Fishing tournaments

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§ 137. Fishing tournaments

(A) The permit for a fishing tournament as required by 10 V.S.A. § 4613 shall be applied for no less than 30 days before the date of the tournament. The following information will be supplied to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department:

Name of Organization, contact person(s), address and phone number(s), dates and times of the tournament, body of water, location of headquarters and check stations, number of anglers expected, fish species involved, a copy of the tournament rules, name and address permit is to be mailed to.

(B) Within 30 days after the tournament ends a report of the following information shall be provided to the Department:

Total number of tickets sold, estimated number of anglers, number of anglers that registered catch, number of each species of fish registered, and the number of registered fish released alive following registration.

Tournament sponsors may be requested to cooperate further with the Department in gathering additional information.

All tournaments rules shall be structured within the laws of the State of Vermont. A fishing license is required by anyone 15 years of age and older. All legal fishing methods and limits shall apply. (1994, Fish and Wildlife Commissioner's Reg. No. 1005, eff. Feb. 13, 1994.)


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