LITTLE ROCK – No longer is Arkansas split northeast to southwest on the number of crappie anglers can keep each day.

The statewide limit for crappie is now 30 although there are some exceptions on specific waters.

The new rule went into effect Jan. 1 along with several other fishing regulations changes or additions. The crappie change was made by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission on the recommendation of its fisheries biologists. Many anglers also asked for the change.

Another change is for one of the state's most productive crappie waters, Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir. There is now a minimum length limit of 10 inches for both white and black crappie on the lake. Anyone catching a crappie shorter than 10 inches must return it immediately to the water.

Other fishing regulations changes now in effect:

Reduced creel and slot limits on Grandview Lake No. 1 have been removed.

Replace 13- to 16-inch slot limit with 13-inch minimum length limit for largemouth bass on DeGray Lake. There is no size restriction on spotted bass.

Change daily creel limit from 10 to 6 black bass combined (largemouth, spotted and smallmouth) for DeGray Lake.

Remove yellow bass from the sport fish list and add it to the rough fish list.

Add Bald Knob Community Pond, Conway Station Park and Lake Keith to the Community Fishing Program restrictions.

Prohibit limblines within Buffalo National River.

Remove silver redhorse from the commercial fish species.

Remove double points for bass-related violations on Lake Monticello, Lower White Oak Lake, Lake Columbia, SWEPCO Lake, Lake Pickthorne and Lake Austell.

Prohibit the take and possession of the Ouachita streambed salamander.