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Utah Code § 4-37-103

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§ 4-37-103. Definitions.

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As used in this chapter: (1) "Aquaculture" means the controlled cultivation of aquatic animals. (2) (a) (i) "Aquaculture facility" means any tank, canal, raceway, pond, off-stream reservoir, or other structure used for aquaculture. (ii) "Aquaculture facility" does not include any public aquaculture facility or fee fishing facility. (b) Structures that are separated by more than 1/2 mile, or structures that drain to or are modified to drain to, different drainages, are considered separate aquaculture facilities regardless of ownership. (3) (a) "Aquatic animal" means a member of any species of fish, mollusk, crustacean, or amphibian. (b) "Aquatic animal" includes a gamete of any species listed in Subsection (3)(a). (4) "Fee fishing facility" means a body of water used for holding or rearing fish for the purpose of providing fishing for a fee or for pecuniary consideration or advantage. (5) "Natural flowing stream" means the same as that term is defined in Section 23A-1-101. (6) "Natural lake" means the same as that term is defined in Section 23A-1-101. (7) "Private fish pond" means the same as that term is defined in Section 23A-1-101. (8) "Public aquaculture facility" means a tank, canal, raceway, pond, off-stream reservoir, or other structure used for aquaculture by the Division of Wildlife Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a mosquito abatement district, or an institution of higher education. (9) "Public fishery resource" means fish produced in public aquaculture facilities and wild and free ranging populations of fish in the surface waters of the state. (10) "Reservoir constructed on a natural stream channel" means the same as that term is defined in Section 23A-1-101. (11) "Short-term fishing event" means the same as that term is defined in Section 23A-1-101.

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