Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 36, September 7, 2024
Section 69.37 - Prohibited acts(a) It is unlawful, while fishing under a commercial fishing license, for commercial purposes, or with devices subject to licensing under this chapter and section 2903 of the code (relating to boat and net licenses for boundary lakes) to attempt to catch any species of salmon, trout-including lake trout, sauger, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike and longjawed cisco. Fish that are accidentally caught shall be returned immediately to the waters from which it was taken regardless of its condition and reported to the Commission.(b) It is unlawful for a person other than the holder of a commercial fishing license, and the agents and employees of the holder or an officer authorized to enforce the code or this part to lift, clear or disturb a commercial net or net-marking buoy.(c) It is unlawful while fishing under a commercial license or otherwise fishing with a device subject to commercial licensing to manipulate, alter or otherwise use a commercial fishing device in a way to reduce the effective mesh size of the net being fished.(d) It is unlawful to fish by hook and line from a boat engaged in commercial fishing under this chapter.The provisions of this §69.37 amended March 6, 1992, effective 3/7/1992, 22 Pa.B. 949; amended March 7, 1997, effective 3/8/1997, 27 Pa.B. 1155; amended March 23, 2012, effective 3/24/2012, 42 Pa.B. 1502.The provisions of this §69.37 amended under the Fish and Boat Code, 30 Pa.C.S. §§ 2102 and 2903.