Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
TITLE 800. Department of Wildlife Conservation |
Chapter 15. Commercial Turtle Harvest |
Subchapter 7. Commercial Mussel Harvest |
SECTION 800:15-7-4. Mussel sanctuaries
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- The following areas are established as mussel sanctuaries. No commercial mussel harvest is allowed within a mussel sanctuary.(1) The first two (2) miles of any river entering Oklahoma and the first two (2) river miles below any impoundment structures are designated sanctuaries and closed to all mussel harvest.(2) No harvesting shall ever take place in Tenkiller Lake.(3) The Kiamichi and Illinois Rivers are closed to commercial mussel harvest.(4) The Poteau River from State Highway 9 Bridge upstream to the old Pocola Highway Bridge, and the Poteau River from the new State Highway 112 Bridge upstream to the southern-most confluence with the Lost Poteau, and the Poteau River from US Highway 59 Bridge upstream to the Kerr Ranch bridge crossing.(5) Pool 15 (Robert S. Kerr Reservoir) of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is closed to commercial mussel harvest.