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6 | Fishing Info: 402-471-0641 There are no regulation changes for 2017. WHO NEEDS A FISHING PERMIT? By buying a fishing permit, anglers support Nebraska fisheries management, habitat protection and restoration programs. A Nebraska permit is required of residents and nonresidents age 16 and over. Nonresidents under age 16 need not have a fishing permit if they are accompanied by someone who has a Nebraska fishing permit. A fishing permit is required to take, or attempt to take, fish, bullfrogs, snapping turtles, barred salamanders, or mussels by any legal method. An angler must carry the fishing permit while actively fishing. RESIDENT PERMITS The requirements to qualify as a Nebraska resident to buy a fishing permit: • Reside in Nebraska continuously for at least 30 days before making application for a permit and intend to become a Nebraska resident. • Residents in school in another state or stationed outside Nebraska as part of a military assignment that have maintained Nebraska as their state of legal residency. • Active-duty military personnel and full-time students stationed or attending school in Nebraska for a period of at least 30 days. NOTE: A new resident should be prepared to provide documentation of residency (driver's license, voter registration, etc.) to an officer when in possession of a permit. NONRESIDENT PERMITS A nonresident fishing permit is required of all people who are not Nebraska residents, except those listed above and those under 16 years of age who are accompanied by someone with a Nebraska fishing permit. WHEN FISHING PERMIT IS NOT REQUIRED Owners or their guests fishing on a private water body are not required to have a fishing permit if all of the following apply to that body of water: 1) is located entirely on privately owned land, 2) is entirely privately stocked, 3) does not connect by inflow or outflow with any other water outside such land, and 4) is not operated on a commercial basis for profit. In addition, any licensed commercial put-and-take operation is exempt from a fishing permit. OTHER TYPES OF PERMITS Fee-Exempt Permits – These are available to resident veterans who: • are 50 percent disabled as a result of armed forces service • receive a pension from the Veterans Administration as a result of a total and permanent disability not incurred in the line of duty while in military service • obtained fee-exempt permits before Jan. 1, 2006 Veteran and Senior Permits – An annual fish/hunt permit is available for resident veterans age 64 and older and residents age 69 and older. Special Fishing Permit – This annual permit is for physically or developmentally disabled residents who cannot cast or retrieve unassisted. NEW FOR 2017 GENERAL PERMIT INFORMATION

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