Section 11-1317. Fish-bait; protection of aquatic insects  


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  • 1. No aquatic insect nor any insect that lives in the water during any
      of  its  life  stages  shall be taken from waters inhabited by trout nor
      from the banks thereof at any time.
        2. No person shall take from the waters of  the  state  or  the  banks
      thereof  for  sale  as  bait, and no person shall sell as bait, any such
      insect, without first obtaining from the department a  license  to  take
      such insects for sale as bait or to sell such insects as bait.
        3.  The  license provided for in subdivision 2 shall be issued only in
      the discretion of the department. Licenses to  take  for  sale  as  bait
      insects  described  in this section shall be issued only to residents of
      this state and to residents of a state in which residents of this  state
      may  be licensed, or are permitted without license, to take such insects
      for sale as bait.