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| 1 | AN ACT concerning fish.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Sections 15-105 and 15-130 as follows:
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| 6 | (515 ILCS 5/15-105) (from Ch. 56, par. 15-105)
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| 7 | Sec. 15-105. Devices near spillways, fishways, lakes, and | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | dams. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), it It | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | shall be unlawful to use or operate any commercial devices | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | within
300 yards above or below all spillways, fishways, or | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | locks or dams of any
type or in a manner that obstructs more | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | than one-half the width of any
stream or watercourse.
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| 14 | (b) A commercial fisherman may obstruct more than one-half | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | the width of any stream or watercourse if: (i) the commercial | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | fisherman is within sight of his or her gear and available to | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | prevent boaters from contacting his or her nets; and (ii) the | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | commercial fisherman places at least 2 fluorescent orange buoys | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | that are at least 2 feet in diameter on the opposite side of | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | the net from which the commercial fisherman is working to warn | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | boaters of the presence of the commercial fisherman's nets. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
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| 1 | (515 ILCS 5/15-130) (from Ch. 56, par. 15-130)
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| 2 | Sec. 15-130. Gill or trammel net. It shall be unlawful to | ||||||
| 3 | use a gill or
trammel net except in the Mississippi River, in | ||||||
| 4 | the Ohio River, and in the
Illinois River from
its mouth up to | ||||||
| 5 | the Illinois River bridge, Highway Route 89, including
adjacent | ||||||
| 6 | backwaters but not above the mouth of any stream, ditch, or
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| 7 | tributary connected to these backwaters. No trammel net used | ||||||
| 8 | under this
Section shall have meshes less than 2 inches bar | ||||||
| 9 | measurement and no gill
net used under this Section shall have | ||||||
| 10 | meshes less than 4 inches bar
measurement. No gill or trammel | ||||||
| 11 | net shall be less than 100 feet in length.
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| 12 | All gill or trammel nets that are set in any body of water | ||||||
| 13 | shall be under
the immediate supervision of the operator, who | ||||||
| 14 | may be the licensee or his
or her employee, except (i) from May | ||||||
| 15 | 1 to September 30, (ii) when the nets
are set under the ice, | ||||||
| 16 | (iii) from sunset to sunrise, or (iv) as specified by | ||||||
| 17 | administrative rule. Immediate
supervision shall be defined as | ||||||
| 18 | the operator being on the waters where the
nets are set to be | ||||||
| 19 | readily available to identify the nets to law
enforcement | ||||||
| 20 | officers empowered to enforce this Code. It shall be unlawful
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| 21 | for any employee on any one day to lift or attend nets of more | ||||||
| 22 | than
one licensee.
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| 23 | A commercial fisherman that is not able to be in immediate | ||||||
| 24 | supervision of his or her gill and trammel nets will be allowed | ||||||
| 25 | to identify his or her net with a florescent orange buoy that | ||||||
| 26 | is no less than 2 feet in diameter with his or her name and | ||||||
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| 1 | phone number legibly printed or inscribed on the buoy. Any law | ||||||
| 2 | enforcement officer that encounters a net marked in this | ||||||
| 3 | manner, and cannot reach the fisherman that owns the net by | ||||||
| 4 | phone or text message within 30 minutes, shall consider the | ||||||
| 5 | device unattended. | ||||||
| 6 | All gill or trammel nets set under the ice shall be at a | ||||||
| 7 | distance of not
less than 100 yards from any natural opening in | ||||||
| 8 | the ice.
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| 9 | A net shall be defined as a "trammel net" for the purposes | ||||||
| 10 | of enforcing this Code if: (i) there are no less than 3 panels | ||||||
| 11 | of mesh tied to a single float and lead line; (ii) the outer | ||||||
| 12 | panels of mesh are constructed of a number 9 or larger diameter | ||||||
| 13 | twine; (iii) the outer panels of mesh are diamond shaped and no | ||||||
| 14 | greater than 40 inch bar measure; and (iv) the inner panel of | ||||||
| 15 | mesh is not less than 2 inches bar measure. | ||||||
| 16 | A net shall be defined as a "gill net" for the purposes of | ||||||
| 17 | enforcing this Code if it is constructed of a single panel of | ||||||
| 18 | mesh that is not less than 3 inches bar measure that is tied to | ||||||
| 19 | a single float and lead line. | ||||||
| 20 | The Department may modify provisions of this Section as | ||||||
| 21 | provided in
Section 1-135.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 95-147, eff. 8-14-07.)
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