Kan. Admin. Regs. § 115-17-2 - Commercial sale of fishing bait

(a) The following live species of wildlife may be commercially sold in Kansas for fishing bait:

(1) The following species of fish:

(A) Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas);

(B) bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), including hybrids;

(C) fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), including "rosy reds";

(D) golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas);

(E) goldfish (Carassius auratus), including "black saltys";

(F) green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus), including hybrids; and

(G) yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis);

(2) only species of annelids native to or naturalized in the continental United States;

(3) the following species of crayfish:

(A) Virile crayfish (Orconectes virilis);

(B) calico crayfish (Orconectes immunes); and

(C) white river crayfish (Procambarus acutus); and

(4) only species of insects native to or naturalized in Kansas.

(b) The following species of wildlife may be commercially sold only if dead:

(1) Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis);

(2) emerald shiners (Notropis atherinoides);

(3) gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum);

(4) silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix);

(5) skipjack herring (Alosa chrysochloris); and

(6) threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense).

(c) Wildlife listed in K.A.R. 115-15-1 or in 11515 -2 or prohibited from importation pursuant to K.S.A. 32-956, and amendments thereto, shall not be sold.

(d) Live aquatic bait shall be certified free of the following pathogens before import, according to K.A.R. 115-17-2a:

(1) Spring viremia of carp virus;

(2) infectious pancreatic necrosis virus;

(3) viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus; and

(4) infectious hematopoietic virus.

(e) Each distribution tank and each retail tank shall utilize a source of potable water or well water.

This regulation shall be effective on and after January 1, 2022.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 115-17-2

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 32-807; effective Sept. 10, 1990; amended Nov. 30, 1998; amended Jan. 1, 2012; amended Jan. 1, 2017; amended Jan. 1, 2018; amended Jan. 1, 2019; amended by Kansas Register Volume 40, No. 49; effective 1/1/2022.