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NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT. v. BLUE RIDGE &c. FISHERIES

S92A0667.

262 Ga. 305 (1992)

417 S.E.2d 12

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES v. BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN FISHERIES, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Robert S. Bomar, Isaac Byrd, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.

Kinney, Kemp, Pickell, Sponcler & Joiner, F. Gregory Melton, Weaver & Weaver, George W. Weaver, Cook & Palmour, Bobby Lee Cook, for appellees.

WELTNER, Presiding Justice.

The Department of Natural Resources seized Cochran's white sturgeon fish imported from California as contraband, contending that they were exotic fish, and that Cochran had no license or permit to raise them in his hatchery, as required by OCGA § 27-5-5.

There is no statutory definition of "exotic fish." The trial court observed that "exotic" is defined in Webster's Third New International...

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