3 CSR 10-12.140: Fishing, Daily and Possession Limits

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Purpose

This rule establishes daily and possession limits for fish on areas under management agreement with the department.

Summary:

PURPOSE: The proposed amendment establishes a catch and release season for trout on Moberly (Beuth Park Lake), an area under management agreement with the Department in the Community Assistance Program (CAP).

Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Chapter 12—Wildlife Code: Special Regulations for Areas Owned by Other Entities

Proposed Amendment

(9) Trout must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught from November 1 through January 31 on the following lakes and may not be possessed on these waters during this season:

   (A) Cape Girardeau (Capaha Park Lake);

   (B) Columbia (Cosmo-Bethel Lake);

   (C) Farmington (Giessing Lake);

   (D) Fulton (Veterans Park Lake);

   (E) Hannibal (Huckleberry Lake);

   (F) Jackson (Rotary Lake);

   (G) Jefferson City (McKay Park Lake);

   (H) Jennings (Koeneman Park Lake);

   (I) Kirksville (Spur Pond);

   (J) Kirkwood (Walker Lake);

   (K) Marshall (Lake Minesa);

   (L) Mexico (Kiwanis Lake);

   (M) Moberly (Beuth Park Lake);

   [(M)](N) Overland (Wild Acres Park Lake);

   [(N)](O) Perry County (Legion Lake 1);

   [(O)](P) Sedalia (Liberty Park Pond);

   [(P)](Q) Sikeston (Sikeston Recreation Complex Lake);

   [(Q)](R) St. Louis (Jefferson Lake);

   [(R)](S) St. Louis County (Tilles Park Lake); and

   [(S)](T) Union (Union City Lake).

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-4.116. Original rule filed April 30, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed February 10, 2023, effective August 30, 2023.

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will cost state agencies or political subdivisions approximately four thousand two hundred eighty-three dollars and seventy-six cents ($4,283.76) annually.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

 

Comment on this proposed regulation
Official public comment period: March 16, 2023 to April 14, 2023
Published in the Missouri Register on March 15, 2023 -- Volume 48 Number 6