312 Ind. Admin. Code 9-6-2

Current through October 23, 2024

Section 312 IAC 9-6-2 - Fish measurement

Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22

Sec. 2.

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the measurement of the length of a fish must be taken in a straight line from the tip of the snout with the mouth closed to the utmost end of the caudal (tail) fin when the fin is compressed so that the upper and lower lobes of the fin touch or overlap.

(b) The measurement of the fork length of shovelnose sturgeon must be taken in a straight line from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail fin.

(c) The measurement of the eye to fork length of paddlefish must be taken in a straight line from the foremost point of the eye to the fork of the tail fin.

312 IAC 9-6-2

Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-6-2; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2715; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; filed Feb 27, 2007, 2:25 p.m.: 20070328-IR-312060262FRA; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Aug 28, 2009, 3:39 p.m.: 20090923-IR-312080886FRA; filed Jan 2, 2013, 3:42 p.m.: 20130130-IR-312120381FRA; Readopted filed 5/20/2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA

Readopted filed 9/18/2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA