Reciprocal Privileges: Commercial Fishing; Commercial Waters

PURPOSE: This rule establishes license reciprocity for commercial fishermen in certain boundary streams. (1) Any person possessing a valid commercial fishing license issued by the state of Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kansas, or Nebraska, or who is legally exempted from the license requirement without further permit or license, may fish as permitted by this Code in commercial waters within the boundary of Missouri and adjacent to the state where the fisherman is licensed. Bowfin, paddlefish, and shovelnose sturgeon may not be harvested except as permitted in 3 CSR 10-10.722, 3 CSR 10-10.724, and 3 CSR 10-10.725. (2) All other Missouri regulations shall apply to commercial fishing in the Missouri portion of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. (3) Commercial fishermen not licensed in Missouri may not fish in the tributaries, bayous, or backwaters of commercial waters; nor may they fish from or attach any device or equipment to land under the jurisdiction of Missouri. Fishermen who hold Arkansas or Illinois licenses, when fishing in waters in which they are not licensed to fish by Missouri, shall comply with the most restrictive laws and regulations of the two (2) states. (4) All reciprocal privileges shall be contingent upon a grant of like privileges by the appropriate neighboring state to the duly licensed commercial fishermen of Missouri. AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed March 14, 1973, effective March 24, 1973. Amended: Filed Aug. 16, 1976, effective Nov. 11, 1976. Amended: Filed April 20, 1978, effective Aug. 15, 1978. Amended: Filed Aug. 31, 1982, effective Jan. 1, 1983. Amended: Filed Aug. 3, 1984, effective Jan. 1, 1985. Amended: Filed April 28, 1992, effective Feb. 26, 1993. Amended: Filed April 21, 1993, effective Jan. 1, 1994. Amended: Filed March 24, 2003, effective Aug. 30, 2003. Amended: Filed Sept. 14, 2005, effective Feb. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed May 23, 2006, effective June 15, 2006. Amended: Filed Oct. 10, 2008, effective July 1, 2009. Amended: Filed Sept. 25, 2009, effective March 1, 2010. Amended: Filed March 12, 2010, effective Aug. 30, 2010. Amended: Filed March 2, 2020, effective Aug. 30, 2020. *Original authority: 252.040, RSMo 1945, amended 1989.