LD 1600
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D.__The holder of a smelt wholesaler's license may use
particles of food for the purpose of luring smelts to a
baitfish trap, a dipnet, a dropnet, a lift net or a bag net.

 
E.__The holder of a smelt wholesaler's license may transport
or possess at the holder's business facility more than the
daily bag limit of smelts at any time, providing that the
smelts were acquired in a lawful manner.__If the smelts were
purchased from another person, a receipted invoice, bill of
lading or bill of sale must be presented upon request to any
agent of the commissioner.

 
F.__If a person sells live smelts from more than one
wholesale facility, that person must obtain a separate
license for each place of business.

 
G.__The holder of a smelt wholesaler's license may designate
others to assist in selling live smelts at the holder's
business facility.

 
H.__The holder of a smelt wholesaler's license, or the
holder's designee, may transport live smelts, except that
live smelts being transported directly from an inland water
source must be accompanied by the licensee.__The holder of a
smelt wholesaler's license may not transport from an inland
water source to the licensee's place of business more than 8
quarts of live smelts.

 
I.__The holder of a smelt wholesaler's license who attempts
to take live smelts for resale using drop nets from the
inland waters of the State by fishing through the ice must
mark all holes made in the ice by that person for that
purpose.__The holes must be marked either by evergreen
boughs placed around the hole or by suspending at least one
strand of fluorescent biodegradable tape at least 3 feet
above the ice around the entire perimeter of the hole so
that the tape is visible from all sides.

 
J.__A person holding a smelt wholesaler's license may obtain
live smelts only from a person lawfully licensed under this
section to deal in live smelts.

 
K.__A person holding a smelt wholesaler's license must, at
the time that person is engaged during the winter months in
the taking of smelts, by any method other than hook and
line, have a number 14 fish grader in operable condition in
that person's immediate proximity during the taking of
smelts and must use that grader during the smelt harvesting
activity.__The license holder must liberate immediately all
undersized smelts alive into the waters from which they were


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