Michigan Compiled Laws 451-1994-iii-2-3-aquatic-species Part 473 Commercial Fishing (324.47301...324.47362)

• Section 324.47301 Fish In Great Lakes; Property Of State.
  All fish of whatever kind found in the waters of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie, commonly known as the Great Lakes, the bays...
• Section 324.47301a Obstruction Or Interference In Lawful Taking Of Fish; Prohibited Conduct; Injunction; Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalty; Applicability Of Section To Peace Officer; Definitions.
  (1) A person shall not obstruct or interfere in the lawful taking of fish by a person licensed under this part. (2) A person...
• Section 324.47302 Fishing License; Limited Number To Be Issued; Qualifications; Provisions; Expiration Date; Suspension Or Revocation; Renewal; Transfer.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other part or act, the department, when in the department's opinion it is necessary for the...
• Section 324.47303 Fish And Game Protection Account; Receipts; Use.
  The department shall provide financial remuneration to the state for fish taken for commercial purposes by collection from the licensee of not more than...
• Section 324.47305 Rules.
  For the purpose of carrying out this section and sections 47302 and 47303, the department may promulgate rules as may be necessary. History: Add....
• Section 324.47306 Commercial Fishing Law; Setting Of Nets Or Hook Lines Prohibited; Connecting Waters.
  A person shall not place or set any kind of a net or set hook lines or take or attempt to take any kind...
• Section 324.47307 Setting Of Nets Or Hook Lines Prohibited; Channel At Mouth Of Stream Or Outlet Of Inland Lake; Fishing From Docks; Spearing Through Ice.
  A person shall not set any net, set hook lines, or other device for the purpose of taking or catching fish within 160 rods...
• Section 324.47308 Set Hook Lines, Spears, And Gill Nets; Use Permitted; Marketing Prohibited; Unused Bait.
  Except as otherwise provided by law, a person may use in the waters of Lakes Michigan, Superior, Huron, and Erie, and the bays of...
• Section 324.47309 Nets; Use; Meshes.
  A person shall not possess on any boat licensed under this part or use in the waters of Lakes Michigan, Superior, Huron, and Erie,...
• Section 324.47310 Taking, Catching, Or Attempting To Take Or Catch Fish With Gill Net, Pound Net, Or Trap Net In Certain Waters; Transfer Of Fishing Licenses; License Or Permit For Chubs; Applicability Of Section.
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), within the jurisdiction of this state the holder of a license or permit issued under...
• Section 324.47311 Closed Seasons; Setting Of Nets Or Hooks; Disposition Of Fish Taken During Closed Season; Revocation Of License; Chilling Fish.
  (1) A person shall not take from any of the waters listed in section 47301 any of the following: (a) Lake trout, in Lake...
• Section 324.47312 Taking Fish For Fish Culture; Commercial Fishing; Closing.
  The department may authorize the taking of trout, whitefish, and yellow pickerel for the purpose of fish culture at any time during the open...
• Section 324.47313 Spawn; Handling; Violation Of Part; Unlawful Taking Of Trout.
  All persons engaged in fishing for whitefish, trout, yellow pickerel, or perch in the waters named in this part shall from the beginning of...
• Section 324.47314 Spawn; Propagation; Planting Of Fry; Violation Of Part.
  The department shall deliver to designated representatives of the United States bureau of fisheries and to the state fish hatcheries as much of this...
• Section 324.47315 Taking Fish For Fish Culture; Powers Of Department; Sale; Disposition Of Proceeds.
  The department may take fish in any manner, in any of the waters mentioned in this part, at any and all seasons of the...
• Section 324.47316 Shipments; Marketing; Seizure As Illegal.
  A person shall not ship or transport within this state any fish in packages or containers without plainly and correctly marking each package or...
• Section 324.47317 Possession Of Shipment Of Illegal Fish; Construction.
  The possession of any package or shipment of illegal fish offered to any common carrier as described in section 47316 shall be construed to...
• Section 324.47318 Repacking After Opening; Detention Of Legal Shipment Prohibited.
  Any package or car of fish in transit opened by the department, if found to be a lawful shipment under this part, shall be...
• Section 324.47319 Minimum Length And Weight Requirements; Unlawful Possession And Marketing.
  (1) A person shall not market, possess, transport, or offer for sale at any time in this state, whether caught within or outside of...
• Section 324.47320 Undersized Fish; Return To Waters; Definition.
  A person engaged in lifting pound nets, trap nets, or seines in the waters of this state shall not take from the waters of...
• Section 324.47321 Taking Of Certain Fish By Commercial Fishing Devices Prohibited; Return To Waters.
  A person shall not take or catch with any kind of a net or other device used in commercial fishing in any of the...
• Section 324.47322 Marking Of Location Of Nets And Devices.
  A person shall not set or use nets, set hook lines, or any other continuous device in any of the waters mentioned in this...
• Section 324.47323 Inspection Before Shipment.
  Every person taking fish for market in any of the waters mentioned in this part shall bring them to some port or place in...
• Section 324.47324 Power Of Department To Take Fish For Cultural Purposes; Price; Basis.
  The department may take, for fish cultural purposes only, fish taken by any person fishing in the waters of this state, and when so...
• Section 324.47325 Daily Report Of Catch; Failure To File; Penalty; Monthly Form.
  Every person taking fish for the market in any of the waters mentioned in this part shall keep an accurate report of each day's...
• Section 324.47326 Report Of Fish In Possession By Commercial Fishermen; Contents; Inspection; Prohibited Possession.
  Every person licensed to take fish under this part, at the close of the 24-hour period immediately following the close of the respective open...
• Section 324.47327 Violation Of Mcl 324.47301 To 324.47325; Penalty.
  Any person who violates sections 47301 to 47325, upon conviction for the first offense shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 30...
• Section 324.47328 License To Use Fishing Devices; Sport Trolling; Licensing Boats For Hire; License Not Required Under Certain Conditions In Lake St. Clair.
  A person shall not use any kind of a boat, tug, or launch, except when used in hook and line fishing, or any kind...
• Section 324.47329 Commercial Fishing Licenses; Application; Contents; “overall Length” Defined; Fee.
  (1) A person desiring a license under this part shall submit an application for that license to the department on oath when required on...
• Section 324.47330 License To Use Fishing Devices; Issuance Fees.
  (1) The department, when application is made by any person in accordance with section 47329, shall issue the license provided for in this part...
• Section 324.47331 Commercial Fishing Licenses; Form; Tag Attached To Boat; Fee; Transfer Procedure.
  (1) Upon the payment of the fee provided for in section 47330, the department shall have prepared and shall issue to a person entitled...
• Section 324.47332 Licenses; Expiration Date; Record Of Applications And Licenses; Disposition Of Fees.
  All licenses expire on December 31 in the calendar year for which they were issued. The department shall keep a record of all applications...
• Section 324.47333 Wholesale Fish Market Or House; License; Fee; Label On Containers; Record.
  (1) Every person who deals in fish by operating a wholesale fish market or fish house, or who solicits the purchase of or buys...
• Section 324.47334 Violation Of Sections; Penalties.
  Any person who violates sections 47328 to 47333 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction for the first offense shall be punished by...
• Section 324.47335 Nets And Seines; Prohibited Use In Certain Waters Of Lake Superior.
  A person shall not take or catch fish of any kind with gill nets, pound nets, trap nets, seines, or other device of any...
• Section 324.47336 Grand Traverse Bay.
  A person shall not take or attempt to take fish with seines or nets of any kind in that part of Grand Traverse bay...
• Section 324.47337 Charlevoix Bay.
  A person shall not take or catch, or attempt to take or catch, any species of fish with gill nets, pound nets, trap nets,...
• Section 324.47338 Setting Or Using Nets Near Public Docks Or Piers Prohibited; Exceptions.
  A person shall not set or use any kind of a net mentioned in this part, except seines in the taking of noxious fish,...
• Section 324.47339 Saginaw Bay.
  As used in this part, “Saginaw bay” means those waters lying inside of a line drawn from Tawas point lighthouse in Iosco county to...
• Section 324.47340 Marquette Bay.
  A person shall not drive stakes for fishing purposes, or set, place, or extend any pound, trap, stake, or set net of any kind,...
• Section 324.47341 Grand Marais Harbor.
  Commencing June 15, 1962, a person shall not place or set any kind of net or set hook lines or take or attempt to...
• Section 324.47342 False Presque Isle Bay.
  A person shall not set nets or seines of any kind or description west of a certain line commencing at the 1/4 post between...
• Section 324.47343 Presque Isle Harbor.
  A person shall not take or attempt to take fish with seines, set hook lines, or nets of any kind in the waters of...
• Section 324.47344 Thunder Bay.
  A person shall not catch or take fish of any kind with a net or other device of any kind, except hook and line...
• Section 324.47345 Whitney Bay.
  A person shall not fish with, use, or set any seines, gill nets, or any form of pound, trap, sweep, or set nets, or...
• Section 324.47346 Pike Bay And Island Harbor.
  A person shall not take or catch fish of any kind with gill nets, trap nets, pound nets, seines, or other device of any...
• Section 324.47347 Straits Of Mackinac.
  A person shall not take or catch fish of any kind with gill nets, trap nets, seines, or other device of any kind, except...
• Section 324.47348 Les Cheneaux Channels.
  (1) A person shall not fish with seines, gill nets, or any form of trap nets, or in any manner except by hook and...
• Section 324.47349 Fishing In Certain Water Of Upper Lake Huron With Fishing Devices; Prohibition; Exceptions; Spearing Through Ice For Certain Fish; Open Season.
  A person shall not take or catch fish of any kind with gill nets, pound nets, trap nets, seines, or other device of any...
• Section 324.47350 Little Traverse Bay.
  A person shall not take or catch fish of any kind with gill nets, trap nets, seines, or other device of any kind, except...
• Section 324.47351 Little Bay De Noquette.
  A person shall not fish with, use, or set any seines, gill nets, or any form of pound, trap, sweep, or set nets, or...
• Section 324.47352 Garden Bay.
  A person shall not take or catch fish of any kind with gill nets, pound nets, trap nets, seines, or other device of any...
• Section 324.47353 Little Bay De Noquette, Big Bay De Noquette, And Green Bay.
  A person shall not in the waters of this state known as Little Bay de Noquette and Big Bay de Noquette, and that part...
• Section 324.47354 Keweenaw Bay.
  A person shall not take, catch, or attempt to take or catch any fish with seines, gill nets, or any form of pound or...
• Section 324.47355 Portage Lake Ship Canal.
  A person shall not take, catch, or attempt to take or catch any fish with seines, gill nets, or any form of pound nets...
• Section 324.47356 Huron Bay.
  A person shall not take, catch, or attempt to take or catch any fish with seines, gill nets, or any form of pound or...
• Section 324.47357 Duncan Bay.
  A person shall not use any kind of a net, set hook line, or other device for the purpose of taking or catching fish...
• Section 324.47358 Munising And Murray Bays.
  A person shall not take or catch fish of any kind in any manner except with hook and line and spear as permitted by...
• Section 324.47359 Bait; Taking With Nets.
  The taking of minnows as defined in section 48728 and other small fish for bait with nets not otherwise prohibited by law is not...
• Section 324.47360 Construction Of Part.
  Nothing contained in this part authorizes the taking, selling, or transporting of fish, the use of illegal nets, or the setting of nets at...
• Section 324.47361 Violation Of Mcl 324.47335 To 324.47360; Penalty; Suspension Or Revocation Of Permit Or License; Issuance Or Reinstatement.
  (1) A person who violates sections 47335 to 47360 is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or...
• Section 324.47362 Part 479 Not Repealed.
  This part shall not be construed to repeal part 479. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular...

Last modified: October 10, 2016