LAW on keeping native fish in MI

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toxicfish

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Question:
I would like to setup an aquarium with native fish; bluegill, perch, bullhead. Is this legal? Can I get a permit? what are the laws on natural aquariums.
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Answer:
You can keep any legally caught fish in the state, during the open season. So if you are out fishing and you catch a couple of bluegill, perch and a bass, you could take those fish home and put them in your aquarium. Make sure the bass is at least 14 inches. You could keep the perch and bluegill all year, because the season for these two species is open all year. But the bass, would have to be released by December 31st, because bass season is only open until December 31st each year. You would not be able to keep any species past the closed season. Permits are only issued to places like Nature Centers, Schools etc, that actually teach children about the fish of Michigan. You can have an aquarium, but you can not have any species during the closed season in your possession.

You must release the fish back into the wild when seasons closed:screwy:

info found here http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364---,00.html
 
toxicfish;497434; said:
Question:
I would like to setup an aquarium with native fish; bluegill, perch, bullhead. Is this legal? Can I get a permit? what are the laws on natural aquariums.
trnsp.gif


Answer:
You can keep any legally caught fish in the state, during the open season. So if you are out fishing and you catch a couple of bluegill, perch and a bass, you could take those fish home and put them in your aquarium. Make sure the bass is at least 14 inches. You could keep the perch and bluegill all year, because the season for these two species is open all year. But the bass, would have to be released by December 31st, because bass season is only open until December 31st each year. You would not be able to keep any species past the closed season. Permits are only issued to places like Nature Centers, Schools etc, that actually teach children about the fish of Michigan. You can have an aquarium, but you can not have any species during the closed season in your possession.

You must release the fish back into the wild when seasons closed:screwy:

info found here http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364---,00.html
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This must be wrong. I would contact DNR and speak to an officer. Surely they do not want you releasing a captive fish into public waters.
 
Skipjack;498090; said:
This must be wrong. I would contact DNR and speak to an officer. Surely they do not want you releasing a captive fish into public waters.
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That is from their website. It is in the ask dnr section
 
wow thats retarded isent it illegal to put fish into lakes if they have ben in captivity?
 
Wow so I am supposed to let my LMB go in a few months or so? Thats BS right there. I caught him on a private pond that was stocked with private funds! Errr I hate the DNR... always being a holes, especially when hunting.

Chad
 
I love my state but we have some of the most ignorant laws on the books!
 
Right, how would they know if you bought the fish out of state?... We do have some dumb Laws
 
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