It is a criminal offense to handle a salmon in suspicious circumstances.

Trouble-o-Meter
Rural police use it to bust illegal fish poaching syndicates.

Status: still on the books

Why Is This a Law?

This law was designed to combat illegal poaching and underground fish-smuggling rings. By making it illegal to handle poached fish, police could arrest black-market smugglers.

A citizen earnestly dealing with the law: It is a criminal offense to handle a salmon in suspicious circumstances.