16 FISH LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVER STATES. 
The commission is authorized to net from inland waters (with exceptions) rough 
fish found to be detrimental to game fish, and to dispose of them to the best interest 
of the State (29.62). 
The commission may authorize the taking of fish for scientific purposes or propa- 
gation (29.17, 29.01, 29.51). 
The operation of private hatcheries is provided for (29.50, 29.52). 
Crawfish and crabs shall not be taken between March 1 and July 1, nor frogs from 
March 1 to May 1, except that frogs may be had in possession by a person in the busi- 
ness of propagating them, or when used for scientific purposes (29.20). Frogs shall 
not be taken from lands owned by another without his consent (sec. 4565dm). 
Nonresident mussel fishermen may use one boat only. Mussels shall not be taken 
with a dredge (29.38). 
IV. SIZE LIMITS FOR AQUATIC ANIMALS. 
Minimum S1zEs oF FISHES AND OTHER AQUATIC ANIMALS, WITH REFERENCES TO THE 
Laws IN Eac8 STATE. 
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Towa, interstate waters, 
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Iowa, interior waters,sec.2.| 10 |...... IDs) te. | erssaise . Fee 
Louisiana, ¢ secs.37, 40, 60. - - tal Bee 8 12) Soest ear 
Minnesota /.....-.-....--.- Of ER aelernnies See sers See tars 
Missouri, 9 sec. 6550 -.......-| 11 }...... om eerie Betis acl Eaten 
Ohio, ” secs. 1428, 1442...... 10 5 | h10| 216 hg | hid 
Pennsylvania, sec. 25...--. 9 6 Ouch Fo pteaPael Soe PRS ae 
Tennessee, sec. 50....-.-.-- it Gultecec. ana med|s tae adler 
West Virginia, / sec. 42..... i Pet ad Bee ed Beaks Bete Re Scallonttita lent aciel bya nic} Acie? 
Wisconsin, certain Great 
Lakes:waters, secs: 29, 33. |s2<8|; seccal|vicene- asks tafe Lise 12 MO Boca) oreo Gees 13 8 
Wisconsin, State generally, * 
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aMeasurements to be from end of nose to fork of tail. Limits on sale only, and do not apply to minnows 
used for bait. Limits given by weight are as follows: Blue or channel catfish and drum, 2 pounds; carp 
and buffalofish, 3 pounds. 3 
b Fish measurements are taken for ‘‘the length of the entire fish from the extreme tip of the snout to the 
extreme end of the tail fin,” and turtle and terrapin for the extreme ends of the upper shell. Restrictions 
do not apply to pole and line fishing. The limit on lake trout and whitefish is 1} pounds, dressed. The 
catfish restriction is confined to ‘‘blue and channel catfish.” 
c Section 2542 and ch. 42 of 1917. The size limit on trout does not apply to boundary waters. 
dA different size limit (in interstate waters) is set for the species of sturgeon, being 1 pound for the sand 
sturgeon, shovel-nose sturgeon, or hackleback She alee Ba platorhynchus (Rafinesque), and 3 pounds 
for the rock sturgeon or lake sturgeon Acipenser rubicundus Le Sueur; the former would perhaps include 
the white sturgeon # prdecaphinienens albus Forbes and Richardson. The restrictions as to interstate 
waters do not apply to hook and line or spear fishing. 
oo errenen restriction is only on the diamond-back. Size limits for salt-water species are fixed by 
other acts. 
f Sections 4827 and 4873 and ch. 471 of 1917. Measurements are taken from tip of snout to fork of tail; a 
different size limit is set for the two species of pike perch, being 14 inches, or 1 pound dressed, for the wall- 
eye, and 10 inches for the sauger. The limit on lake trout and salmon from inland waters is 16 inches. 
atfish under 15 mches tip to tip rough, or 12 inches dressed, shall not be taken in nets in interstate waters. 
The limits for international waters are: Sturgeon, 15 pounds dressed; lake trout, 2 pounds round, or un- 
dressed, and 1} pounds dressed; whitefish, 16 inches; wall-eye, 14 inches, or 1 pound round; muskellunge, , 
30 inches; sauger, 10 inches. The language of the statute is not perfectly clear, but these restrictions seem 
to be limited to international waters. Mussels, except “‘pigtoes,”’ shall not be taken smaller than 1} inches. 
9 Measurements are taken from end of nose to fork of tail. The restrictions are applicable only to fish 
sold. The catfish restriction is limited to ‘‘blue and channel catfish.” 
h Measurements are made from end of nose to longest tip of tail (1449). Restrictions on striped bass, 
buffalofish, bullhead, carp, catfish, “‘pike,’’ yellow perch, sturgeon, and whitefish apply only to com- 
mercial fishing in the Lake Erie district, and even here it is jawful to retain 3 per cent, by weight, of under- 
sized fish, or 10 per cent of ‘‘pike’’; the whitefish limit is 12 pounds. Catfish and sturgeon shall not be 
brought ashore in such condition that the length can not be measured. 
?The limit on sturgeon apples only to boundary lakes (1913, act 71, sec. 10). 
j Measurements are taken from end of snout to center of fork of tail. 
k Measurements are taken from tip of snout to tip of tail. The restrictions as to Great Lakes fish limit 
only licensees in those waters; any such licensee taking undersized fish shall bring them ashore and notily 
the conservation commission or its deputy and the latter shall dispose of them. 
