NAC503.510. Aquatic bait and live bait: Capture, sale, holding and transportation; reference work for naming of species.

     1. Aquatic bait and the following species of live bait may be captured, offered for sale, held or transported by a person permitted to sell live bait, subject to any special conditions contained in the annual permit issued by the Department or in subsection 2:

	Authorized Species by Region
	Western	Eastern	Southern
Species	Region	Region	Region
Lahontan redside (Richardsonius egregius)	X
Red shiner (Notropis lutrensis)		N	X
Tui chub (Gila bicolor)	X	O
Speckled dace (Rhinichtyhys osculus)	X	N
Mosquitofish (Gambusia ssp.)	X	E
Carp (Cyprinus carpio)	X		X
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)		P	X
Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)		E	X
Fathead minnow (Pimephalespromelas)	X	R	X
Threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense)		M	X
Mountain sucker		I
(Catostomus platyrhynchus)	X	T
Tahoe sucker (Catostomus tahoensis)	X	T
Longjaw mudsucker (Gillichthys mirabilis)		E	X
Salamander (Waterdogs) (Ambystoma)		D	X
Piute Sculpin (Cottus beldingi)	X

     2. In the Western Region, the capture of any fish used as live bait for sale from the Carson River drainage below Quilici Dam is prohibited. The Quilici Dam is located near Dayton, Nevada.

     3. The reference work from which the species listed in subsection 1 were named is special publication 12 of the American Fisheries Society, A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, 4th edition, 1980.

     [Bd. of Fish & Game Comm’rs, No. 7 § 30.12, eff. 1-1-75; A 9-20-75; 1-1-77; 1-1-78]—(NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, 1-1-81; 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84; 1-2-86; R104-01, 12-6-2001; R093-03, 10-30-2003)