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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 06-405

NOTICES

FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION

Permits for the Use of Cast Nets or Throw Nets; Lake Arthur, Butler County; Raystown Lake, Huntingdon County; Shenango Lake, Mercer County

[36 Pa.B. 1192]

   Under 58 Pa. Code § 63.48 (relating to permit for the use of cast nets or throw nets) (see 36 Pa.B. 1126 (March 11, 2006)), the Executive Director of the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) or his designee may issue permits for the use of cast nets or throw nets for the taking of gizzard shad 8 inches or less in length and alewife only in waters to be determined by the Executive Director. The Executive Director has determined that the Commission will issue permits under § 63.48 for the following waters: Lake Arthur, Butler County; Raystown Lake, Huntingdon County; and Shenango Lake, Mercer County. A separate permit will be required for each body of water.

   In addition to other permit conditions that the Executive Director may require, the cast nets or throw nets shall be no greater than 10 feet in radius (20 feet in diameter) with a mesh size of at least 3/8 inch. Furthermore, notwithstanding the provisions of 58 Pa. Code § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters), holders of permits for the use of cast nets or throw nets may take, catch, kill or possess a daily creel limit of 100 gizzard shad and alewife (combined species).

   A person may apply for a permit for the use of cast nets or throw nets by completing the form prescribed by the Commission. The applicant shall submit the completed form to the Commission along with the fee specified in section 2902 of the code (relating to net permits).

   It is unlawful to use cast nets or throw nets for the taking of gizzard shad and alewife or to take, catch, kill or possess more than the daily creel limit of gizzard shad and alewife as set forth in 58 Pa. Code § 61.1 without the required permit. A permit for the use of cast nets or throw nets shall be carried so that it can be presented to an officer authorized to enforce the code. It also is unlawful to use gizzard shad or alewife taken under a permit for the use of cast nets or throw nets as live bait in any water other than the water from which it was taken.

DOUGLAS J. AUSTEN, Ph.D.,   
Executive Director

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-405. Filed for public inspection March 10, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]


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