2000 Minnesota Statutes

     97C.025 Fishing and motorboats prohibited in certain 
  areas. 

    (a) The commissioner may prohibit fishing or the operation 
 of motorboats by posting waters that: 

    (1) are designated as spawning beds or fish preserves; or 

    (2) are being used by the commissioner for fisheries 
 research or management activities.  

 An area may be posted under this paragraph if necessary to 
 prevent excessive depletion of fish or interference with 
 fisheries research or management activities. 

    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a person may not 
 take fish or operate a motorboat if prohibited by posting under 
 paragraph (a). 

    (c) An owner of riparian land adjacent to an area posted 
 under paragraph (a) may operate a motorboat through the area by 
 the shortest direct route at a speed of not more than five miles 
 per hour. 

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 3 s 6; 1993 c 231 s 47; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 32