Minnesota Administrative Rules

6262.3200 PREPARING AND PACKING FISH FOR TRANSPORTATION.

Subpart 1.

Restrictions on packing and wrapping fish.

All fish that are being transported or shipped by residents or nonresidents must be packed and wrapped in such a way that they may be readily unpacked, unwrapped, separated, examined, and counted.

Subp. 2.

Retaining patch of skin on dressed fish.

Except for bullheads, sunfish, and crappies, all dressed fish and fillets must retain, in a place other than the belly, a patch of skin, measuring at least one square inch, with scales intact. Dressed and filleted sauger will be counted as walleye.

Subp. 3.

Restriction on number of fillets per fish.

A fish may not be reduced to more than two fillets.

Subp. 4.

Restriction on fish with statewide length limits.

Fish having statewide length limits may only be possessed in the field, transported, or shipped undressed, except as provided by Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.551, subdivision 4.

Subp. 5.

[Repealed, 28 SR 629]

Subp. 6.

Restrictions on special fish management species.

A.

A person may transport a special fish management species during the open season and the two days following the season for that species once the fish has been registered and the licensee has validated their license for that fish.

B.

A person other than the endorsement holder may transport a special fish management species that has been registered if the fish has information attached to it, marked in indelible ink with the full name of the endorsement holder and the locations from which and to which the fish is being transported.

C.

All special fish management species must be transported in devices that readily allow for inspection.

D.

Processing of a special fish management species may only be done at the endorsement holder's permanent residence, except:

(1)

as provided in part 6262.0100, subpart 5, item D;

(2)

when done for immediate consumption;

(3)

when at a temporary residence; or

(4)

when done by a licensed fish packer.

E.

Special fish management species must be shipped undressed and the packaging must include the full name of the endorsement holder, except when packaged by a licensed fish packer.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 84.027; 97A.485; 97A.551; and others at 19 SR 6

History:

19 SR 484; 28 SR 629; 32 SR 1039; 49 SR 1416

Published Electronically:

July 30, 2026