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Veteran and Senior Permits – An annual fish/hunt permit is available for resident veterans age 64 and older
and resident seniors age 69 and older.
Special Fishing Permit – This annual permit is for physically or developmentally disabled residents who cannot
cast or retrieve unassisted.
• This entitles the disabled person and one person assisting him or her to take, fish, catch, harvest or possess
any aquatic organism in compliance with state regulations.
• If the person assisting does not have a valid fishing permit, they are restricted to one daily bag limit
between the two anglers.
• Disabled person is a person certified by a physician to have a permanent physical impairment or
developmental disability that results in the inability to use fishing equipment unassisted.
• Applications are available from Game and Parks district offices, service centers and the Schramm Education
Center.
Educational Fishing Project Permit – This may be obtained by instructors at any university, college or high
school from the Fisheries Division for his/her students, 16 years of age and older who are participating in an
educational fishing project.
Paddlefish Permit – Required, along with a Nebraska fishing permit, for taking paddlefish by snagging or archery
during designated seasons.
Salvage Permit – The permit allows for the salvage of fish from selected irrigation canals located in the Platte
River, Republican River and Loup River drainages. Applications must be submitted to Game and Parks' North Platte
district office or the Kearney service center. Live fish cannot be transported in water from a canal because of the
potential for moving diseases and aquatic invasive species. Fish for consumption should be transported on ice.
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