4.__Fee.__The fee for a bass tournament permit is:

A.__For weigh-in tournaments, $50 per day; and

B.__For catch-and-release tournaments, $10 per day.

5.__Restrictions. The commissioner shall adopt all rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including, but not limited to:

A.__Requiring that precautions be taken so that, if possible, all fish caught may be retained alive and, following the close of the tournament, be released into the body from which they were taken;

B.__Fixing the maximum total value of prizes that may be awarded at each tournament; and

C.__Limiting the length of a tournament to 3 days.__A tournament lasting more than one day must be a regional or multistate tournament sanctioned by the applicant bass club.

§12506. Alewife, eel, sucker and yellow perch permit; elver

prohibition

1.__Permit required.__Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to the this Part and except as provided in subsection 5, a person may not fish for or possess alewives, eels, suckers, lampreys or yellow perch without a valid permit issued under this section.

Each day a person violates this subsection, that person commits a Class E crime for which a minimum fine of $50 and amount equal to twice the applicable license fee must be imposed.

2.__Issuance.__The commissioner may issue permits to fish for or possess alewives, eels, suckers, lampreys and yellow perch under rules that the commissioner establishes, if these permits do not interfere with rights granted under section 6131.

A.__Eels may be harvested in inland waters using only eel pots or weirs.