From: "Ron Payer" <ron.payer@dnr.state.mn.us>
To: <fishes@brainerd.net>
Cc: "Gene Merriam" <gene.merriam@dnr.state.mn.us>; "Linda Erickson-Eastwood"
<linda.erickson-eastwood@dnr.state.mn.us>; "Mark Holsten"
<mark.holsten@dnr.state.mn.us>; "Roy Johannes"
<roy.johannes@dnr.state.mn.us>; "Steve Hirsch"
<steve.hirsch@dnr.state.mn.us>; "Tim Goeman" <tim.goeman@dnr.state.mn.us>;
<rep.dale.walz@house.mn>; <sen.paul.koering@senate.mn>; <johnrey@uslink.net>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: Mr. Goeman

> Mr. Reynolds-In response to your first August 30, 2003 Email, the
> documentation that approval for longear sunfish was intended to be only
> for ponds licensed for non-indigenous species can be found in your 2001
> aquaculture license sent to you on March 26, 2001.  Longear sunfish are
> listed as one of the approved species for ponds licensed for
> non-indigenous species.  If you need another copy of this license,
> please let me know and I will mail it to you.
>
> Tim Goeman has acknowledged that he erred in approving your importation
> permit for longear sunfish in May 2001 without specifying that the
> approval was limited to waters licensed for non-indigenous species.
> However, your permit application had incomplete information and there
> was some confusion at the time over which waters you had listed on your
> license.  As stated in previous correspondence, we attempted to clarify
> these licensing issues with you at the December 2001 meeting and in
> follow- up correspondence on January 8, 2002.
>
> In response to your request for documentation that the koi importation
> permit in 2001 was for ponds on the west side of Rebel Road, koi are
> considered an ornamental fish and are exempt from
> transportation/importation permit requirements as provided by Minn.
> Stat., sec. 17.4985, subd. 3, paragraph 2.  They are essentially
> unregulated by the DNR; therefore, we do not typically list them on
> aquaculture licenses nor would we specify on importation permits which
> licensed ponds they could be stocked in.
>
> In response to your second August 30, 2003 Email, I assume you are
> referring to the statement in the January 8, 2002 letter from Tim Goeman
> that "You should be aware that a "Live Fish Transportation and
> Importation Permit from this office is required for any intrastate
> transfers or sales of live fish from ponds licensed for non-indigenous
> species."  If so, we have addressed this question already in an August
> 5, 2002 Email from Roy Johannes, an August 11, 2002 Email from Roy
> Johannes, an August 16, 2002 Email from Roy Johannes, and a September
> 23, 2002 letter from Roy Johannes.
>
>
> Ronald D. Payer, Director
> Division of Fisheries
> MN DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN  55155-4012
>
> Phone:  (651) 297-4098
> Fax:       (651) 297-4916