Section 23.02. Definitions.

  The following definitions apply to terms used in this chapter:

(1)  "Attached" means, for the purpose of s. NR 23.12 , affixed to the sturgeon immediately in front of the tail.

(1m)  "Bag limit" or "daily bag limit" has the meaning given in s. NR 20.03 (8) .

(2)  "Dip net" means a piece of netting suspended from a frame designed to be raised and lowered vertically when fishing.

(3)  "Fisher" means any person engaged in fishing.

(4)  "Length of fish" means the distance measured in a straight line from the tip of the snout of the fish to the end of its tail with the tail or caudal fin fully extended.

(4m)  "Menominee river" means the Menominee river, all impoundments downstream to its confluence with Green Bay, and that portion of Green Bay bounded by the mouth of the Menominee river on the west, the "government pier" or breakwall on the south, the "lighthouse pier" or breakwall on the north, and a line connecting the eastern-most points of those breakwalls on the east.

(5)  "Minnow" has the meaning given it in s. 29.001 (54) , Stats.

(6)  "Open season" means that period of the year established in s. NR 23.04 when a specific species of fish is allowed to be taken.

(7)  "Possession limit" has the meaning given in s. NR 20.03 (31) .

(8)  "Rough fish" has the meaning given it in s. 29.001 (74) , Stats., and also includes amur carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella).

(8m)  "Safe harvest" means a level of harvest that incorporates an appropriate margin of safety, estimates of the population and acceptable exploitation rates which will reasonably prevent harvest of more than 35% of the population of adult walleyes or 27% of the population of adult muskellunge. The margin of safety assures that the true safe harvest is not exceeded in more than 1 of 40 cases. For waters where a population estimate has not been made, a regression model based upon population estimates from other waters will be used. The margin of safety used depends upon the age of the population estimate and whether a regression model was used.

(8n)  "Secretary" means secretary of the department of natural resources.

(9)  "Sport fishing" means fishing, when authorized, with hook and line, spearing and the use of a dip net.

(10)  "Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters" means the following waters that form the interstate boundary water between the states of Wisconsin and Michigan: - See PDF for table - See PDF for table

Cr. Register, March, 1986, No. 363 , eff. 4-1-86; emerg. cr. (8m), eff. 5-5-89; cr. (8m) and (8n), Register, November, 1989, No. 407 , eff. 12-1-89; correction in (5) and (8) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, January, 1999, No. 517 ; cr. (4m), am. (10) (l), Register, June, 1999, No. 522 , eff. 7-1-99; CR 04-024 : am. (1) and (7) Register December 2004 No. 588 , eff. 1-1-05; CR 09-051 : renum. (1) to be (1m), cr. (1) Register June 2010 No. 654 , eff. 7-1-10.