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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="4-11A-21" title_number="4" title_name="Fish and Fisheries" subtitle_number="11A" subtitle_name="Aquaculture">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may apply in writing to the Department for a permit to breed, propagate, and sell any species of game and freshwater fish protected by law, in ponds or lakes which he owns or leases. The Department, upon receipt of a permit fee of $5 may issue to the applicant a breeder’s license permitting him to hatch, rear, transport, sell, barter or exchange any fish. A fish breeder’s permit expires on December 31 following the date of issuance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall promulgate regulations governing the release, possession, sale, shipment, and identification of every game and freshwater fish bred under a fish breeder’s permit. The Department may require any report necessary concerning the operation of a fish breeder’s permit. Any permit issued under the provisions of this section may be revoked for a violation of any provision of this section or any regulation made pursuant to it.</text>
  </level>
</section>
