§ 4142 - Test waters; notices - Vermont Statutes

§ 4142. Test waters; notices

(a) For the purpose of securing data relative to the propagation of fish, the commissioner may designate as test waters streams and ponds within the state. He or she shall cause notices of the designation of any pond or stream as a test water to be published in a newspaper circulating in the vicinity thereof at least three times not more than 30 nor less than five days before the effective date of such designation and to be posted conspicuously on the banks or shores of such waters. Such notices shall state the dates between which such waters are designated as test waters and shall contain such portions of the laws relating to test waters as may be desirable to inform the public of the restrictions thereon.

(b) Fishing in such test waters shall be in accordance with regulations of the commissioner.

(c) [Repealed.] (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961; amended 1963, No. 14, eff. March 19, 1963; 1991, No. 230 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)