8 FISH LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER STATES. 
Il. TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER OF CAPTURE. 
TABLE OF Provisions Founp IN StatuTEs GENERALLY, WITH REFERENCES TO 
SEecTIONS oF PAMPHLET LAws. 
Subject. Ark.} Til. | Iowa.| Ky. | La. |Minn.| Miss.} Mo. |Tenn.| Wis. 
Sec. | Sec. | Sec. | Sec. | Sec. | Sec. | Sec. | Sec. | Sec. | Sec. 
Fish generally, or certain species, or in 62.30 
certain places, shal! not be taken in 18 135.41 2) 1.2 { 33 | 4808 6535 45 |J62. 33 
nets, or shall be taken only with hook ae! ? 40 | 4838 |f----- 6548 62. 40 
amd line... 522s a eee eee ee ee - 
Minnow seine permitted..............-- At ger37| (24 | || OG eRe hen eee eas 22 | Ga ae 
62. 28 
62. 29 
Close seasons provided as hereinafter \ 18 135.36 a? 37,60 | (a) 6548 \ 17 Me = 
NOVEG ea ake weston ae ee ep ae ? reall ieee shalt Ms |S 6551 62. 37 
62.39 
62. 43 
Fishing rear dam or fishway or both 
prohibited; hook and line excepted 
in Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, and 
"WiISCODSINS . 325s enscssse-s ot oe ee aes eases 25 Oli aes 4864 |...... 6549 49 | 62,29 
Use of either poison, drugs, etc., or ex- |\,- es 1173 | 6537 ai 
plosives, prohibited eka sic Teta eee \ Boao} 48 3 3 57 | 4865 ee 6538 \ 45 | 62.32 
Fishing on premises of another without 
Consent; prohibited. -—~ 2222-2, --e eee 47,48 | 40B |_..... 1259 26 |. 2.- s0|'=- 2b 25-4 eee eee 
; hee 6524 62.15 
Authorization to take fish for scientific 4758 6568 62. 50 
purposes, or to propagate, or to destroy |r. ...- 38 9 3 119,47 |\4771 |p_-..- 6570 |>-...- 62. 55 
NOXIOUS SPECIES. . 2-2-2 e Lecce 4846 6571 62. 56 
6572 62.57 
4777 
Las : 1-5, f}22,54, |}4861 62.55 
Provision for private ponds.............|.-.---|..--.- 8 | yo59 61 1862 Fe 6548 45 |\62. 58 
48 
Areas may be closed to mussel fishing ..-}...... By eson| te aoe er (6). [2-2 22h beeeS eeo eee eee 
aCh. 261 of 1915, and sec. 4807, 4808, 4820, 4821, 4829, 4830, and 4874. b Ch. 276, laws 1915. 
PROVISIONS PECULIAR TO THE RESPECTIVE STATES, WITH REFERENCES TO SECTIONS 
OF PAMPHLET LAWS. 
Arkansas.—Mesh of nets shall be at least 3 inches square; no seine, net, trap, or 
other device shall be used March 1 to June 15 (sec. 18). In some counties nets and 
similar devices are prohibited (sec. 41, 44). 
Illinois.—Hoop, fyke, dip nets, or baskets with mesh not less than 14 inches square, 
may be used July 1 to April 15 and seine with same mesh September 1 to April 15, 
except for black bass, pickerel, pike perch, whitefish, trout, cisco, and yellow perch 
(sec. 35). Gill and pound nets with mesh not less than 2} inches square may be used 
for whitefish and lake trout December | to November 1 (sec.°36). Gill, dip, and pound 
nets with mesh not less than 1} inches square may be used for cisco, or with mesh not 
less than 1;; inches square for yellow perch, provided not over 10 per cent of catch 
at any lift consists of lake trout of a less weight than 1} pounds dressed each, and such 
lake trout may be sold only locally and not shipped (sec. 36). Rough fish may be 
taken from fish preserves by net under special permit (sec. 35). Maximum lengths 
for nets are: Hoop, fyke, or pound 200 yards and seine 1,000 yards; they shall not 
obstruct more than half the width of a watercourse (sec. 39). 
Firearms, artificial lights, snare spears, gig graines, and trammel nets shall not 
be used to catch fish (sec. 40B). 
Mussel fishing may be practiced commercially with one boat only or an additional 
boat for towing, and with only two crowfoot bars not over 16 feet long each, and only 
one dredge not over 3 feet long; such fishing is permitted only April 15 to November 
30 (sec. 55). 
Frogs over quarter pound shall not be taken May or June (sec. 34). 
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