301 KAR 1:125. Transportation of fish.

      RELATES TO: KRS 150.010, 150.025, 150.180, 150.485

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 13A.350, 150.025

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: This administrative regulation provides for the control over the transportation of fish into, through, and within the state. It is necessary to protect the resident fish population.

      Section 1. All individuals, corporations, or other business entities who transport any live fish, live bait (as defined in 301 KAR 1:130) or other live aquatic organism into, within, or through the Commonwealth of Kentucky must have a transportation permit issued in the name of the individual, corporation, or other business entity transacting the business.

      Section 2. All officers and agents of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources have the authority to demand, at any time, proof by the transporter that:

      (1) An appropriate transportation permit or exact copy, listing the species carried, is in possession.

      (2) An appropriate live fish and bait dealers license has been issued, if the organisms are to be sold to another individual, corporation, or other business entity in Kentucky or transported from Kentucky to be sold outside of the commonwealth.

      (3) The organisms in transport are free of disease and that no prohibited species listed in 301 KAR 1:122 are present.

      (4) That a bill of lading showing the origin and destination of all of the organisms being transported is in possession. (KFWR-F-TP1-1; 1 Ky.R. 346; eff. 2-5-75.)