Section 860.10  Implementation

a)     The Director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources shall implement fish salvage operations by public declaration under authority granted him by The Fish Code of 1971, Chapter 56, Section 1.10, Illinois Revised Statutes, for a specific area and specific time for which an emergency situation exists.

b)     An emergency situation exists when a field investigation by a District fishery biologist provides information to the Director indicating there is imminent danger of loss of that fish population by natural causes.