fishes at kuhub_cc.ukans.edu (Kate Shaw): legal collecting

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• Subject: fishes at kuhub_cc.ukans.edu (Kate Shaw): legal collecting
• From: robertrice at juno_com (robert a rice)
• Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 00:16:38 PST

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From: fishes at kuhub_cc.ukans.edu (Kate Shaw)
To: nanf at actwin_com
Subject: legal collecting
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 09:05:45 -0600 (UTC -06:00)
Message-ID: <01IFD1DDAF0Y0017ZG at kuhub_cc.ukans.edu>

In the state of Kansas, collecting for home aquaria apparently falls
under
the umbrella of catching bait or game fish. The legal methods for taking
bait are stipulated in the fishing regulations and require a valid state
fishing permit. Legal methods include:
        seine less than 15 ft long & 4 ft deep, mesh not larger than 1/4
inch
        fish-trap with throat less than 1 in diameter & mesh not larger
than
1/4 inch
        fishing line
        dip- or cast-net with mesh less than 3/8 inch
In addition, bait fish must be less than 12 inches and an individual
cannot
possess more than 500 individuals. "Bait" is also tightly defined to
include
members of the minnow or carp family (Cyprinidae), sucker family
(Catostomidae), top minnows or killifish family (Cyprinodontidae), shad
family (Clupeidae), and the sunfish family (Centrarchidae), specifically
EXCLUDING black basses and crappie. "Bait" also specifically excludes all
Kansas and T & E species. Game fish may be taken by a variety of methods,
but are subject to licence, creel limits, and length limits. Note that
darters are not mentioned in either of these categories. To the best of
my
knowledge, the state of Kansas requires a Scientific Collecting Permit to
take and hold fishes that do not fall within the descriptions of bait or
game fish.
---Kate Shaw


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