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Board moves to repeal rule banning possession of firearms while fishing to align with state law
Summary
The board approved repeal of an obsolete provision that restricted possessing firearms while fishing (NR 20.05(2)), after staff said it conflicted with state law and had been temporarily suspended by JCRAR; the department had not enforced it.
Carrie Lee Zimmerman, policy and regulation specialist with the Bureau of Fisheries, told the board that NR 20.05(2) — a provision that prohibited possessing firearms while fishing — is in conflict with current state law and had been suspended administratively. "It has not been enforced by the department," Zimmerman said, and the department proposed to repeal the provision as part of FH-20-24 to clean up the code.
Board action: with no public speakers the board moved to approve the repeal; a motion was made and seconded and adopted by voice vote. Chair and members said the repeal clarifies the code without changing other fish-protection provisions that prohibit non-hook methods of taking fish except as specifically authorized.
