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Wyoming outlines new registration, fees and reporting for fishing outfitters and guides
Summary
Wyoming Game and Fish described steps to implement 2023 statute authorizing regulation of commercial fishing outfitters and guides, including an advisory board, draft chapter 71 rules, registration decals for watercraft, a reporting requirement and proposed fee structure.
Wyoming Game and Fish told the committee it is implementing 2023 legislation that gives the department authority to regulate commercial fishing outfitters and guides. Chief of Fisheries Alan Osterland described the department’s phased approach: form an advisory board, draft commission regulations (chapter 71), create a watercraft registration and reporting process and evaluate a governance structure for outfitters and guides.
Osterland said the commission appointed a seven-member advisory board after 104 applicants in March; the board includes current and former commercial operators from high-use areas (Casper, Pinedale, Thermopolis). The advisory board met May 1 and provided recommendations used in the draft chapter 71 regulation,…
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