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PFBC Rulemaking Activity - Archive
-- Proposed & Recent Rulemakings & Notices --

RULEMAKINGS   NOTICES
  • 217....Amphibians & reptiles name changes....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: March 20, 2010
  • 216....Creel limits for shad, Lake Erie fishing permits...view notice....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: July 3, 2010
  • 215....Changes to endangered, threatened and candidate species lists...view notice....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: July 3, 2010
  • 214....Boating regulations for Lake Somerset, High Point Lake and Cranberry Glade Lake...view notice....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: March 20, 2010
  • 213....VHS regulations...view notice....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: January 9, 2010
  • 212....Delaware River creel limits for American shad and river herring...view notice....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: January 9, 2010
  • 211....General Provision, Fishing and Boating....Adopted....view final....Effective Date: April 11, 2009
  • 210....General Provision and Boating...view proposal....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: October 3, 2009
  • 209....Striped bass regulations for Delaware River and Estuary...view proposal....Adopted....view final....Effective Date: April 1, 2009
  • 208....Endangered and threatened species regulations...view proposal....Public Comment Period: December 6, 2008 through January 6, 2009 (extended to March 15, 2009)....Adopted....view final...view Salamander Mussel final....Effective Date: July 11, 2009...January 30, 2010 (Salamader Mussel)
  • 207....Changes to threatened or candidate species lists...view proposal....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: March 7, 2009
  • 206....Right-to-Know Law...view proposal...Adopted...view final....January 1, 2009
  • 205....Fishing regulations - fish eggs...view proposal...Adopted...view final....Effective Date: January 1, 2009
  • 204....VHS related fishing regulations...view proposal...Adopted...view final....Effective Date: January 1, 2009
  • 203....Catfish and herring bow fishing regulations...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: September 6, 2008
  • 202....Policy on wind power projects...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: September 13, 2008
  • 201....Prohibit fishing in Walnut Creek from Route 5 north to Manchester Road Bridge between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: August 30, 2008
  • 200....Approved trout waters open to year-round fishing regulations...view proposal...Adopted...view final
  • 199...Susquehanna River fishing tournaments...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: April 5, 2008
  • 198...Boating through waters with special fishing regulations...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: March 29, 2008
  • 197...Definition of Boating Safety Education Certificate...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: April 12, 2008...Related: Notice 4.4.08-Criteria for Courses of Instruction in Boating Safety Education
  • 196...Allegheny County boating regulations. Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers (City of Pittsburgh)...view proposal...Adopted ...view final...Effective Date: March 29, 2008
  • 195...Scientific Collector Permit Fees...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2008
  • 194...Minimum size for tautog...view proposal...Approved...view final...Effective Date: August 25, 2007
  • 193...Boundary waters fishing regulations...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2008
  • 192...License and reporting program for commercial fisheries for American eel...view proposal...Adopted...view final...September 8, 2007
  • 191...Make it unlawful to transport live fish out of the Pennsylvania portion of the Lake Erie watershed...view proposal. Also see Notice -- VHS-Susceptible Species of Fish....Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2008
  • 190...Remove Sugar Lake from miscellaneous special regulations...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2008
  • 189...Boating regulations: Sugar Lake, Crawford County and Cloe Lake, Jefferson County...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: December 8, 2007
  • 188...Mandatory PFD for boats less than 16 feet and canoes and kayaks...view proposal...Not adopted
  • 187...Catch and Release Lakes and Brood Stock Lakes programs...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2007
  • 186...Issuing agent POS regulations...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: December 9, 2006
  • 185...Lake Erie seine permits...view proposal...Adopted...Effective Date: Upon publication in PA Bulletin
  • 184...Amphibian and reptile regulations...view proposal...Effective Date: See #179
  • 183...Trout regulations: extended season, stamp required, regional opening days...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2007
  • 182...Fishing regulations; Add ruffe and rusty crayfish to ANS...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: August 26, 2006
  • 181...Musky, pike and pickerel regulations...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2007
  • 179...Amphibians & reptiles regulations...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2007
  • 178...Spear/bow fishing, field dressing of fish...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: March 11, 2006
  • 177...Eel chutes...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: March 11, 2006
  • 176...Cast and throw nets...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: March 11, 2006
  • 175...Amphibian and reptile regulations...view proposalEffective Date: See #179
  • 174...Approved trout waters definition, Lake Erie perch...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: Section 63.3 effective January 1, 2006. Sections 69.12 and 69.33 effective on September 10, 2005
  • 173...Charter boat/fishing guide regulations...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2006
  • 172...Operation of motorboats, towing water skiers...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2006
  • 171...Tournament creel limits, fishing code language...view proposal...Adopted in 2 parts...view 1st...view 2nd...Effective Date: Sections 53.24 and 63.40 effective September 10, 2005, all others effective January 1, 2006
  • 170...Special regulation area changes...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2006
  • 169...Lake Arthur cast nets...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: September 17, 2005
  • 168...Allocation of stocked adult trout...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: September 17, 2005
  • 167...Amend threatened and endangered species lists...view proposal...correction...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: September 10, 2005
  • 166...Special fishing regulations...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2006
  • 165...Special boating regulation changes...view proposal...Adopted...view final...Effective Date: January 1, 2006
 
  • Temporary Changes to Fishing Regulations at Hereford Manor Lakes...view notice....Effective Date: November 1, 2010
  • Proposed Additions to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters...view notice....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: August 7, 2010
  • Removal of Certain Refuge Areas...view notice....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: August 7, 2010
  • Approved Boating Safety Education Courses...view notice....Effective Date: July 1, 2010
  • Temporary Changes to Fishing Regulations, Bradys Run Lake...view notice....Effective Date: May 15, 2010
  • Additions to Class A Wild Trout Waters...view notice....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: May 8, 2010
  • Additions & adjustments to Wild Trout Sreams listing...view notice....Adopted...view final....Effective Date: May 8, 2010
  • Bowmans Creek, Wyoming County, special regulation area re-designation...view notice.....Approved....view final....Effective Date: May 8, 2010
  • Lake Erie walleye & perch 2010 allowable commercial catch...view notice....Effective Date: Immediately (~February 2010)
  • List of native species...view notice....Effective Date: February 13, 2010
  • Nursery water designations...view notice....Effective Date: February 13, 2010
  • Boat and Marine Forfeiture; Maximum Amountn...view notice....Effective Date: January 1, 2010
  • Temporary Changes to Fishing Regulations - Reduce Creel Limit for American Shad...view notice....Effective Date: January 1, 2010
  • Addition of Walker Run, Luzerne County, to Wild Trout Streams list...view notice..Approved....view final...Effective Date: December 19, 2009
  • Re-Desigation of Fishing Creek, Columbia County...view notice...Approved...view final...Effective Date: December 19, 2009
  • Temporary Changes to Miscellaneous Special Regulations for Lake Erie Tributaries...view notice....Effective Date: October 26, 2009
  • Temporary Changes to Fishing Regulations -- Gunter Valley Reservoir...view notice....Effective Date: October 9, 2009
  • Removal of Baldwin Run from List of Class A Wild Trout Waters...view notice....Effective Date: September 26, 2009
  • Temporary Changes to Fishing Regulations, North Park Lake...view notice....Effective Date: September 14, 2009
  • Lake Erie commercial allowable perch catch...view notice...Effective Date: Immediately (~August 2009)
  • Pumping Station Dam, Schuylkill County, fishing regulations...view notice...Effective Date: August 11, 2009
  • Approved Courses of Instruction in Boating Safety Education ...view notice...Effective Date: July 1, 2009
  • Classification of Wild Trout Streams - additions, deletions and adjustments to list ...view notice....view final....Effective Date: May 9, 2009
  • Boat and Marine Forfeiture; Maximum Amount...view notice....Effective Date: Immediately (~March 2009)
  • Temporary changes to fishing regulations -- Importation of VHS-Susceptible species of fish...view notice....Effective Date: Immediately (~March 2009)
  • Lake Erie 2009 total allowable commercial catch for walleye...view notice....Effective Date: Immediately (~February 2009)
  • Proposed Additions to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters...view notice......view final notice....Effective Date: February 14, 2009
  • Extend temporary modifications to fishing regulations at Leaser Lake...view notice....Effective Date: January 1, 2009
  • VHS-Susceptible Species of Fish - 2009...view notice....Effective Date: January 1, 2009
  • Designations and Re-Designations of Waters Subject to Special Fishing Regulations...view notice....Effective Date: January 1, 2009
  • Exclusive Use Fishing Areas -- Franklin County...view notice....Effective Date: January 1, 2009
  • Proposed special fishing regulation designations...view notice....Effective Date: January 1, 2009
  • Temporary Change to Fishing Regulations -- Egg Collection...view notice....Effective Date: July 1, 2008
  • Temporary Changes to Fishing Regulations -- Possession and Use as Bait of Eggs Taken from VHS-Susceptible Species of Fish...view notice....Effective Date: Immediately (~July 2008)
  • Approved Courses of Instruction in Boating Safety Education...view notice....Effective Date: Immediately (~July 2008)
  • Temporary Changes to Fishing Regulations Leaser Lake, Lehigh County...view notice....Effective Date: July 1, 2008
  • Transportation and introduction of VHS-susceptible species of fish into the commonwealth...view notice....Effective Date: Immediately (~June 2008)
  • Alcohol Prohibition - Rock Hill Access, Conestoga River, Lancaster County...view notice....Effective Date: May 24, 2008
  • Temporary changes to fishing regulations for Opossum Lake, Cumberland County...view notice....Effective Date: May 24, 2008
  • Corrected Notice-Transportation of VHS-susceptible fish out of the Lake Erie watershed...view notice. Replaces prior notice....Effective Date: May 3, 2008
  • Transportation of VHS-susceptible fish out of the Lake Erie watershed...view notice. See corrected notice....Effective Date: May 3, 2008
  • Regional opening day of trout season for SW PA...view notice....Not adopted
  • Criteria for Courses of Instruction in Boating Safety Education...view notice....Effective Date: April 12, 2008....Related: Rulemaking #197-Definition of Boating Safety Education Certificate
  • Proposed Addition to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters - Big Rift Creek, Tioga County...view notice...view original notice....Effective Date: May 10, 2008
  • Classification of Wild Trout Streams - Additions, Deletions and Adjustments to List...view notice...view original notice....Effective Date: May 10, 2008
  • Time Restrictions -- Union Access, Susquehanna River, Luzerne County and Mountain Springs Lake, Luzerne County...view notice....Effective Date: Upon posting at the site (~Feb. 2008)
  • Temporary changes to special fishing regulations - Lake Erie tributary streams...view notice....Effective Date: Upon posting at the site (~Feb. 2008)
  • Lake Erie commercial fishing...view notice....Effective Date: January 1, 2008
  • Designations and Re-Designations of Waters Subject to Special Fishing Regulations...view notice....Effective Date: January 1, 2008
  • VHS-Susceptible Species of Fish...view notice. See Rulemaking 191 for additional information....Effective Date: January 1, 2008
  • Changes to waters in Delayed Harvest and Big Bass regulations...view notice...Effective Date: January 1, 2008
  • Add North Park Lake, Allegheny County, to Big Bass Program...view notice...Effective Date: January 1, 2008
  • Add Luzerne County streams to Class A waters list...view notice...Effective Date: October 20, 2007...view approved notice
  • Closure of Five Locks access, Berks County...view notice...Effective Date: Upon posting at site (~summer 2007)
  • Temporary fishing regulations at Egypt Meadow Lake...view notice...Effective Date: Upon posting at site (~summer 2007)
  • Add Middle Spring Creek, Cumberland County, to Class A trout waters list...view notice...Effective Date: August 4, 2007...view approved notice
  • Addition to Class A trout waters list...view notice...view original notice...Effective Date: May 5, 2007
  • Changes to wild trout streams list...view notice...view original notice...Effective Date: May 5, 2007
  • Quaker Lake re-opened...view notice...Effective Date: March 5, 2007
  • Marine forfeiture...view notice...Effective Date: January 1, 2007
  • Transportation of live fish out of Lake Erie watershed...view notice...Effective Date: Immediately (~1-30-07)
  • Lake Erie commercial fishing...view notice...Effective Date: Immediately (~1-30-07)
  • 2007 approved Boating Safety Education Courses...view notice...Effective Date: January 1, 2007
  • 2007 special fishing regulation areas...view notice...Effective Date: January 1, 2007
  • Class A waters 2007 changes...view notice...Adopted...view notice...Effective Date: February 1, 2007
  • Wykoff Run designated as Exclusive Use Area...view notice...Effective Date: January 1, 2007
  • Closure of Quaker Lake access area...view notice...Effective Date: Immediately (~5-17-06)
  • Special fishing regulation designations...view notice...8-9-06
  • Approve Wild Trout Streams list...view notice...Effective Date: August 5, 2006
  • Class A list - add Plum and Halter creeks, remove Beaverdam Run...view notice...Effective Date: August 5, 2006
  • Change limits for Clarion River Catch and Release area...view notice...Effective Date: August 5, 2006
  • Remove Catch and Release areas; Spring Brook, Panther Creek...view notice...Effective Date: August 5, 2006
  • Three Rivers boating restrictions in Pittsburgh...view notice...Effective Date: See notice
  • Changes to Wild Trout Streams list...view notice...6-6-06
  • Changes to fishing special regulation areas...view notice...6-6-06
  • Beaverdam Run, removal from Class A...view notice...6-6-06
  • Cast/throw net regulations...view notice...Effective Date: April 22, 2006
  • Special regulation designations...view notice...3-28-06
  • Cast net regulaions...view notice...Effective Date: March 11, 2006
  • Changes to Class A waters...view notice...Effective Date: February 18, 2006
  • Remove Powell Creek from delayed harvest regulations...view notice...Effective Date: February 18, 2006
  • Lake Erie commercial fishing...view notice...2-9-06

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