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OK SB777

Bill

Status

Passed

5/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Shane Jett

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits sale of game fish and paddlefish from public waters that have been commingled with privately produced fish in commercial aquaculture operations.

  • Allows licensed producers to collect game fish and nongame fish broodstock from public waters using any legal means for propagation in recirculating aquaculture systems, limited to the normal recreational fishing possession limit, with collected broodstock prohibited from being sold or released back into the wild.

  • Permits sale of meat and finished products from fish spawned in captive systems within Oklahoma or out of state with proper export permits, and allows live fish from such propagations to be sold subject to Department restrictions.

  • Authorizes the Department of Wildlife Conservation to establish a broodstock transaction process with reasonable and transparent fees, and allows the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to assess import fees on unlicensed entities selling live fish in the state and require Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service health certificates for each shipment.

  • Expands the definition of "game fish" to include blue catfish and channel catfish defined as "forked tail" catfish; becomes effective November 1, 2025.

Legislative Description

Wildlife; allowing certain harvesting of fish and aquatic species. Effective date.

Last Action

Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/12/2025

5/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Criminal Judiciary4/1/2025
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight4/1/2025
Agriculture and Wildlife2/4/2025

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