including but not limited to fencing, walls, structures or other devices that prevent wildlife from leaving a particular environment.
ENDANGERED SPECIES - any wildlife species or subspecies endangered or threatened with extinction listed by the U. S. Department of
Interior and the following native species hereby designated in Arkansas:
MAMMALS:
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens. BIRDS:
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), least tern (Sterna antillarum), Bachman's warbler (Vermivora bachmanii), red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis), ivory-billed woodpecker (campephilus principalis) REPTILES:
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Currently listed as threatened due only to similarity in appearance to the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
FISHES:
Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae), leopard darter (Percina pantherina), pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhyncus albus);
MOLLUSKS:
Scaleshell mussel, Curtis' pearly mussel, (Epioblasma florentina curtisi), fat pocketbook pearly mussel (Potamilus capax), pink mucket mussel (Lampsilis abrupta), turgid blossom mussel (Epioblasma turgidula), speckled pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis streckeri), Arkansas fatmucket mussel (Lampsilis powelli), winged mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa), Magazine Mountain shagreen land snail (Inflectarius magazinensis); scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon), Ouachita rock pocketbook mussel (Arkansia wheeleri);
ARTHROPODS:
Cave crayfish (Cambarus zophonastes) and (Cambarus aculabrum; INSECTS:
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus); PLANTS:
Geocarpon minimum (no common name), pondberry, (Lindera melissifolia), Missouri bladderpod (Lesquerella filiformis), Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum), Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea), running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum); FEE LAKE - A lake in which there is a charge for fishing privileges. All persons 16 years of age and older must possess an Arkansas fishing license. Daily limits apply.
FERAL HOG - Any hog (Sus scrofa), including Russian and European wild boar, which is roaming freely upon public lands and is living in a wild or feral state.
FIREARMS, LOADED - Firearms shall be considered to be loaded if shells or cartridges are in either the chamber, magazine, or cylinder; percussion cap muzzle-loading firearms are considered loaded if the percussion cap is on the nipple; flintlock muzzle-loading firearms are considered to be loaded if there is powder in the flashpan. Electronic pulse ignition muzzeloaders are considered to be loaded if the ignition circuit is charged.
FISH or FISHING - To lure, attract, collect, or pursue fish species or aquatic wildlife for the purpose of taking or attempting to take such fish species or aquatic wildlife by any method.
FISH FARM - Waters and adjacent premises confined within a pond, tank, or lake not connected with public waters, and under management by a commercial fish farmer.
FISH FARMER - Any person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged in the propagation and/or production of crawfish, fish and/or minnows for sale. FREEFLOATING FISHING DEVICE - Any floating fishing device unanchored or unattached to a stationary object.
FURBEARERS - Badger, beaver, bobcat, coyote, gray fox, red fox, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossum, raccoon, river otter, spotted skunk (civet cat), striped skunk and weasel.
GAFFING FISH - Taking or attempting to take fish with a hand held or handled hook prior to being caught on hook and line. GAME ANIMALS - Alligator, black bear, bobcat, coyote, deer, elk, gray fox, red fox, mink, opossum, eastern cottontail rabbit, swamp rabbit, raccoon, gray squirrel and fox squirrel.
GAME BIRDS - Turkey, quail, pheasant, chuckar, and all birds classified by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service as migratory game birds. GAME BIRD SHOOTING RESORT - Any person, firm, or corporation engaged, for pay or other consideration, who provides pen-raised birds for harvest by hunters.
GAME FISH - Alligator gar, black bass, white bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrid, crappie, catfish, trout, bream, sunfish, goggle-eye, walleye,
northern pike, muskellunge, sauger, paddlefish, and pickerel.
GEOCACHE - Items in a container (cache) placed or hidden for individuals to subsequently find using a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS)
receiver device.
GEOCACHING - An outdoor sport, similar to "high-tech treasure hunting", involving use of a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receiver device to find a cache.
GUIDE - Any person who provides, for monetary or any other compensation, that person's personal services for the purpose of assisting others to locate, pursue, catch or hunt wildlife.
HIGH FENCE ENCLOSURE - An enclosure that contains an area of at least 500 contiguous acres, with at least sixty percent (60%) of the acreage in forested cover that has been classified as timberland by the local county tax assessor, that has a perimeter fence at least eight (8) feet high, with no cross fencing that has the effect of reducing the size of the area to less than
500 contiguous acres with at least sixty percent (60%) of the acreage in forested cover as herein provided.
HOGGING - the taking of fish by the use of hands only in or under the water.
HUNT or HUNTING - To search for, pursue, chase, track, lure, attract, or lie in wait of game animals or other wildlife for the purpose of taking or attempting to take such game animals or wildlife by any method.
HUNTING PARTY - Two or more persons hunting together.
IMPORT - To land on, bring into, or introduce into any place within the jurisdiction of the State of Arkansas.
IMPORTATION - To ship, convey, carry or transport wildlife into or through the state by any means.
JAKE - Sub-adult turkeys having all of following characteristics:
a) longer central tail feathers, b) outermost 1 or 2 wing feathers lacking white barring all the way to the tip and c) a beard six (6) inches or less in length.
KILLING DEVICE - Any firearm, bow and arrow, crossbow, pellet gun,
or any other device capable of killing wildlife.
LARGE CARNIVORE - Tigers (Panthera tigris), African Lions (Panthera
leo), or any hybrid thereof and all species of bears.
LEGAL BUCK - A buck having both antlers under two inches (including button buck) or at least one antler with at least three points including the main beam, each a minimum of one inch long. (Ref: Code 21.03)
LITTER - All waste which has been discarded or otherwise disposed of including, but not limited to, convenience food and beverage packages or containers, trash, garbage, all other product packages or containers, and other post consumer solid wastes.
MIGRATORY BIRDS - All birds protected by the federal Migratory Bird
Treaty Act of 1918 and subsequent amendments.
MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS - Coots, crows, doves, ducks, gallinules or moorhens, geese, rails, snipe and woodcock.
MINIMUM LENGTH LIMIT - The shortest length of a fish, of a designated species, measured from the front of the lower jaw with the mouth closed to the tip of the tail with tail lobes pressed together, that an angler may keep. All fish not meeting the minimum length requirement for a particular water or species must be immediately released into the water where caught.
MINNOWS - small nongame fish commonly used for bait including bluntnose minnows, bullhead minnows, chubs, dace, fatheads, common carp under 6 inches, goldfish, shiners, and stonerollers.
MOBILITY IMPAIRED - Individuals who are mobility impaired in accordance with criteria on the Game and Fish application for the mobility impaired card.
NATIVE WILDLIFE - Those species and sub-species of wildlife that have established, naturally reproducing, free-ranging, wild populations within the state of Arkansas.
NIGHT - thirty (30) minutes after sunset to thirty (30) minutes before sunrise.
NONGAME WILDLIFE - all wildlife other than furbearing or game animals, birds and fish.
NON-RESIDENT - Any person not defined as resident.
NOODLING - The taking of fish by the use of hook or snare type device,
with or without an attached line no longer than 4 feet in length, manipulated by hand when a person is in or under the water.
NUISANCE WILDLIFE - Any wild animal creating a problem by committing damage to personal property (Depredation Permit available).
NUISANCE FURBEARING ANIMALS - Beaver, muskrat, and nutria.
OPEN SEASON - that season during which protected wildlife may be lawfully taken.
PEN-RAISED QUAIL - Quail that are hatched from eggs of quail raised in captivity in pens or cages.
PERSON - Any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership in singular or plural as the context requires.
POSSESS or POSSESSION - To have under control. The manual or ideal custody of wildlife or anything that may be the subject of property, for one's use and enjoyment, either as owner or as the proprietor of a qualified right in it, and either held personally or by another who exercises it in one's place and name. Possession includes the act or state of possessing and that condition of facts under which one can exercise his power over a corporeal thing at his pleasure to the exclusion of all other persons. Possession includes constructive possession, which means not actual but assumed to exist, where one claims to hold by virtue of some title, without having actual custody.
PROTECTED SLOT LIMIT - A species/size limit which prohibits anglers from keeping fish within a designated size group, and requires fish of that size and species to be immediately released into the water where caught.
PROTECTED WILDLIFE - All wildlife in the state unless a declared open season has been established by the Commission.
PUT AND TAKE PAY LAKE - Private waters open to public fishing for a fee, after being licensed by the Commission and where no fishing license or daily limit of fish is imposed.
RAPTOR - Any migratory bird of the Order Falconiformes or the Order
Strigiformes and Ciconiiformes Family Cathartidae.
REHABILITATION - The practice of providing medical treatment or other care to orphaned, sick or injured wild animals that have come into human possession with the goal of returning the animal to the wild.
RESIDENT - Any person who physically inhabits a bona fide residence within Arkansas for a period of time no less than 60 days, and declares themselves to be a full-time resident of Arkansas. Additional facts to be considered in establishing proof of current Arkansas residency are:
Possession of Arkansas real estate and/or proof of payment of associated services or utilities do not qualify the owner/renter as a resident if they live out of state.
EXCEPTIONS:
$1,000 Sportsman's permit, Resident Disabled 3-Year
Licenses, Special Guide License, Alligator Farmer/Dealer
Permit, Alligator
Snapping Turtle Breeder/Dealer Permit, Commercial
Fisherman's Permit & Sportfishing License, Commercial
Fisherman's Helper Permit, Junior/Senior Commercial Fishing
Permit, Resident Shell Taker/Seller Permit, Shell Taker Helper
Permit, Shell Buyer, Resident Fish Dealer, Resident Roe
Taker/Seller Permit,
Resident Roe Taker Helper Permit and Resident Roe
Buyer/Exporter Permit.
65 Plus Lifetime License. The Director or his representative shall make the final determination as to resident status of any license applicant.
ROUGH FISH - Gars, bowfin, common carp, asian carp (grass carp, bighead carp, silver carp), suckers (including buffalo) and drum. SELL - To exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; to offer for sale, barter, exchange, or trade or the act of selling, bartering, exchanging or trading.
SHELL BUYER - Anyone who buys mussels or mussel parts from a Taker. An agent purchasing for a licensed buyer is not a buyer. SMALL GAME - Furbearers, migratory birds, quail, rabbit and squirrel. SNAGGING - A method of taking fish using conventional rod and reel tackle where the fish is impaled by the forceful retrieval of one or more hooks.
SNAGLINE - Commercial tackle consisting of a horizontal line with hooks or drops less than 24 inches apart.
SIMULATED WING MOVEMENT DECOYS - Electronic, mechanically-operated, wind-powered or manually-powered blade devices that simulate wing movement, except for kite devices. TACKLE - Any rod, reel, pole, line, net, yo-yo, seine, or any other apparatus or device used to take fish.
TAKE - To shoot, kill, injure, trap, net, snare, spear, catch, capture, or reduce to possession.
TAXIDERMY - The art of preparing, stuffing and/or mounting of wildlife and parts thereof.
TRANSLOCATION - To ship, convey, carry or transport wildlife from one location to another by any means, including importation, exportation, interstate and intrastate movement.
TRAP OR TRAPPING - To use a device such, as a clamp-like apparatus that closes, noose or cable restraint device (snare), for the purpose of catching and holding animals.
TROUT - Any members of the Salmonidae family including rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, lake trout and cutthroat trout. WATERFOWL - All wild species of ducks, geese and swans. WATERS OF THE STATE - All streams, lakes, sloughs, bayous, marshes, or any other water wholly or partially within the State. Pay lakes and fish farms are excluded from the above. WILD - to be living in a state of nature and not domesticated. WILDLIFE - All wild birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians and other wild aquatic forms, and all other wild animals, regardless of classification, whether resident, migratory or imported, protected or unprotected, dead or alive, and shall extend to and include any and every part of any individual species of wildlife, including animals living in a captive state and which lack a genetic distinction from members of the same species living in the wild.
WILDLIFE CHECK STATION - An official wildlife check station is a Commission designated (1) county check station, (2) Commission employee, (3) deer camp or (4) Commission on-line checking web site http://www.agfc.com.
WILDLIFE HUNTING RESORT - A Wildlife Hunting Resort is any facility, location, business or operation that is engaged in offering the opportunity to hunt or attempt to hunt captive wildlife other than pen-raised game birds.
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (WMA) - Designated areas set aside by the Commission and distinguished by certain markers and considered a separate zone with regard to wildlife regulations. (Referred to as "WMA", "Waterfowl Rest Area (WRA)", "Wildlife Demonstration Area (WDA)", "Special Use Area (SUA)", "State Park-Conservation Area (SP-CA)" or "National Wildlife Refuge (NWR)".
ZONE - Any area defined or delineated by the Commission where hunting and/or fishing activities are regulated for that specific area.
02.14 | Bear Hunting Season. |
02.21 | Elk Hunting Season. |
02.23 | Alligator Hunting Season. |
03.14 | Special Guide License Requirements. |
04.03 | Hunting Wild Turkey Over Bait Prohibited. |
04.06 | Wild Turkey Hen Restrictions. |
06.04 | Taking of Doe Deer Prohibited. |
07.03 | Certain Muzzleloaders Prohibited. |
07.04 | Modern Firearms Prohibited During Muzzleloading Deer Seasons. |
08.03 | Possession of Firearms While Archery and Crossbow Hunting Prohibited. |
11.04 | Hunting or Fishing After Revocation of License Prohibited. |
11.05(A) | Revocation of Commercial Wildlife Permit Privileges. |
15. 10 | Wildlife Importation. |
15. 11 | Importation of Certain Wildlife Prohibited. |
17.03 | Legal Bull Elk Requirements. |
17.04 | Taking of Antlerless Elk Prohibited. |
18.01 | Hunting Wildlife in Closed Season Prohibited. |
18.02 | Night Hunting Prohibited. |
18.03 | Selling Wildlife Restrictions. |
18.04 | Hunting From Road Prohibited. |
18.05 | Taking Wildlife at Night From a Boat Prohibited. |
18.14 | Taking of Alligator Prohibited. |
18.20 | Taking of Raptors and Bald Eagles Prohibited. |
19.12 | Endangered Species Protected. |
20.06 | Cutting Devices Prohibited on Commission Owned WMAs, SUAs and WDAs. |
25.09 | Guiding Restrictions on All Commission-Owned or Controlled WMAs, WDAs and WRAs. |
26.02 | Restrictions on Method of Taking Alligator. |
32.01 | Taking Fish With Electrical Devices, Firearms, Explosives, Toxic, Stupefying Or Killing Substances Prohibited. |
32.02 | Trapping Fish Prohibited. |
39.01 | Aquatic Turtle Harvest Permit Requirements. |
39.01(A) | Aquatic Turtle Dealer Permit Requirements. |
39.01(B) | Non-Resident Aquatic Turtle Dealer Permit Requirements. |
39.01(C) | Aquatic Turtle Farmer Permit Requirements. |
39.02 | Commercial Aquatic Turtle Harvest Restrictions. |
39.03 | Aquatic Turtle Tackle Tagging. |
39.04 | Aquatic Turtle Tackle Restrictions. |
39.07(A) | Take or Possession of Alligator Snapping Turtles Prohibited. |
39.07(B) | Take of Chicken Turtles Prohibited. |
39.08 | Importation of Alligator Snapping Turtles and Chicken Turtles Prohibited. |
39.09 | Alligator Snapping Turtle Breeder/Dealer Permit Requirements. |
41.05(A) | Resident Roe Taker/Seller Permit Requirements. |
41.05(B) | Resident Roe Buyer/Exporter and Non-Resident Roe Buyer/Exporter Permit Requirements. |
41.05(C) | Roe Buyer/Exporter Reporting Requirements. |
41.08 | Illegal Commercial Tackle Prohibited. |
41.13 | Commercial Fishing by Non-Resident Prohibited. |
41.39 | Closed Paddlefish, Sturgeon and Bowfin Harvest Season. |
Upon conviction of the offender, the court having jurisdiction may order title to the equipment forfeited to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and such equipment disposed of in accordance with Commission policy. Equipment confiscated may be advertised and sold at public auction with the proceeds of the sale to be deposited in the Game Protection Fund.
EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $200.00 to $1,000.00.
EXPIRATION DATES
SPORT FISHING: | CODE | COST | EXP. DATE |
Resident Fisheries Conservation License ...... | FSH | $ 10.50 | ** |
Resident 3-Day Trip License | RT3 | $ 6.50 | * |
Non-Resident Annual Fishing License .......... | NRF | $ 40.00 | ** |
Non-Resident 14-Day Trip Fishing License.. | N14 | $ 22.00 | * |
Non-Resident 7-Day Trip Fishing License.... | NT7 | $ 17.00 | * |
Non-Resident 3-Day Trip Fishing License.... | NT3 | $ 11.00 | * |
Arkansas Trout Permit .................................. | TPR | $ 5.00 | ** |
Non-Resident Trout Permit ........................... | TPN | $ 12.00 | ** |
White River Border Lakes License..... | WRL | $ 10.00 | ** |
Guide License/Fishing ................................. | GLF | $ 25.00 | ** |
Non-Resident Guide License/Fishing | GNF | $150.00 | ** |
SPECIAL AND COMMERCIAL FISHING: | |||
Hoop Nets (with or w/o leads), turtle nets... | HN | $ 4.00 | Dec. 31 |
Slat Traps & Fiddler Nets ............................ | FS | $ 12.50 | Dec. 31 |
Commercial Trotlines (inc. snaglines, throwlines, limb lines, set hooks) per |
100 ft.......... .............. | ....TL | $ 5.00 | Dec. 31 |
Box Traps Turtle Trap.......... | ..TT | $ 2.00 | Dec. 31 |
Commercial Tackle (Seine, Trammel & Gill Nets) 100 yds. or fractional part thereof per tag ............................................. | SNS | $ 15.00 | Dec. 31 |
Resident Commercial Fisherman's Permit & Sportfishing License... | CFS | $ 25.00 | Dec. 31 |
Commercial Fisherman's Helper Permit ........ | CFH | $ 25.00 | Dec. 31 |
Ark. Resident Junior/Senior Commercial Fishing Permit ............................................. | JSC | $ 14.50 | Dec. 31 |
Alligator Farmer/Dealer Permit ...................... | AFP | $200.00 | June 30 |
Alligator Tags ................................................ | $ 4.00 | June 30 | |
Alligator Snapping Turtle Breeder/ | |||
Dealer Permit ............................................... | AST | $100.00 | June 30 |
Aquatic Turtle Harvest Permit....... | THP | $100.00 | Dec. 31 |
Aquatic Turtle Harvest Helper Permit.... | TH | $ 50.00 | Dec. 31 |
Junior Aquatic Turtle Harvest Permit.... | JTH | $ 25.00 | Dec. 31 |
Aquatic Turtle Dealer Permit....... | TDR | $250.00 | Dec. 31 |
Non-Resident Aquatic Turtle Dealer . Permit ................ | TDN | $500.00 | Dec. 31 |
Aquatic Turtle Farmer Permit....... | TBP | $100.00 | Dec. 31 |
Resident Shell Taker and Seller ................... | STS | $100.00 | Dec. 31 |
Shell Taker Helper Permit ............................ | SH | $100.00 | Dec. 31 |
Shell Buyer ................................................... | SBR | $1,000.00 | Dec. 31 |
Non-Resident Shell Buyer ............................ | SBN | $2,000.00 | Dec. 31 |
Shell Buyer's Agent Permit .......................... | SA | $100.00 | Dec. 31 |
Resident Fish Dealer ................................... | MD | $ 10.00 | Dec. 31 |
Non-Resident Fish Dealer .......................... | FDN | $250.00 | Dec. 31 |
Minnow Dealer Tackle (Minnow (Seine, Traps or Lifts) .................................. | MS | $ 5.00 | Dec. 31 |
Fish Farmer (Aquaculturist) Permit | FF | $ 25.00 | Dec. 31 |
Bull Frog Permit (Must have valid Fish Farmer Permit) ............................................ | BP | $ 25.00 | Dec. 31 |
Resident Roe Taker/Seller Permit | RTS | $500.00 | Dec. 31 |
Resident Roe Taker/Helper Permit | RH | $100.00 | Dec. 31 |
Resident Roe Buyer/Exporter Permit | RBE | $1,000.00 | Dec. 31 |
Non-Resident Roe Buyer Permit | RBN | $2,000.00 | Dec. 31 |
Commercial Boat Dock Permit ...................... | BDN | $ 25.00 | Dec. 31 |
Commercial Boat Dock (User Fee) ................ | BPL | $150.00 | Dec. 31 |
Private Boat House (Single) .......................... | BHS | $ 5.00 | Dec. 31 |
Private Boat House (Double or Joint) ........... | BHD | $ 10.00 | Dec. 31 |
Private Boat Dock (Single) ........................... | DPS | $ 5.00 | Dec. 31 |
Private Boat Dock (Double or Joint) ............. | DPD | $ 10.00 | Dec. 31 |
Put & Take Pay Lake .................................... | PLO | $150.00 | Dec. 31 |
HUNTING LICENSE AND PERMITS: |
Resident Wildlife Conservation License ...... | HNT | $ 10.50 | June 30 |
Resident Sportsman's Permit ...................... | RS | $ 25.00 | June 30 |
Resident Disabled Hunting 3-Yr License... | RDH | $ 25.00 | + |
Resident Disabled Combination 3-Yr License. | RDC | $ 35.50 | + |
Non-Resident Annual All Game License .... | NBG | $300.00 | June 30 |
Non-Resident 5-Day All Game License ...... | AG5 | $150.00 | * |
Non-Resident 3-Day All Game License ...... | AG3 | $100.00 | * |
Non-Resident Annual Small Game License. | NRH | $ 80.00 | ** |
Non-Resident 5-Day Small Game License.. | SG5 | $ 55.00 | * |
Non-Resident Fur Takers ............................. | NFT | $125.00 | June 30 |
Private Lands Elk Permit......... | PLE | $ 35.00 | **** |
Arkansas Resident Waterfowl Stamp ........... | DS | $ 7.00 | June 30 |
Arkansas Non-Resident Waterfowl Stamp AG&F Leased Lands Permit | DSN | $ 20.00 | June 30 |
(Hunting, Trapping and Camping) Casey Jones WMA ............................. ... | LCJ | $ 20.00 | ** |
Big Timber WMA................................... | LBT | $ 20.00 | ** |
Cherokee WMA..................................... | LCH | $ 20.00 | ** |
Gum Flats WMA............ | LGF | $ 20.00 | ** |
Provo WMA.............. | LPR | $ 20.00 | ** |
Lafayette County WMA......... | LLC | $ 20.00 | ** |
Jim Kress WMA........... | LJK | $ 20.00 | ** |
Moro Big Pine WMA.......... | LMP | $ 20.00 | ** |
Falconry Permit Apprentice............ ....... | FPA | $ 25.00 | *** |
Falconry Permit General......................... | FPG | $ 25.00 | *** |
Falconry Permit Master........................... | FPM | $ 25.00 | *** |
Resident Guide License/Hunting............ | GLH | $ 25.00 | June 30 |
Non-Resident Guide License/Hunting ... | GNH | $150.00 | June 30 |
Resident Special Guide License ....... . ..... | GLS | $150.00 | June 30 |
Non-Resident WMA Waterfowl Hunting Permit (5-day trip)...... | NW5 | $ 10.00 | * |
Non-Resident WMA Seasonal Waterfowl Hunting Permit........ | NWP | $100.00 | June 30 |
*Good from requested day of issue for period of license.
**Good for 1 year of purchase date. ***Falconry Permit will expire on July 31, 2007, then 2010,
etc., in line with the federal program. ****When 10 elk have been harvested.
HUNTING COMMERCIALIZATION: | |||
Resident Fur-Dealer ...................................... | FD | $ 50.00 | June 30 |
Non-Resident Fur Dealer .............................. | NFD | $200.00 | June 30 |
Special Commercial Quail Permit ................ | CQP | $ 25.00 | June 30 |
Game Bird Shooting Resort Permit ..................... ....... | CSR | $150.00 | June 30 |
Commercial Wildlife Hunting Resort |
Permit................. | CHR | $ 500.00 | June 30 |
Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit...... | WBD | $ 50.00 | June 30 |
Wildlife Importation Permit...... | WTP | $ 25.00 | June 30 |
Mountain Lion Permit.......... | MLP | $ 50.00 | June 30 |
Live Fox and Coyote Permit....... | FCP | $ 25.00 | June 30 |
LIFETIME LICENSE: | |||
Resident 65 Plus Lifetime Fishing License ............................................ | PLF | $ 10.50 | Non-Expiring |
Resident 65 Plus Lifetime Sportsman's Hunting License and Permit .................................................. | PLH | $ 25.00 | Non-Expiring |
Resident 65 Plus Lifetime Combination License .................................. | PLC | $ 35.50 | Non-Expiring |
Non-Expiring Lifetime Resident Hunting & Fishing Sportsman's Permit ......................................................... | LSP | $ l,000.00 N | on-Expiring |
to take or attempt to take wild birds or bird eggs.
EXCEPTIONS:
PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to possess alive, hold captive,
confine or enclose any wildlife, including fish, whether native or non-native, migratory or imported, unless authorized or excepted as specified herein. EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $250.00 to $2,000.00.
native wildlife not excepted under Commission regulation 15.01, Possession of Certain Wildlife in Captivity Prohibited, unless the possessor can produce written documentation that such wildlife has been certified by an accredited veterinarian to be free of diseases/parasites that may pose adverse risk to native wildlife.
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $500.00 to $2,000.00.
release any species of wildlife into the wild without prior written approval from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The Commission or its designees are authorized to recapture or shoot to kill any wildlife to protect the health and safety of the public or Arkansas' wildlife, whether kept legally or illegally, that escapes from or is illegally released from captivity. EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $500.00 to $5,000.00.
for the costs accrued by this Agency in the recapture, including all man-hours of Commission personal, storage and care of any released and/or recaptured wildlife in connection with the violation.
for the costs of any and all tests and/or examinations of the released wildlife and shall be liable for the costs of destruction and/or disposal of the released wildlife, as is deemed necessary by the Commission for the protection of native wildlife.
or confined.
any situation in which it is held captive, enclosed or confined
for the purpose of hunting such wildlife. EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $500.00 to $2,000.00
hunting resort for pay, or other consideration, without first obtaining a Commercial Wildlife Hunting Resort Permit from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Commercial Wildlife Hunting Resort Permits for
new facilities for the hunting of any member of the cervidae family shall not be issued after June 30, 2006.
be equal to, or greater than, 500 contiguous acres of free range and having a fence of not less than eight (8) feet in height around the perimeter.
prevent escape of the wildlife and that will protect the wildlife from injury.
for pens in which red fox, gray fox and coyote are pursued (fox pens) unless the facility is also a high-fence enclosure in which other native game species are hunted as part of a commercial operation. PENALTY: $500.00 to $5,000.00 per violation.
person to engage in the business of harvesting captive-raised game birds
by hunters for pay, or other consideration, without first obtaining a Game Bird Shooting Resort Permit from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
shooting resort, the resort operator shall release
no more than the number of game birds intended to be harvested that day, less the number of birds released for the previous hunt that were not harvested;
satisfactory evidence of ownership. Said records shall also include the date of acquisition, place of origin, and the name, address and telephone number of the person from whom the wildlife was acquired.
repaired or reconstructed within ten-days of notification, or sooner if so ordered by the Commission.
PENALTY: $500.00 to $5,000.00 per violation, except that violations of subsection (F), Harvest Information Requirements, shall be $200.00 to $1,000.00.
any person to rear, breed, propagate, produce, distribute, sell or offer
for sale any wildlife in the state of Arkansas without first obtaining a Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
The propagation, sale, transfer, barter, or distribution of any Terrapene is prohibited.
All wildlife possessed in captivity shall be maintained in a permanent enclosure, pen, or cage located within the state of Arkansas that is sufficiently strong to prevent escape of the wildlife and protect them from injury. Birds must be kept in buildings or covered pens that prevent them from leaving the facility and that do not allow entry of wild birds. Cages, fencing, and guardrails shall be kept in good repair at all times and gates shall be securely fastened with latches or locks. Enclosures, pens, or cages considered unsafe by Commission personnel must be repaired or reconstructed within sixty days or as specified by the Commission.
occurrences caused by natural forces; animals attacking and/or injuring humans; and escape of an animal from its enclosure. Plans should identify the location of temporary holding facilities and necessary mechanisms to safely transport large carnivores to these facilities. Recapture plans shall outline procedures for handling and recapturing escaped large carnivores. Plans should include a list of safety equipment such as fire extinguishers, darting equipment, pepper spray, which will be available for use. The Commission shall immediately be notified upon the escape of any Large Carnivores or mountain lions. In the event of sickness, the name, address, phone number, and signature of the veterinarian who has agreed to care for the animal shall be provided.
strength to the material required for cage construction.
temporarily be housed in cages or enclosures smaller than specified in this section while being transported, while in veterinary care or while being quarantined provided that temporary caging is large enough for the animal to stand up, lie down and turn around without touching the sides of the enclosure or another animal.
providing they have vertical walls at least 12 feet in height, topped by either an inward angled overhang, inclined at an angle between 35 and 55 degrees, which is at least two feet in length and of equal strength as the cage walls or two strands of electric fencing, one of which is located 1 foot below the top of the vertical wall, and the other at the top of the wall or the upper three feet of the interior of the fence consists of sheer, solid metal. Animals may not be left in exercise areas overnight.
enclosures, pens and cages, is not in compliance with this Code section shall be notified in writing
and shall have ten (10) days to correct the violation.
EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $500.00 to $5,000.00 per violation.
selling or offering for sale the dressed carcasses of pen-raised quail without first obtaining of Special Commercial Quail Permit, stamp and Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. (Ref: Section 01.00 -C "Pen-Raised Quail")
PENALTY: $500.00 to $5,000.00 per violation.
purpose of scientific studies without first obtaining a Scientific Collection Permit issued by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
EXCEPTION:
obtaining a Wildlife Importation Permit issued by the Arkansas Game
and Fish Commission. This permit shall be required regardless of the
final destination of the wildlife, whether in Arkansas or points beyond.
It shall be unlawful for any person to receive, acquire, purchase or
possess any wildlife imported into this state in violation of this
regulation.
and shall not have been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for, violating any federal, state or municipal law governing captive wildlife, illegal appropriation or commercialization of wildlife, or cruelty to
animals within five (5) years of the date of application.
EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $500.00 to $5,000.00 per violation.
be unlawful for any person, including holders of a Wildlife Importation Permit, to import, ship, transport, or carry into the state by any means, or to cause to be imported, receive, or to assist in any manner in the importation of any of the following animals:
EXCEPTIONS:
of a special permit issued by the Chief of the Wildlife Management Division.
PENALTY: $500.00 to $5,000.00 per violation.
illegally imported wildlife as is deemed necessary by the Commission for the protection of native wildlife.
any person to possess sick, injured, orphaned, or impaired native wildlife, except migratory birds, for the purpose of rehabilitation without first applying for, obtaining and complying with the terms of a Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit issued by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. A Commission Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit is not required to keep migratory birds for rehabilitation purposes; however, a Migratory Bird Rehabilitation Permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is required.
experience in the care of sick, injured, orphaned or otherwise impaired wildlife. Applicants shall submit written documentation of such experience, including a description of the specific training or experience acquired, and the dates and locations where acquired. In addition, the application shall submit a recommendation from a permitted rehabilitator, who shall state, based upon personal knowledge, that the applicant possesses the stated experience. Additional documentation may consist of records of prior permits for rehabilitation issued by other states or the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, employment records of wildlife rehabilitative facilities, training course certificates, or other competent documentation of experience.
Wildlife Rehabilitators Association's current Minimum Standards for Wildlife Rehabilitation handbook.
Disease Transmission Within the Rehabilitation Facility and Strategy for Prevention of Transmissible Diseases set forth by the current International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council/National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association's Minimum Standards for Wildlife Rehabilitation handbook.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00 per violation.
any mountain lion (Puma concolor) without first obtaining a Mountain
Lion Permit from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Mountain Lion Permits will only be issued to facilities that possessed a Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit for mountain lions prior to September 30, 2007.
and shall not have been convicted of, or entered
a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for, violating any federal, state or municipal law governing captive wildlife, illegal appropriation or commercialization of wildlife, or cruelty to animals within five (5) years of the date of application.
caused by natural forces; animals attacking and/or injuring humans; and escape of an animal from its enclosure. Plans should identify the location of temporary holding facilities and necessary mechanisms to safely transport mountain lions to these facilities. Recapture plans shall outline procedures for handling and recapturing escaped mountain lions. Plans should include a list of safety equipment such as fire extinguishers, darting equipment, pepper spray, which will be available for use. The Commission shall immediately be notified upon the escape of any mountain lions. In the event of sickness, the name, address, phone number, and signature of the veterinarian who has agreed to care for the animal shall be provided.
cages or enclosures smaller than specified in this section while being transported, while in veterinary care or quarantined, provided that temporary caging is large enough for the animal to stand up, lie down, and turn around without touching the sides of the enclosure or another animal.
enclosures, pens and cages, are not in compliance with this Code section shall be notified in writing and shall have ten (10) days to correct the violation.
The Director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, shall determine mechanisms and procedures for control of diseases and parasites in captive wildlife, including mountain lions, within the state of Arkansas. Such mechanisms and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, examination, testing, quarantine and slaughter or destruction of individual animals that are, or in the opinion of the Commission may be, infected with a disease or parasite that may have significant detrimental effect on native wildlife, other captive wildlife, livestock or the public health of the citizens of the state of Arkansas. Such examinations, testing, quarantine and slaughter of captive wildlife shall be conducted at the expense of the owner of such wildlife. As a condition of this permit, the Commission may require the captive wildlife be quarantined for a period specified by the Commission.
when requested to do so by an employee or agent of the Commission.
EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $500.00 to $5,000.00 per violation.
possess native wildlife as pets except as follows:
personal pets in compliance with this regulation may be transferred to a Wildlife Rehabilitator and released back into the wild in the county where they were captured provided such animals were not confined with commercially obtained, captive born wildlife of the same species.
per household of a native wildlife species which were commercially obtained, captive born animals may be possessed as personal pets in compliance with the following restrictions.
forwarded to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission within 7 days of receipt.
EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00 per violation.
possess, take, or transport raptors or to use raptors to take game
animals and game birds without first obtaining a Falconry Permit from
the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
(3) raptors and may not obtain more than two (2) raptors for replacement birds during any twelve (12) month period. Master falconers may not take, transport, or possess a golden eagle unless authorized in writing by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Master falconers may not take, transport, or possess as a part of the three (3) bird limit, more than one raptor listed as threatened in federal regulation, except when birds listed as threatened or endangered were bred in captivity.
It sha ll be unlawful for holders of Falconry Permits to fail to comply with the following requirements:
phone number of the falconer, and must be attended to continually by the falconer. No eggs may be taken from raptor nests.
Permit under this Code chapter shall allow entry, at any reasonable hour, to employees or agents of the Commission upon the premises where the permitted activity is conducted. Commission employees or agents may enter such premises to inspect the facility, any and all records associated with the activities relating to the permit, and any birds kept under authority of the permit.
revocation, not to exceed sixty (60) days, and failure to do so shall result in the Commission taking action, per Commission policy, at the permit holder's expense.
EXCEPTION:
Hunting License, and holding a valid falconry permit from another state, may use raptors to take wildlife during open seasons. It is also provided that such a properly permitted non-resident falconer, without further permit, may enter and use raptors to take wildlife in any regional or national falconry field trial authorized by letter from the Director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00 per violation.
offer for sale live gray fox, red fox, or coyote captured from the wild in
Arkansas without first obtaining a Live Fox and Coyote Permit from
the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
PENALTY: $1,000.00 to $5,000.00 per violation
be unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess any species of wildlife, or portions thereof, other than during a season opened by the Commission and by utilizing the appropriate method or methods for that season.
EXCEPTIONS:
and provided that otters are tagged in compliance with Commission Code 10.12 (Bobcat and Otter Pelt Tagging Requirement). PENALTY: $500.00 to $2,000.00.
In addition, a jail sentence not to exceed 10 days may be imposed and hunting privileges may be suspended in accordance with Code 11.05, Revocation of Privileges. Equipment used in such violations (including but not limited to killing devices and lights) may be confiscated by the court, forfeited to the State, and disposed of according to law.
purchase, sell, offer for sale, barter or trade any species of wildlife or portions thereof.
EXCEPTIONS:
PRODUCTS. It shall be unlawful to import, transport or possess in
Arkansas a cervid carcass or carcass part from any area, as proclaimed by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, that has a known case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) or considered taken from a captive facility or within an enclosure.
EXCEPTIONS:
The following U.S. states, portions of states, and Canadian provinces are proclaimed to be CWD positive:
Colorado | West Virginia |
Illinois | Oklahoma* |
Kansas | South Dakota |
Minnesota* | Montana* |
Nebraska | New Mexico |
New York | Utah |
Wisconsin | Wyoming |
Alberta | Saskatchewan |
*States and provinces where CWD has been found in captive cervids only.
And any other state or province where a positive case of CWD has been detected as confirmed by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) or Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00
002.00.07 Ark. Code R. 016