NAC503.060. Game fish.  


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  • The following species of fish and all hybrids thereof are classified as game fish:

         1. Cold-water game fish are:

    Common Name

    Scientific Name

         (a) Cutthroat trout

    Bonneville...............................

    Oncorhynchus clarki utah

    Lahontan.................................

    Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi

    Snake River (Yellowstone).....

    Oncorhynchus clarki bouvieri

         (b) Salmon

    Oncorhynchus ssp.

    Atlantic....................................

    Salmo salar

         (c) Trout

    Brook.......................................

    Salvelinus fontinalis

    Brown......................................

    Salmo trutta

    Bull..........................................

    Salvelinus confluentis

    Lake.........................................

    Salvelinus namyaycush

    Rainbow..................................

    Oncorhynchus mykiss

    Redband..................................

    Oncorhynchus mykiss gibbsi

         (d) Whitefish

    Mountain.................................

    Prosopium williamsoni

         2. Warm-water game fish are:

    Common Name

    Scientific Name

         (a) Bullhead

    Black.......................................

    Ameiurus melas

    Brown......................................

    Ameiurus nebulosus

         (b) Catfish

    Channel...................................

    Ictalurus punctatus

    White.......................................

    Ameiurus catus

         (c) Bass

    Striped.....................................

    Morone saxatilis

    White.......................................

    Morone chrysops

    Largemouth Black...................

    Micropterus salmoides

    Smallmouth Black...................

    Micropterus dolomieu

    Spotted....................................

    Micropterus punctulatus

         (d) Crappie

    Black.......................................

    Pomoxis nigromaculatus

    White.......................................

    Pomoxis annularis

         (e) Perch

    Sacramento..............................

    Archoplites interruptus

    Yellow.....................................

    Perca flavescens

         (f) Sunfish

    Bluegill....................................

    Lepomis macrochirus

    Green.......................................

    Lepomis cyanellus

    Redear.....................................

    Lepomis microlophus

         (g) Walleye

    Stizostedion vitreum

     [Bd. of Fish & Game Comm’rs, part No. 1, eff. 7-1-69; A 7-1-70; 1-1-74]—(NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, 1-1-81; 12-15-81; 12-1-82; 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84; 12-11-87; R137-98, 9-25-98; R093-05, 10-31-2005)