(A) No trap may be placed within six hundred feet of a public boat ramp or launching area.
(B) No trap may be set so as to leave any portion of the trap dry at any stage of the tide.
(C) No trap may be unattended for more than five days. Without having written permission of the owner, no person may retrieve or remove catch from any trap the buoy of which is marked with a number assigned by the department to another person.
(D) No trap may be set so as to obstruct navigation in any creek or other navigable water course, access point, or mooring point. A trap determined by the department to be in violation of this section may be removed by the department and disposed of as provided in this chapter.
(E) The department may inspect traps for compliance with this section at any time. If the department finds any trap:
(1) set in violation of this section;
(2) containing excessive dead catch or only dead catch; or
(3) with buoy, line, or trap displaying excessive marine growth, the trap is contraband and must be seized and disposed of as provided in this chapter .
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 245, Section 3.