12.11.6302    BITTERROOT RIVER COMMERCIAL USE PERMIT RESTRICTIONS

(1) Bitterroot River commercial use permit holders are restricted to two launches per section per day from June 1 to September 15 in the following areas:

(a) Painted Rocks Dam to Applebury Forest Service Site;

(b) Applebury Forest Service Site to Trapper Creek Job Corp Site;

(c) Trapper Creek Job Corp Site to Hannon Memorial Fishing Access Site; and

(d) Hannon Memorial Fishing Access Site to Wally Crawford Fishing Access Site.

(2) For the purposes of this rule, "launch" means the placement of a vessel in the water and traveling downstream. A vessel that is docked or beached without exiting the river may continue downstream without it counting as a second launch.

(3) Commercial fishing and floating operators are prohibited from operating from June 1 to September 15 as follows:

(a) between Painted Rocks Dam and Applebury Forest Service Site on Fridays;

(b) between Applebury Forest Service Site and Trapper Creek Job Corp Site on Saturdays;

(c) between Trapper Creek Job Corp Site to Hannon Memorial Fishing Access Site on Sundays; and

(d) between Hannon Memorial Fishing Access Site to Wally Crawford Fishing Access Site on Mondays.

 

History: 87-1-303, MCA; IMP, 87-1-303, MCA; NEW, 2018 MAR p. 717, Eff. 2/24/18; AMD, 2019 MAR p. 740, Eff. 6/8/19.