§ 4-11A-21. Permit to breed, propagate, and sell game and freshwater fish

   (a) Application; fee; issuance; duration. -- A person may apply in writing to the Department for a permit to breed, propagate, and sell any species of game and freshwater fish protected by law, in ponds or lakes which he owns or leases. The Department, upon receipt of a permit fee of $ 5 may issue to the applicant a breeder's license permitting him to hatch, rear, transport, sell, barter or exchange any fish. A fish breeder's permit expires on December 31 following the date of issuance.

(b) Authority of Department to regulate; revocation of permit. -- The Department shall promulgate regulations governing the release, possession, sale, shipment, and identification of every game and freshwater fish bred under a fish breeder's permit. The Department may require any report necessary concerning the operation of a fish breeder's permit. Any permit issued under the provisions of this section may be revoked for a violation of any provision of this section or any regulation made pursuant to it.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 66C, § 215; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 4, § 1; 1988, ch. 534, § 1.