A Summary of Permit Authority and Prohibited Species by State with Special Emphasis on Asian Carp
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A Summary of Permit Authority and Prohibited Species by State With Special Emphasis on Asian Carp Prepared by Jerry L. Rasmussen1 and Steve Schainost2 February 2006 1 MICRA and MRBP Coordinator, MICRA, P.O. Box 774, Bettendorf, IA 52722 2 Chairman, MRBP Outreach and Education Committee, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission P.O. Box 725, 299 Husker Road, Alliance, NE 69301-0725 State Authority Prohibited Species Need for Basinwide Policy Legislative Action Taken Alabama Controlled under state code and Possession, sale, importation, and/or release A basinwide policy or None. permit program. prohibited for the following: protocol for introductions Plants of exotic species should be - African elodea (Lagarosiphon spp.) considered. - alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeriodes) - Brazilian elodea (Egeria densa) - curlyleaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) - Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) - floating waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) - giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta) - hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) - hygrophila (Hygrophila polysperma) - limnophila (Limnophila sessiliflora) - parrot-feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) - rooted waterhyacinth (Eichhornia azurea) - spinyleaf naiad (Najas minor) - water-aloe (Stratiotes aloides) - water-lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) - water chestnut (Trapa natans) - water spinach (Ipomea aquatica) Fish - walking catfish or any Clarius spp. - Piranha or any Serrasalmus spp - black carp (Mylopharyngodon sp.) - Siniperca spp - Channa maculuta - Chirrhinus molitonella - blue back herring (Alosa aestivalis) - rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) - roach (Rutilus rutilus) - Possession, sale, importation, or release of any non-native sturgeon, except as permitted Arkansas Controlled under state code and Invertebrates No comment made on None. permit program. It shall be - zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) need for basinwide policy. unlawful to place silver carp, Fish black carp, or bighead carp into - walking catfish (Clarius spp) 1 State Authority Prohibited Species Need for Basinwide Policy Legislative Action Taken any body of water where ingress - stickleback (Culaeea spp.) into public waters of said fish is - Mexican banded tetra (Astyanax mexicanus) not entirely blocked. It is - piranha (Pygocentrus & Serrasalmus spp.) unlawful to engage in the rearing - sakehead (Channidae spp.) or sale of non-native fish species - European rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) without first being registered in These prohibited species may be possessed for writing as a vendor of said display and educational purposes with a written species with the Director of the permit from the Arkansas Game and Fish Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. A list of all known and approved Commission. non-native fish is maintained by the state, and fish intended strictly for aquarium hobbyist trade is excluded from any of these regulations. Colorado Controlled under state code and Invertebrates No input provided. None. permit program. - zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) - quagga mussel (Dreissena bugensis) - rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) - New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopygus antioidarum) Fish - piranha (Serrasalmus, Roosevelthiella and Pygocentrus spp.) - trahira (Hoplias malabaricus) - snakeheads or murrels (Channa and Ophicephalus spp.) - sticklebacks (Apeltes, Aulorhynchus, Gasterosteus, and Pungitius) - tilapia (all species, except the blue tilapia, Mozambique tilapia, Nile tilapia, and their hybrids may be imported for fish culture or educational purposes, etc.) - black amur (Mylopharyngodon piceus) - hybrid amur (Ctenopharyngodon idella x Hypophthalmichthyes nobilis) - bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthyes nobilis) - silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) - Indian carps (Catla spp., Rahu spp., Labeo rohita, and Cirrhinus mrigala ) - gars (all species of the family Lepisosteidae) - bowfin (family Amiidae) 2 State Authority Prohibited Species Need for Basinwide Policy Legislative Action Taken - walking catfish (Clarius batrachus) - rudd (Scardinus erythrophthalmus) Amphibians - green frog (Rana clamitans) Georgia Sale, possession, and stocking of No list is maintained, but certain species such as Support the development None. exotic fish species is regulated diploid grass carp are more closely regulated of a basinwide policy. by a state wild animal law, than other species. An exotic species is defined requiring anyone who possesses as any species which is not native to the state or an exotic species to obtain a wild is not recognized as having an established animal license. Conditions are populations in public waters prior to 1992. tailored to each individual situation to prevent escapement of exotic fishes into the wild. Licenses are not issued if escapement cannot be positively prevented. Sale and stocking is also controlled by state permit. Illinois Aquaculture, transportation, Species prohibited for transportation, stocking, Support development of a Illinois has recently stocking, importation and/or importation and/or possession include the basinwide policy, but exempted Asian carp from possession of aquatic life is following: suggest the only the definition of minnows, controlled under state code and a Mollusks reasonable approach for which effectively prohibits permit program. Injurious - zebra mussels (Dreissena spp.) including such a policy to be their sale or use as bait. species are now addressed in veligers or viable eggs acceptable would be that it Further, "indigenous State code as well. - mitten crabs (Eriocheir spp.) including address species which species" are specified by viable eggs have not yet been imported administrative rule. Crustaceans into this country, or are in Penalties have been - rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) such limited distribution increased for violation Possession of living rusty crayfish is that involving injurious species. prohibited for all except the holders of an their extermination might Such violations (including approved aquaculture permit with a letter still be achievable, such as possession, release, of authorization to import/possess this the black carp. transport, sales, etc.) are species. now a Class A Fish misdemeanor on first - snakeheads (including, but not limited to, offense. Bighead carp, all fishes of the genera Channa and black carp and silver carp Parachanna, and others of the family are listed. In the near future Channidae) some species of aquatic - walking catfish (Clariidae family) including plants, reptiles, and viable eggs amphibians will be listed. 3 State Authority Prohibited Species Need for Basinwide Policy Legislative Action Taken - river ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus) - silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) - bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) - black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) - round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) - tubenose goby (Proterorhinus marmoratus) - rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) Species prohibited for use as bait include the following: Invertebrates - rusty crayfish Fish - river ruffe - round goby - tubenose goby - rudd Any species that does not appear on the Aquatic Life Approved Species List is illegal to raise, transport, stock, import or possess without permission of the DNR Director. For such exotic species, an aquaculture permit combined with a Letter of Authorization to Import/Possess is required. Persons requesting to rear a species not on the List must have their facilities inspected to see if they meet the criteria set by the Aquaculture Advisory Committee. Permits are granted on a case by case basis. Indiana Aquaculture, stocking, A person must not import, possess, propagate, Support basin-wide policy. None. importation and possession of buy, sell, barter, trade, transfer, loan, or release fish and aquatic life is controlled into public or private waters any of the under state code, administrative following live fish or fry of live fish or their rules, and a permit program. viable eggs or genetic material of the following Thirty-three species of fish may fish species: be imported into Indiana without - Exotic catfish (family Clariidae). a permit. - Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) - Black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) - Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) - White perch (Morone americana) - Snakehead (family Channidae). 4 State Authority Prohibited Species Need for Basinwide Policy Legislative Action Taken - Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) - Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus) - Tubenose goby (Proterorhinus marmoratus) - Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) - A hybrid or genetically altered fish of any of these species. A permit may be issued to possess these fish for medical, educational, or scientific purposes or in a zoological park. It is unlawful to import, possess, or release into public or private waters the following mussel species: - zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) - quagga mussel (Dreissena bugensis) - Asiatic clam (Corbicula sp.). Iowa Possession, propagation, sale, An approved list of 135 species is maintained Support the development The aquaculture and bait and transport of aquaculture and for aquaculture species. An importation permit of a basinwide policy. laws/rules have remained bait species is controlled under is required to receive, propagate or sell in the the same. The Eurasian state code, state rule, and permit state any aquaculture species not listed. There is Watermilfoil Law was program. The Eurasian also a list of prohibited bait fish, including the amended to become the Watermilfoil Law prohibits the carp species. It is prohibited to transport Aquatic Invasive Species