(a) Licensed propagators.--No person now required by law to procure a license to propagate fish for sale shall be required, in addition, to secure a fishing license under this chapter in order to enable that person to exercise the rights conferred by the license.

(b) Persons who are blind or have certain physical or mental impairments.--The provisions of this chapter do not apply to those persons who are totally blind or have such severe physical or mental impairments that they are unable to cast or retrieve a line or bait hooks and remove fish if only one legal device is used and the person who is blind or has physical or mental impairments as described in this section is within ten feet of the device being used. The provisions of this chapter also do not apply to the attendant of the person who is blind or has physical or mental impairments described in this section while assisting in using the device.

(c) Landowners.--The provisions of this chapter do not apply to or prevent the owner of any land in this Commonwealth, who actually resides thereon throughout the year or the members of his family so residing thereon, from fishing on his lands in waters wholly within said land without a license. The exemption provided by this subsection does not apply to any person temporarily residing upon the land or any tenant thereon who is not a member of the family of the owner, nor does the exemption apply to any servant or employee of the owner.

(d) Free fishing days.--The executive director, with the approval of the commission, may designate no more than two days (which may or may not be consecutive) in each year as free fishing days. The commission may designate the waters or categories of waters to which this exemption applies.

(e) Participants in educational programs.--A participant in an educational program shall not be required to possess a fishing license while participating in the educational program provided that the program meets the standards established by the executive director and is under the direct supervision of an instructor who possesses a valid fishing license and the program sponsor has applied for and received the written permission of the executive director.