New Rule for 2012 Derby

donnamatrix · 09-20-2011, 02:50 PM

This infomration is available on the meredithrotary.org website, but just so you all are aware, there will be a new rule regarding submission of fish to the Derby:

The Great Meredith Rotary Ice Fishing Derby, scheduled for the weekend of February 11-12, 2012 will include a new rule as outlined by changes to New Hampshire Fish & Game Department regulations.

“To prevent culling and/or transferring of live fish, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department has implemented a new regulation requiring all Salmonids to be killed upon taking by the angler,” according to Derby Chairman Tracy Aquilla. Salmonids include salmon (which cannot be taken through the ice), and all trout species. The new state regulation therefore requires some, but not all, Derby permitted species to be killed upon taking.

“This inconsistency may cause some confusion during the Derby, “ Aquilla stated, “so the Derby Committee has made the Derby ruling more uniform by requiring that any and all fish in the angler’s possession must be dead before the angler enters the registration line, or the fish will be disqualified.” As always, officers from the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department will be monitoring the Derby activities, and any angler found to have a live fish will receive a citation.

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donnamatrix Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro Posts: 833 Thanks: 24 Thanked 258 Times in 120 Posts	New Rule for 2012 Derby This infomration is available on the meredithrotary.org website, but just so you all are aware, there will be a new rule regarding submission of fish to the Derby: The Great Meredith Rotary Ice Fishing Derby, scheduled for the weekend of February 11-12, 2012 will include a new rule as outlined by changes to New Hampshire Fish & Game Department regulations. “To prevent culling and/or transferring of live fish, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department has implemented a new regulation requiring all Salmonids to be killed upon taking by the angler,” according to Derby Chairman Tracy Aquilla. Salmonids include salmon (which cannot be taken through the ice), and all trout species. The new state regulation therefore requires some, but not all, Derby permitted species to be killed upon taking. “This inconsistency may cause some confusion during the Derby, “ Aquilla stated, “so the Derby Committee has made the Derby ruling more uniform by requiring that any and all fish in the angler’s possession must be dead before the angler enters the registration line, or the fish will be disqualified.” As always, officers from the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department will be monitoring the Derby activities, and any angler found to have a live fish will receive a citation.