N.D. Admin. Code 30-03-01.1-07
Persons commercializing in or transporting legal live aquatic bait shall use equipment capable of maintaining such live bait in a healthy and lively condition at all times, except for rainbow smelt which must be killed immediately after capture. Each species of legal live aquatic bait must be kept separate from other species of legal live aquatic bait in holding and transport equipment. The premises and equipment of all persons commercializing in legal live aquatic bait shall be open to the inspection of the director or any of the director's duly appointed agents at any time.
Equipment used for transporting legal live aquatic bait into or within the state must be free of aquatic nuisance species. Water used to transport legal live aquatic bait into the state must be from a potable or ground water (well) source and shall not contain any aquatic vegetation. Retail bait vendors must keep all aquatic vegetation and aquatic nuisance species out of bait tanks at their point of sale. Any bait vendor who violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a two hundred dollar fee.
N.D. Admin Code 30-03-01.1-07
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-06-14, 20.1-17-01
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-06-14, 20.1-17-01, 20.1-17-06