312 IAC 9-7-20 Shovelnose sturgeon

Sec. 20. (a) An individual must not take or possess a shovelnose sturgeon unless the shovelnose sturgeon is at least twenty-five (25) inches in fork length. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if a shovelnose sturgeon contains roe, the roe must remain intact and inside the body of the fish while on the body of water or adjacent to the water being fished, and until processing of the fish begins. (c) An individual must not: (1) screen; (2) wash; (3) otherwise process; (4) preserve; (5) store; (6) maintain possession; (7) gift to any other individual; (8) sell; or (9) transport; roe removed from a shovelnose sturgeon without a roe harvester's license issued under 312 IAC 9-8-7.