1999 Minnesota Statutes

     84.091 Aquatic vegetation in public waters. 

    Subdivision 1.    Ownership.  The state is the owner of 
 wild rice and other aquatic vegetation growing in public 
 waters.  A person may not acquire a property interest in wild 
 rice or other aquatic vegetation or destroy wild rice or aquatic 
 vegetation, except as authorized under this chapter.  

    Subd. 2.    License required; exception.  (a) Except as 
 provided in paragraph (b), a person may not harvest, buy, sell, 
 transport, or possess aquatic plants without a license required 
 under this chapter.  A license shall be issued in the same 
 manner as provided under the game and fish laws. 

    (b) A resident under the age of 16 years may harvest wild 
 rice without a license, if accompanied by a person with a wild 
 rice license. 

    Subd. 3.    License fees.  (a) The fees for the 
 following licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 

    (1) for harvesting wild rice, $12.50; 

    (2) for buying and selling wild ginseng, $5; 

    (3) for a wild rice dealer's license to buy and sell 50,000 
 pounds or less, $70; and 

    (4) for a wild rice dealer's license to buy and sell more 
 than 50,000 pounds, $250.  

    (b) The weight of the wild rice shall be determined in its 
 raw state.  

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 4 s 10; 1987 c 404 s 96; 1991 c 200 s 1