1927 Ark. Acts 528
Abstract
§ 7: Prohibited shooting fish with a gun or other instrument. Also prohibited throwing, dropping or exploding any dynamite or other explosive in the waters of the state.
Summary
This section makes it illegal to shoot fish with guns or use explosives like dynamite in the state's waters, except for authorized work or recovery of drowned persons, and establishes that violations are misdemeanors punishable by fines and possible short-term jail time.
Law Text
SECTION 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot any fish with a gun or other instrument in this State. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop or explode any dynamite or other explosive in any of the waters of this State; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the use of dynamite or other explosives in the prosecution of any work under lawful authority, nor its use in trying to raise bodies of drowned persons. Persons violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction fined in any sum not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) and may be confined.in the county jail for any period not less than five nor more than sixty days.
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Categories
FISHING REGULATION