100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1251

 

Introduced 2/7/2017, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
515 ILCS 5/15-20  from Ch. 56, par. 15-20
515 ILCS 5/15-30 rep.

    Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that all trout, including lake trout, salmon, and lake whitefish may not be taken by commercial fishing devices, including gill or pound nets. Provides that any incidental catch of trout, including lake trout, salmon, and lake whitefish taken in legal sized gill or pound nets must be returned immediately to the water. Provides that the methods of taking are subject to modification by administrative rule based upon lake-wide scientific assessment data or fishery management need. Repeals a Section concerning commercial fishing.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning fish.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
5changing Section 15-20 as follows:
 
6    (515 ILCS 5/15-20)  (from Ch. 56, par. 15-20)
7    Sec. 15-20. Commercial fish species designated by the
8Department Yellow perch, bloater chubs and smelt; method of
9taking. Bloater chubs, smelt, and yellow perch may be taken in
10Lake Michigan with gill nets or dip nets but no other net shall
11be used for taking these fish in Lake Michigan. All trout,
12including lake trout, salmon, and lake whitefish may not be
13taken by commercial fishing devices, including gill or pound
14nets. Any incidental catch of trout, including lake trout,
15salmon, and lake whitefish taken in legal sized gill or pound
16nets must be returned immediately to the water. The methods of
17taking are subject to modification by administrative rule based
18upon lake-wide scientific assessment data or fishery
19management need.
20(Source: P.A. 87-833.)
 
21    (515 ILCS 5/15-30 rep.)
22    Section 10. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by

 

 

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1repealing Section 15-30.