NR 25.027(8)(8) “Commercial fishing gear” or “commercial gear” is that equipment identified in or regulated by this chapter. NR 25.027(9)(9) “Commercial fishing license” means, for the purposes of s. 29.503 (2) (b), Stats., those licenses issued pursuant to ss. 29.519, 29.523, 29.526, 29.529, 29.531, 29.533, and 29.535, Stats. NR 25.027(10)(10) “Commercial ice fishing” means the setting and operating of commercial fishing gear through and from the surface of the ice. NR 25.027(11)(11) “Detroit Harbor” means that body of water in Door county lying north of a line commencing at the most southerly point in section 14, township 33 north, range 29 east at N45°20.016′, W86°56.451′, and running in a straight line to the most southerly point in section 18, township 33 north, range 30 east at N45°20.054′, W86°54.139′. NR 25.027 NoteNote: All latitude and longitude coordinates are expressed in degrees and minutes.
NR 25.027(12)(12) “Diverter” means a type of commercial fishing gear inside a trawl net before the cod end, used to sort fish by size, through which all fish caught must pass and which diverts larger fish out of the net. NR 25.027(13)(13) “Eagle Harbor” means that body of water in Door county south and east of a line drawn from the most northeast point in section 9, township 31 north, range 27 east at N45°10.496′, W87°13.340′, easterly to the water’s edge on the north line of section 12, same township and range at N45°11.140′, W87°09.679′. NR 25.027 NoteNote: All latitude and longitude coordinates are expressed in degrees and minutes.
NR 25.027(14)(14) “Egg Harbor” means that body of water in Door county lying south of a line commencing at the most northeast point in section 26, township 30 north, range 26 east at N45°03.245′, W87°18.005′, and running in a straight line east to the north line of section 25, same township and range at N45°03.265′, W87°16.938′. NR 25.027 NoteNote: All latitude and longitude coordinates are expressed in degrees and minutes.
NR 25.027(15)(15) “Electronic communication device” means a device with access to the internet or local networks capable of storing or replicating data on a hard drive, transmitting data over a network, displaying data on a screen, and recording data via an input apparatus. NR 25.027(16)(16) “Electronic fish reporting system” means a system established or authorized by the department for reporting daily commercial fishing activity and other required information to the department by electronic means. NR 25.027(18)(18) “End of the day” means 11:59 p.m. of the day the fish are landed. NR 25.027(20)(20) “Fish Creek” means that body of water in Door county lying south and east of a line commencing at the most northerly point in the southwest quarter of section 29, township 31 north, range 27 east at N45°07.925′, W87°14.926′, and running northeasterly in a straight line to the water’s edge on the north line of that section, township and range at N45°08.480′, W87°14.505′. NR 25.027 NoteNote: All latitude and longitude coordinates are expressed in degrees and minutes.
NR 25.027(21)(21) “Fleet reporting program” means a program of catch assignment and reporting under s. NR 25.135. NR 25.027(22)(22) “Float plan” means a description of the day’s proposed commercial fishing activity that includes the commercial fisher’s name, commercial fishing license number or fleet reporting number, date and intended time of leaving the pier or shore for commercial fishing activity, targeted species, port of departure, intended port of return, intended time of return, and the type of commercial fishing gear involved. NR 25.027(23)(23) “Harvest limit”, “harvest quota”, “total allowable annual commercial harvest”, or “the total allowable commercial harvest” means the total number of pounds of fish as established in this chapter which may be landed in a license year from the outlying waters or any portion thereof, except as otherwise prescribed in this chapter. NR 25.027(24)(24) “High value species” means whitefish when a commercial fisher’s whitefish individual catch quota in any zone is less than 13,656 pounds and yellow perch. NR 25.027(25)(25) “Home use fisher” means an enrolled tribal member of either the Bad River or Red Cliff band of Chippewa Indians exercising off-reservation fishing rights in Lake Superior recognized by State v. Gurnoe, 53 Wis. 2d 390 (1972), who takes fish for non-commercial disposition, including consumption by the member or member’s family or donation for charitable purposes. NR 25.027(26)(26) “Immediate family” means the spouse, children by birth or adoption, parents or siblings. NR 25.027(27)(27) “Incapacity” means the inability to communicate in any manner, hospitalization with a terminal illness or terminal injuries as certified by a licensed physician, or an adjudication of incompetency as defined in s. 54.10 (3), Stats. NR 25.027(28)(28) “Jackson Harbor” means that body of water in Door county lying south and west of a line commencing at the most northerly point in section 27, township 34 north, range 30 east at N45°24.061′, W86°50.876′, and running in a straight line northwesterly to the most easterly point in the northeast quarter of section 28, same township and range at N45°24.226′, W86°51.141′. NR 25.027 NoteNote: All latitude and longitude coordinates are expressed in degrees and minutes.
NR 25.027(30)(30) “Little Sturgeon Bay” means that body of water in Door county lying south of a line commencing at the most northeast point in section 35, township 28 north, range 24 east at N44°51.098′, W87°33.022′, and running in a northeasterly direction to the most northerly point in section 36, same township and range at N44°51.486′, W87°31.900′. NR 25.027 NoteNote: All latitude and longitude coordinates are expressed in degrees and minutes.