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LR 332
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dip net in the usual and ordinary way in inland waters
designated by the commissioner;

 
(3) May use particles of food for the purpose of
luring smelts to a baitfish trap, a dip net, a drop
net, a lift net or a bag net;

 
(4) Transport or possess at the holder's business
facility more than the daily bag limit of smelts
provided that the smelts were taken by the license
holder in accordance with this section or acquired from
a person licensed under this section to deal in live
smelts;

 
(5) Designate others to assist in selling live smelts
at the holder's business facility; and

 
(6) Transport or designate others to transport on the
license holder's behalf live smelts in accordance with
this subsection.

 
B. The holder of a smelt wholesale dealer's license may
not:

 
(1) When engaged in taking, or assisting in taking,
live smelts for resale from inland waters, fail to
exhibit the license to any agent of the commissioner
upon request;

 
(2) Take multiple bag limits from waters governed by
general rules regulating the taking of smelts in order
to attain the 8-quart limit of smelts described in
paragraph A, subparagraph 2;

 
(3) Use a seine to take smelts;

 
(4) Transport or possess at the holder's business
facility more than the daily bag limit of smelts at any
time unless the smelts were acquired in accordance with
paragraph A, subparagraph 4. If the smelts were
purchased from another person, the license holder must
present a receipted invoice, bill of lading or bill of
sale to any agent of the commissioner upon request;

 
(5) Transport from an inland water source to the
licensee's place of business more than 8 quarts of live
smelts;

 
(6) Permit any person to transport live smelts on the
license holder's behalf directly from an inland water
source;


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