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. |