Ohio Admin. Code 1501:46-3-27 - Collecting prohibited without permit
(A) No person is permitted to collect plants,
animals, fungi, or geologic materials from any area administered by the
division without first having obtained a collector's permit from the chief of
the division in addition to any other required permits. Nothing contained in
this paragraph restricts any of the following:
(1) Any licensed hunter or fisherman who is
legally hunting or fishing in the taking of game or fish, or
(2) The collecting of plants, animals, fungi,
and geologic materials in an area designated by the chief as a nature study
area, and so posted in accordance with rule
1501:46-3-01 of the
Administrative Code.
The special instructions posted for use of the nature study area will prevail where inconsistent with the provisions of this rule.
(B) All persons
requesting a collector's permit shall, at the time of application for such
permit, provide the following information on forms provided by the division:
(1) A program or project outline with the
objective indicated;
(2) Dates when
the permit is needed;
(3) Name of
division administered area and specific locations of collecting
therein;
(4) Species or specimen
type with number to be collected;
(5) Equipment and method to be used for the
collecting;
(6) Name of all persons
participating in collection project;
(7) Planned disposition of specimens
collected;
(8) Qualifications of
applicant.
(C) Upon
request, the permit holder shall submit a project report within sixty days
after expiration of permit. Such report will include a data sheet for each area
surveyed, species or other specimen type and number collected, date of
collection, and all other data collected, including specific records as
requested which may include, but is not limited to any of the following
details:
(1) Temperature,
(2) Water chemistry,
(3) Weather conditions, and
(4) Habitat in general.
In addition, a copy of all reports or publications derived from the data collected are to be provided to the division.
(D) The collecting project must be
conducted under the guidance of one person in charge of carrying on the project
that possesses a collector's permit. Persons assisting with this project will
not be compelled to obtain a collector's permit. However, in lieu of such, it
is necessary for persons assisting to carry a copy of the original collector's
permit which is to be carried at all times during collecting. Persons not
possessing a copy of the original permit are not authorized to participate in
collecting activities. Any misuse or illegal collecting participated in by
possessors of these copies will authorize the chief or his representative to
revoke said collecting permit and to deny future collecting authorization to
the violators.
(E) Persons failing
to provide full information required
provided in this rule to the satisfaction of the
chief of the division will be denied a permit. Further failure to fulfill the
requirements
conditions of the permit will serve as justification
for the chief to not issue
deny future permits to
requested by the
person or persons failing to
comply.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1546.04
Rule Amplifies: 1546.02
Prior Effective Dates: 06/14/1975, 05/16/1982, 11/07/2008, 12/15/2014, 05/08/2020, 06/30/2023
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