DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
 
FISHERIES DIVISION
 
USE OF TRAWLS
 
Filed with the secretary of state on
 
These rules become effective immediately after filing with the secretary of state unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(9) of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a.  Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the secretary of state.
 
(By authority conferred on the director of the department of natural resources by section 47305 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.47305)
 
 
R 299.701, R 299.702, R 299.703, R 299.704, and R 299.705 of the Michigan Administrative Code are rescinded, as follows:
 
 
R 299.701   Permits for use of trawls. Rescinded. 
  Rule 1. The director of  conservation  may,  in  his  discretion,  issue permits to commercial fishermen  licensed  under  the  provisions  of  Act No. 84 of the Public Acts of 1929, as amended, being S308.1 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to use trawls for taking chubs, herring,  alewife, smelt, and such other species of fish as he may designate.
 
R 299.702   Regulation of trawls. Rescinded.
  Rule 2. The director of conservation may regulate  the  use  of  trawls, including, but not limited to, the kind and size thereof, the size of mesh therein, and the areas, depths of water, and time and manner in which they may be used.
 
 
R 299.703   Illegal possession and disposition of  protected  species of fish. Rescinded.
  Rule 3. No fish of any kind other than those permitted to  be  taken  in trawls may be possessed aboard a boat engaged in trawling under  authority of such permit. All species of fish, other than permitted to be taken  in trawls, whether dead or alive, shall be immediately returned to the water.
 
 
R 299.704   Conditions of permit; records, reports, and inspections. Rescinded.
  Rule 4. The terms and conditions of any permit  issued  hereunder  shall require permittee to:
  (a) Maintain and  submit  such  records  and  reports  of  his  trawling operations as the director of conservation may require.
  (b) Allow the director of conservation or his authorized representatives to enter into or upon any boat, dock, or fish  house  used  in  connection with the  trawling  activities  of  said  permittee  for  the  purpose  of observing operations and examining equipment, records, and catch of  fish.
 
R 299.705   Amendment, suspension, revocation, and expiration of permits. Rescinded.
  Rule 5. The director of conservation may amend or suspend  any  trawling permit so as to restrict or prohibit trawling in waters where  species  of fish, other than those authorized to be taken, are caught or  killed,  and may revoke the permit of any trawler who fails to abide by the  terms  and conditions of his permit. All trawling permits shall expire on December 31 following date of issue unless sooner revoked.