Section 312 IAC 9-8-7 - Roe harvester's licenseAuthority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22-13-2.5
Sec. 7.
(a) An individual must not take, possess, or sell roe-bearing species without a valid roe harvester's license, except for bowfin and shovelnose sturgeon taken or possessed in accordance with 312 IAC 9-6 and 312 IAC 9-7.(b) An individual must apply for a roe harvester's license on a departmental form.(c) An applicant for a roe harvester's license must:(1) be at least eighteen (18) years of age;(2) possess a valid commercial fishing license; and(3) provide valid identification of all helpers on a departmental form.(d) The maximum annual number of roe harvester's licenses is as follows: (1) Fifteen (15) resident or nonresident licenses (total) for the Ohio River.(2) Fifteen (15) resident licenses for inland water of the state.(e) The division shall prioritize the issuance of roe harvester's licenses as follows: (1) First, to residents of Indiana.(2) Second, upon those applications by individuals who have submitted completed monthly reports to the department under this rule and who have submitted a completed renewal application no later than December 15 of the year preceding the license year requested.(3) Third, upon the order the application was received by the division of fish and wildlife.(f) A roe harvester must do the following: (1) Prepare a true and accurate daily transaction report on a departmental form in ink for each day of the month that roe-bearing fish were harvested and include the following: (A) The length of the fish by species for each fish harvested.(B) The number of each roe-bearing species harvested.(C) The river where roe-bearing species were harvested.(D) Whether the fish contains eggs or not.(F) The name of any helper.(2) Submit the signed daily transaction report to the department by the fifteenth day of each month for the preceding month for each day that roe-bearing fish were harvested unless the license holder has submitted an inactive license form to signify that no harvesting of roe or roe-bearing species will take place for the remainder of the calendar year. The inactive license form shall be submitted to the division of fish and wildlife before the fifteenth day of the month following the month the license is deemed inactive.(3) Notify the department on a departmental form of any change in the list of helpers.(4) Not allow an individual to participate in the harvest, possession, transportation, or sale of roe or roe-bearing species until the list of helpers on which the individual is identified has been received by the division.(5) Fish for roe-bearing species only in accordance with this rule.(6) Retain for at least five (5) years a copy of all records and reports required under this section.(7) Sell roe or screened eggs only to an Indiana-licensed roe dealer.(8) Leave the roe intact and inside the body of the fish while on the body of water or adjacent to the water being fished.(g) A roe harvester may: (1) sell the meat of an individual roe-bearing species of fish that does not contain roe to any other person; and(2) screen and wash the roe in accordance with 21 CFR 123, but shall not salt or otherwise process the roe, unless licensed as a roe dealer under section 8 of this rule.(h) A roe harvester's license issued under this section is not transferable.(i) Upon request by a conservation officer or other authorized representative of the department, a license holder must allow: (1) access to all records and reports required under this rule upon request; and(2) entry and inspection of the license holder's premises, equipment, boats, vehicles, and facilities.Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-8-7; filed Jan 2, 2013, 3:42 p.m.: 20130130-IR-312120381FRA; Readopted filed 5/20/2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFAFiled 10/24/2017, 8:46 a.m.: 20171122-IR-312170262FRAReadopted filed 9/18/2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA