Supreme Court of Georgia June 11, 1992, S92A0667 (Department of Natural Resources v. Blue Ridge Mountain Fisheries, Inc.)

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 *306to raise them in his hatchery, as required by OCGA § 27-5-5.

Decided June 11, 1992

Reconsideration denied July 2, 1992.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Robert S.