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TITLE 312 NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION

Emergency Rule
LSA Document #17-478(E)

DIGEST

Temporarily establishes counties and the statewide quota for the trapping of river otters during the 2017-2018 river otter season. Temporarily provides a grace period for individuals to keep an otter that was trapped but not reported before the close of the season. Effective November 15, 2017.


SECTION 1. (a) This SECTION is supplemental to 312 IAC 9-3-18.2.

(b) An individual may take a river otter as authorized in 312 IAC 9-3-18.2 in the following counties only:
(1) Adams.
(2) Allen.
(3) Bartholomew.
(4) Benton.
(5) Blackford.
(6) Carroll.
(7) Cass.
(8) Clark.
(9) Crawford.
(10) Daviess.
(11) Dearborn.
(12) Decatur.
(13) DeKalb.
(14) Dubois.
(15) Elkhart.
(16) Floyd.
(17) Fountain.
(18) Fulton.
(19) Gibson.
(20) Grant.
(21) Harrison.
(22) Huntington.
(23) Jackson.
(24) Jasper.
(25) Jay.
(26) Jefferson.
(27) Jennings.
(28) Knox.
(29) Kosciusko.
(30) LaGrange.
(31) Lake.
(32) LaPorte.
(33) Lawrence.
(34) Marshall.
(35) Martin.
(36) Miami.
(37) Montgomery.
(38) Newton.
(39) Noble.
(40) Ohio.
(41) Orange.
(42) Parke.
(43) Perry.
(44) Pike.
(45) Porter.
(46) Posey.
(47) Pulaski.
(48) Ripley.
(49) St. Joseph.
(50) Scott.
(51) Spencer.
(52) Starke.
(53) Steuben.
(54) Sullivan.
(55) Switzerland.
(56) Tippecanoe.
(57) Vanderburgh.
(58) Vermillion.
(59) Vigo.
(60) Wabash.
(61) Warren.
(62) Warrick.
(63) Washington.
(64) Wells.
(65) White.
(66) Whitley.

(c) The statewide quota for the total number of river otters that may be trapped is six hundred (600).

SECTION 2. (a) This SECTION is supplemental to 312 IAC 9-3-18.2(d).

(b) Upon the closure of the season by temporary rule under 312 IAC 9-3-18.2(f), an individual who has not reached the bag limit may keep and possess a river otter recovered within forty-eight (48) hours from a trap set before the close of the season.

SECTION 3. This document expires on March 16, 2018.

LSA Document #17-478(E)
Filed with Publisher: October 17, 2017, 12:36 p.m.

Posted: 10/25/2017 by Legislative Services Agency

DIN: 20171025-IR-312170478ERA
Composed: Apr 29,2024 1:23:22AM EDT
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