R657-59-4. Certificate of Registration Required -- Other Fish Stocking Activities

  (1)(a) A certificate of registration must be obtained from the division to receive, possess, stock, or release an aquaculture product or aquatic wildlife in a manner that does not satisfy the certificate of registration waiver requirements identified in R657-59-3.

  (b) If a certificate of registration is required, a separate application for each fish stocking request must be submitted, except:

  (i) stocking locations are separated by less than 1/2 mile may be placed on a single application; and

  (ii) water bodies that drain to, or are modified to drain to, the same drainage may be listed on a single application.

  (2) Fish stocked or released in a water body not eligible as a private fish pond or short-term fishing event under R657-59-3 are considered wild aquatic wildlife and may be taken only as provided in Rule R657-13 and the fishing proclamation.

  (3) A permanent water body stocked pursuant to a certificate of registration for private stocking may not be screened to contain fish, except:

  (a) a water stocked with grass carp to control aquatic weeds must be adequately screened to prevent the grass carp from escaping; and

  (b) the division may require screening of the water body to protect wildlife resources found in the water body and any connected waterways.

  (4)(a) An application for a certificate of registration for private stocking to stock fish other than grass carp may be approved only if:

  (i) the stocking will only occur on privately owned land;

  (ii) the body of water to be stocked is a reservoir that is wholly contained on the land owned by the applicant;

  (iii) the body of water is not stocked or otherwise actively managed by the division;

  (iv) the fish to be stocked are for a non-commercial purpose; and

  (v) in the opinion of the division, stocking will not interefere with division management objectives or cause detrimental interactions with other species of fish or wildlife.

  (5) An application for a certificate of registration for private stocking of triploid grass carp for control of aquatic weeds will be evaluated based upon:

  (a) the severity of the weed problem;

  (b) availability of other suitable means of weed control;

  (c) adequacy of screening to contain the grass carp; and

  (d) potential for conflict with division management objectives or detrimental interactions with other species of fish or wildlife.