Bill Text: MI HB5481 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Natural resources; fishing; possession limits; modify. Amends sec. 48721 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.48721). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5662'09
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 32-10)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-13 - Assigned Pa 30'10 With Immediate Effect [HB5481 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5481-Engrossed.html
HB-5481, As Passed House, December 17, 2009
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5481
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending section 48721 (MCL 324.48721), as added by 1995 PA 57.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
48721. (1) Except as otherwise provided in an order
authorized
under part 411, a A person shall not in a single day
catch,
kill, or have in possession at any 1 time more than the
number
of fish indicated as follows:
(a)
Brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, steelhead, lake
trout,
and splake, in any combination of species, 10 when taken
from
rivers and streams or 5 when taken from inland lakes or Great
Lakes,
but not more than 10 pounds and 1 fish.
(b)
Largemouth and smallmouth black bass, 5.
(c)
Bluegills, sunfish, warmouth bass, rock bass, and
crappies,
25 aggregate of any 1 species or in any combination of
species.
(d)
Pike-perch, 5. Any person may take and possess 10 pike-
perch
when legally taken in the connecting waters or the waters of
the
Great Lakes.
(e)
Saugers, 20, when taken from the waters commonly known as
the
Portage canal and including Portage lake and Torch lake, all in
Houghton
county. Saugers when so taken shall not be bought or sold.
(f)
Northern pike, 5.
(g)
Landlocked salmon, 5.
(h)
White bass, 10; 25 when taken from the Great Lakes or
connecting
waters.
(i)
Whitefish, 12.
(j)
Sturgeon, 2 per season. A person shall not possess
sturgeon
on or along the shores of an inland water except during
the
months of January and February.
(k)
Perch, 50 in the Upper Peninsula and all waters of the
Great
Lakes that are within the
jurisdiction of this state and are
10
or fewer miles from a border of the Upper Peninsula; in all
other
waters of the state, 100. possess
more than the daily
possession limit or aggregate daily possession limit, as
applicable, of fish at the place where the fish were taken or in
route from that place to either of the following:
(a) His or her automobile or other principal means of land
transportation.
(b) His or her residence or temporary place of lodging.
House Bill No. 5481 (H-3) as amended December 17, 2009
(2) A person shall not in a single day catch, kill, or possess
more than a combined total of 5 largemouth or smallmouth bass,
pike-perch, and northern pike, except that a person may take and
possess a combined total of 10 of those fish when taken in the
connecting waters or the waters of the Great Lakes.
(3) In addition to 1 day's possession limit of fish, a person
may possess an additional 2 days' possession limit of fish that are
processed by any of the following methods:
(a) Canning in a sealed container.
(b) Curing by smoking or drying.
(c) Freezing in a solid state.
(4) A person's processed fish aboard a vessel, on the water or
at dockside, shall be considered to be in the person's possession
for the purposes of subsection (3).
(5) (3)
A person shall not possess a fish
illegally taken.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect April 1,
2010.
[Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless House Bill No. 5662 of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.]
