312 Ind. Admin. Code 9-10-14

Current through September 4, 2024
Section 312 IAC 9-10-14 - Fish hauler's and supplier's permit

Authority: IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22-16

Sec. 14.

(a) A fish hauler's and supplier's permit must be obtained under this section before a person:
(1) imports live fish from another state or another country for sale; or
(2) raises fish for sale for any purpose, live or dead.
(b) A person shall make application for a permit under this section on a departmental form.
(c) A person applying for a permit under this section must establish that a fish that is raised in Indiana or imported in Indiana and will be sold:
(1) is free of any communicable disease;
(2) will not become a nuisance; and
(3) will not damage a native wild species or a domestic species of animal or plant.
(d) A permit issued under this section expires on December 31 for the year of its issuance.
(e) Subject to conditions imposed on the permit by the department, a permittee may import, produce, or sell live fish of the species listed under section 15(e) of this rule and the following species:
(1) Brown trout.
(2) Hybrid striped bass.
(3) Rainbow trout.
(4) Tiger muskellunge.
(5) Tilapia.
(f) This section does not apply to a person who possesses fish other than those listed in 312 IAC 9-6-7 and who:
(1) is engaged in raising, importing, or selling live fish exclusively for use in the aquarium pet trade; or
(2) holds a bait dealer's license under IC 14-22-16 and is engaged exclusively in the sale of live fish for bait.

312 IAC 9-10-14

Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-10-14; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2735; errata filed Jun 2, 1997, 3:20 p.m.: 20 IR 2789; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Jul 6, 2010, 1:55 p.m.: 20100804-IR-312090616FRA; Readopted filed 5/20/2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA
Readopted filed 9/18/2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA