Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-6-401
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Operating provisions for minnow dealers
Official statutory text
A. No person may seine, trap, transport and/or sell any minnows
within this state without having a valid minnow dealer's license
unless exempted under Section 4-116 of this title and without
observing the following requirements:
1. No seines used for seining minnows may have a mesh larger
than one-fourth (1/4) inch square, and no such seine shall be longer
than seventy (70) feet in length;
2. No licensee may employ more than four helpers or assistants
in seining and trapping operations, and each helper or assistant
must possess a valid Oklahoma Fishing License;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 29. Game and Fish Page 135
3. No dealer or employees of the dealer may seine and trap in
any river, stream or lake of Oklahoma without having first obtained
written permission for such from the owners or tenants of the lands
through which such waters flow or lie, and any written permit
obtained by the dealer must be upon his person while being upon such
lands;
4. All vehicles used to transport minnows by a licensee in
accordance with Sections 4-115 and 4-116 of this title must be
equipped in such manner as to aerate the water in the containers by
pressure methods and such vehicles or containers shall be marked
conspicuously by decals bearing the inscription "Commercial Minnow
Dealer", such decals to be furnished by the Department, to be placed
on the center of each door or on the sides of the containers, and to
be defaced in no manner; and
5. All licensees shall send to the Department a true annual
summary of all fish and other bait species captured.
B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
section shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or confined in the
county jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
within this state without having a valid minnow dealer's license
unless exempted under Section 4-116 of this title and without
observing the following requirements:
1. No seines used for seining minnows may have a mesh larger
than one-fourth (1/4) inch square, and no such seine shall be longer
than seventy (70) feet in length;
2. No licensee may employ more than four helpers or assistants
in seining and trapping operations, and each helper or assistant
must possess a valid Oklahoma Fishing License;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 29. Game and Fish Page 135
3. No dealer or employees of the dealer may seine and trap in
any river, stream or lake of Oklahoma without having first obtained
written permission for such from the owners or tenants of the lands
through which such waters flow or lie, and any written permit
obtained by the dealer must be upon his person while being upon such
lands;
4. All vehicles used to transport minnows by a licensee in
accordance with Sections 4-115 and 4-116 of this title must be
equipped in such manner as to aerate the water in the containers by
pressure methods and such vehicles or containers shall be marked
conspicuously by decals bearing the inscription "Commercial Minnow
Dealer", such decals to be furnished by the Department, to be placed
on the center of each door or on the sides of the containers, and to
be defaced in no manner; and
5. All licensees shall send to the Department a true annual
summary of all fish and other bait species captured.
B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
section shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or confined in the
county jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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