Current through November 6, 2024
Section 312 IAC 9-10-14 - Fish hauler's and supplier's permitAuthority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22-16
Sec. 14.
(a) A fish hauler's and supplier's permit must be obtained under this section before a person: (1) imports live fish from another state or another country for sale; or(2) raises fish for sale for any purpose, live or dead.(b) A person shall make application for a permit under this section on a departmental form.(c) A person applying for a permit under this section must establish that a fish that is raised in Indiana or imported in Indiana and will be sold: (1) is free of any communicable disease;(2) will not become a nuisance; and(3) will not damage a native wild species or a domestic species of animal or plant.(d) A permit issued under this section expires on December 31 for the year of its issuance.(e) Subject to conditions imposed on the permit by the department, a permittee may import, produce, or sell live fish of the species listed under section 15(e) of this rule and the following species: (f) This section does not apply to a person who possesses fish other than those listed in 312 IAC 9-6-7 and who: (1) is engaged in raising, importing, or selling live fish exclusively for use in the aquarium pet trade; or(2) holds a bait dealer's license under IC 14-22-16 and is engaged exclusively in the sale of live fish for bait.Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-10-14; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2735; errata filed Jun 2, 1997, 3:20 p.m.: 20 IR 2789; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Jul 6, 2010, 1:55 p.m.: 20100804-IR-312090616FRA; Readopted filed 5/20/2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFAReadopted filed 9/18/2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA