NR 20.40(7)(f)4.4. Permitted fishing tournaments may engage in fishing activities in multiple pools but the tournament organizer must select the pool where the primary fishing activity or weigh-in will take place. The availability of permits will be based on the selected pool as outlined in subd. 1. NR 20.40(8)(8) Additional fishing tournament permits. Notwithstanding the limits in sub. (7), the department may allow one additional permit each year for fishing tournaments on lakes greater than 1,000 acres or river segments identified by the department. For additional fishing tournaments permitted under this subsection, the fishing tournament permit applicant shall demonstrate to the department that the tournament: NR 20.40(8)(a)(a) Will promote public awareness of fishing and the state’s resources and conform to best management practices for the lake; or NR 20.40(8)(c)(c) The department may issue one advance tournament permit for each waterbody in each year that authorizes a tournament on that waterbody up to 3 years before the tournament is to occur when: NR 20.40(8)(c)1.1. The tournament sponsor can demonstrate undue hardship unless they receive an advance permit, and NR 20.40(8)(c)2.2. The tournament sponsor can demonstrate a substantial economic benefit to the local economy by being able to receive a tournament permit up to 3 years in advance for a specific waterbody. NR 20.40(9)(9) Disposition of dead fish. The department shall require each applicant to provide a written plan for the disposition of any dead fish encountered within a 48-hour period from the end of the tournament and are a result of the fishing tournament which complies with s. 23.095 (1g), Stats. No plan may include retention of any fish contrary to the requirements of department rule, except that the department may, via permit condition, authorize a tournament organizer or their designee to receive and transport trout or salmon from tournament participants, in excess of established possession limits, for immediate delivery to a food distribution service as defined in s. 29.001 (28), Stats. NR 20.40 NoteNote: Section 23.095 (1g), Stats., General prohibition. No person may damage or attempt to damage any natural resource within the state. Under s. 23.095 (1) (a) “Damage” means to commit a physical act that unreasonably destroys, molests, defaces, removes or wastes. NR 20.40(10)(a)(a) No person may organize fishing tournaments on the same body of water with starting dates separated by less than 2 weeks unless 50% or more of the participants in the additional tournament are younger than 18 years of age or are developmentally disabled as defined under s. 51.01 (5) (a), Stats., or physically disabled and eligible for a license under s. 29.193 (3) or (3m), Stats. NR 20.40(10)(b)(b) The department may deny an application for a fishing tournament permit upon determination that the body of water, the fish or other aquatic resources may be substantially harmed by the concentration of fishing activity from the fishing tournament. NR 20.40(10)(c)(c) No person may conduct a fishing tournament on any of the following unless it is a traditional fishing tournament: NR 20.40(10)(c)1.1. Opening weekend of the fishing season, except that a person may conduct a fishing tournament that is not a traditional fishing tournament on opening weekend on waters with a continuous open harvest season for that species. NR 20.40(10)(d)(d) The department may require the tournament organizer to make parking arrangements in addition to those normally present at location where the event is taking place for the fishing tournament participants in order to ensure reasonable public access to the water where the permitted fishing tournament is being conducted. A plan outlining the alternative parking arrangements shall be submitted to the department upon request. The department may withhold approval of a fishing tournament permit application until an adequate alternative parking plan or parking arrangements have been provided by the organizer. NR 20.40(10)(e)(e) For open water permitted fishing tournaments, participants’ boats shall be identified in a uniform manner that makes them easily identifiable on the water as fishing tournament participants and the method for identification shall be provided to the department. This requirement does not apply to tournaments on the Great Lakes for trout and salmon. NR 20.40(10)(f)(f) The following provisions apply to immediate-release tournaments: NR 20.40(10)(f)2.2. Participants shall immediately initiate the official tournament registration process upon landing a fish. NR 20.40(10)(f)3.3. Participants shall successfully release the fish, as indicated by the capability of the fish to swim away upright under its own power, prior to resuming fishing. NR 20.40(10)(g)(g) The following provisions apply to catch-hold-release tournaments: NR 20.40(10)(g)1.1. No person may conduct a catch-hold-release tournament for muskellunge, northern pike, sturgeon or trout with an off-site weigh-in. NR 20.40(10)(g)2.2. No person may conduct a catch-hold-release tournament unless they follow the conditions related to fish handling specified on the permit. NR 20.40(10)(g)3.3. No person may participate in a catch-hold-release open water tournament unless their boat is equipped with a live well that is demonstrated to the tournament organizer as functioning properly prior to fishing in the fishing tournament. NR 20.40(10)(g)3m.3m. No person may participate in a catch-hold-release ice fishing tournament unless they have a container capable of holding and transporting live fish in water. NR 20.40(10)(g)4.4. Except as provided in par. (gm) 4., no person may hold fish in a catch-hold-release tournament in on-shore holding tanks unless the tanks have the capacity to hold at least one gallon of water per pound of fish held and are equipped with an aeration or oxygenation system that maintains the dissolved oxygen at 5 parts per million or higher.