This amendment clarifies there are specific length limit exceptions to the statewide regulation for the daily limit of white bass, yellow bass, striped bass, and their hybrids which allows not more than four (4) fish more than eighteen inches (18") in total length.
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Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission
Proposed Amendment
Proposed Amendment
The commission proposes to amend section (4) of this rule.
PURPOSE: This amendment clarifies there are specific length limit exceptions to the statewide regulation for the daily limit of white bass, yellow bass, striped bass, and their hybrids which allows not more than four (4) fish more than eighteen inches (18") in total length.
(4) Length Limits: No length limits, except the daily limit of white bass, yellow bass, striped bass, and their hybrids may include not more than four (4) fish more than eighteen inches (18") in total length[.], except -
(C) On Bull Shoals and Norfork lakes and their tributaries, striped bass less than twenty inches (20”) in total length must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught. On these waters, there are no length limits for white bass, yellow bass, or their hybrids.
AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.240, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed June 13, 1994, effective Jan. 1, 1995. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2013.
PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.
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 Tom A. Draper, Deputy Director, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180. 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.