3.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 3.1.1 The Bidder shall not conduct any fish removal operations if water temperature exceeds 70° F in the fishing area. 3.1.2 The Bidder shall only conduct fish removal operations the from January 1, 2025 through May 22, 2025 (the Thursday before Memorial Day) unless express written permission is provided by DNR. Permission may only be granted by DNR at its sole discretion and only if water temperatures are favorable. 3.1.3 The Bidder shall use only approved bag seines having a webbing mesh of not less than two and one-half (2 1/2) inches bar measure, provided that no mesh measuring more than one and one-half (1 1/2) inches nor less than one (1) inch bar measure shall be contained in the center or bag portion of the seine. On Coralville/MacBride (Johnson County), the Bidder can also use: • Gill nets and trammel nets of unlimited length with mesh of webbing not less than three (3.5) inches bar measure. During open water trammel and gill nets must be constantly attended. During ice cover conditions on all lakes, trammel nets and gillnets must be lifted and emptied of catch every 96 hours. • Hoop nets with a functional escape hole having a minimum diameter in all directions of 5 inches; the escape hole shall be located in the last hoop to the tail-line. 3.1.2 The Bidder shall conduct a minimum of two (2) fish removal operations at each contracted lake for each contracted year unless express written permission by the DNR agreeing to reduce is obtained. The contracted price will not change in the event the DNR agrees to reduce the number of fish removal operations. When using gillnets, trammel nets, or hoop nets where allowed the minimum required effort shall be at least four full days of fishing effort. 3.1.3 The Bidder shall remove all captured Underused Fish Species (defined in Section 1.3) and dispose of them through commercial sale, in an approved landfill, or in another DNR approved manner with express written permission by the DNR. 3.1.4 The Bidder shall not return any dead captured fish to any waters of the state. 3.1.5 The Bidder shall make earnest effort to not harm aquatic species other than Underused Fish Species to be removed. The Bidder shall return all alive and unharmed fish that are not specifically requested in this RFB to be removed.
