AI-assisted research summary: Frog taking, possession, sale, transport, and related activities are regulated, with license limits, a stated open season, and commissioner rulemaking and permit authority.
§ Subdivision 1.Season. The open season for frogs is May 16 through March 31. The commissioner may, by rule, establish closed seasons in specified areas. § Subd. 2.License required. (a) A person may not take or possess frogs without an angling license if the person is required to have an angling license to take fish. (b) A person may not purchase, possess, and transport frogs for purposes other than bait without a license to purchase, possess, and transport frogs. (c) A person may not take, possess, transport, and sell frogs for purposes other than bait without a license to take, possess, transport, and sell frogs. § Subd. 3.Taking with cloth screens prohibited. A person may not use cloth screens or similar devices to take frogs. § Subd. 4.Taking with artificial lights. The commissioner may issue permits to take frogs with the use of artificial lights in waters designated in the permit. § Subd. 5.Limits. (a) A person may possess frogs, up to six inches long, without limit if the frogs are possessed, bought, sold, and transported for bait. (b) Unless the commissioner prescribes otherwise, a person may possess frogs over six inches long and: (1) transport the frogs, except by common carrier; and (2) sell the frogs in any quantity during the open season. (c) The length of a frog is measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the hind toes, with the legs fully extended. § Subd. 6.Rules. The commissioner shall prescribe rules for taking, buying, selling, possessing, importing, and transporting frogs for purposes other than bait. § Subd. 7.For human consumption. The commissioner may issue permits for importing, raising, and selling frogs for human consumption.