6212.2600 POSSESSION OF FISH.

Subp. 4. Gifting and donating fish.

To prevent the waste of fish, a contest organizer may be permitted to accept from contest participants fish lawfully taken and possessed during a contest for gifting to a charitable or nonprofit organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service or listed on the Minnesota Attorney General's Office website.  Contest organizers wanting to be permitted for gifting and donating fish must fill out the appropriate sections of the contest application. A permitted contest organizer and representatives from the non-profit organizations must do the following:

1. Distribution of gifted fish must be at no cost or consideration
2. Records regarding the fish donated by contestants must be kept by the contest organizaer for 2 years and must include:
   • the names and addresses of contest participants donating the fish;
   • the contest participants license number or possession permit number under which the fish were lawfully taken or possessed;
   • the number and species of fish donated
   • the date, location, and contest permit number associated with the donation
   • the name of the designated representative for the nonprofit organization to which the fish are being donated to and the date of the transfer to that person.
3. The following information must accompany the donated fish as they are transferred.  Each representative of the non-profit in possession of these fish must keep a copy of the documentation until consumed or otherwise destroyed:
   • the contest organizer's name and address
   • the date, location, and contest permit number associated with the donation
   • the total number of each fish species that was donated
   • the date of transfer
   • the nonprofit organizations name, designated representative, and address.