SB1251 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning fish.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by changing Section 15-20 as follows:

(515 ILCS 5/15-20) (from Ch. 56, par. 15-20)

Sec. 15-20. Commercial fish species designated by the Department Yellow perch, bloater chubs and smelt; method of taking. Bloater chubs, smelt, and yellow perch may be taken in Lake Michigan with gill nets or dip nets but no other net shall be used for taking these fish in Lake Michigan. All trout, including lake trout, salmon, and lake whitefish may not be taken by commercial fishing devices, including gill or pound nets. 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. The methods of taking are subject to modification by administrative rule based upon lake-wide scientific assessment data or fishery management need.

(Source: P.A. 87-833.)

(515 ILCS 5/15-30 rep.)

Section 10. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by repealing Section 15-30.