Definitions

Definitions. Definitions. Except as otherwise specifically defined in the statutes, the following terms, for the purposes of this chapter, are defined as follows: (2) “Buoy” means a buoyant marker that includes a staff and flag, all of which protrude above the surface of the water or ice, and in combination are used to mark the location of a commercial fishing net or setline. (3) “Chunked” means fish from which the viscera, head and tail have been removed. (6) “Commercial fish” is any species of game or rough fish for which an open season has been provided in s. NR 25.05 . (7) “Commercial fisher” means a person required to obtain a license under s. 29.519 (1m) , Stats. (11) “Condition of the fish” or “description of the fish” means the form that fish are in, and includes but is not limited to fresh round, fresh dressed, frozen dressed, fresh fillet, frozen fillet, fresh chunked, frozen chunked, smoked dressed, smoked fillet, smoked chunked, fresh snipped or frozen snipped. (12) “Department” means the Wisconsin department of natural resources. (15) “Domestic lake trout” means a lake trout taken from the waters of the state, but not from a fish farm registered with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. (16) “Dressed fish” means fish from which only the viscera have been removed. (23) “Fillet” means the slab side of fish from which the viscera, head, tail and bones have been removed, except for the pin bones, which may or may not have been removed. (24) “Final consumer” means the last or ultimate person who obtains a fish for its final use for eating or otherwise. (25) “Final consumption” means the last or ultimate use of a fish by eating or otherwise. (26) “Fish” means any processed or unprocessed fish of those species which are found in the waters of the state as defined in s. 281.01 (18) , Stats., including parts of fish, fish eggs or fish products. (28) “Fisher” means any person engaged in fishing. (29) “Float” means a buoyant marker without a staff or flag and used to mark the location of a commercial fishing net or setline and suspend a commercial fishing net or setline either at the surface of the water and ice, above the bed of the water, or anywhere else within the water column. For example, a float is used under the surface of the water to suspend the wings on a trap or pound net, mark the surface of the water above the wings of a trap or pound net, suspend the top of a leader, suspend the top of a gill, seine, or trammel net, mark the location of a net so it is visible at the surface, etc. An “ice buoy” is not a “float.” (31) “Foreign lake trout” means lake trout harvested outside of Wisconsin and imported into the state. (32) “Frame net” or “fyke net” means an unbaited modified hoop net with one lead of netting attached to the first hoop. Two fence-like nets called wings are staked out from the net providing a barrier that funnels fish into the hoop portion of the net. Internal funnels within the fyke net are designed to lead fish to the fish holding area of the net. Any mesh size is allowed with a front not to exceed 4 feet by 8 feet if rectangular or 8 feet in diameter if round. (33) “Gang” refers to the entire length of a single gill net, multiple gill nets fastened together, or a setline. (33m) “Ice buoy” means a buoyant marker used to mark the location of a commercial fishing net in water whenever ice may reasonably be expected to encroach on fishing gear set in open water. An ice buoy is typically made of a wooden board or similar material with a minimum length of 12 feet; at least 3 feet of it must extend above water, the top one foot must be of the color commonly known as hunter orange or blaze orange, and the commercial fisher’s license number must be displayed on the board and visible above the water. An ice buoy is not required to have a staff or flag. (34) “Illegal fish” means any fish taken, possessed or controlled in violation of this chapter or a statute, including fish that have not been reported or for which a record has not been created as required. (36) “Import” includes the transport of fish by a common carrier or out-of-state fish dealer or producer into the state, or at the request of a licensed wholesale fish dealer, but does not include fish being transported through the state to a destination in another state. (39) “License year” means that period from January 1 through December 31. (51) “Pounds” means the avoirdupois weight in pounds of fish in the round with head, gills and viscera intact, except with respect to chubs sorted for human consumption, menominee and whitefish, where it means the avoirdupois weight in pounds of dressed fish. (52) “Purse seine” means a net which consists of a wall or modified wall of net which is used to encircle fish. The top of the net is fitted with floats while the bottom is weighted. A line threaded through rings under the net allows fishers to close the bottom of the net, thus trapping fish in the enclosure so produced. (53) “Record” has the meaning given it in s. 29.503 (1) (cm) , Stats. (56) “Snipped” means headless with viscera partially removed. (56m) “Stake fyke net” as referenced in s. 29.516 (2) , Stats., means a fyke net, also called a frame net, that uses stakes pushed into the substrate to support the leader or wings and/or tunnel or pot of the net. (62) “Stretch measure” means the extension measure of net mesh size whenever the size of mesh of a net is specified. Stretch measure means the distance between the extreme angles of any single mesh.