Title XVIII, Fish and Game

For purposes of this subdivision, "owners" shall include tenants for life or years, remaindermen, reversioners, municipal lienholders or holders of undischarged mortgages of record whose mortgages are dated not earlier than 20 years prior to the date of filing such petition.

Persons appointed to the commission shall be sworn to act faithfully and impartially in the performance of their duties, and the certificate of each oath shall be returned to the secretary of state.

The governor with the advice of the council, or the commission appointed by the governor with advice of council, at least 14 days prior to hearing, shall cause notice in writing of the time and place of hearing appointed by them, together with a description of the proposed locati…

I. When the owner resides or lives within the state, notice shall be given to the owner in person or left at the abode or sent to the owner by certified mail. II. When the owner does not reside or live within the state, notice may be given to the person, if any, who has the care …

The governor and council, or the commission, at the time and place appointed for hearing shall make a personal examination of the proposed location, shall hear all the parties interested who may attend, and may adjourn as they see cause. They may admit or reject any evidence offe…

Lands to which title has been acquired by the state, or which have been leased, or any part thereof, may be used for the purpose of creating and maintaining game refuges, or for fish and game department uses for the protection, regulation and management of wildlife resources, imp…

I. Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 212-A:5, III or IV, or any rule adopted in implementation of either or both, shall be guilty of a violation. II. Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 212-A:7, I, or any rule issued pursuant to RSA 212-A:6, IV or whoever fa…

The executive director of the fish and game department shall make contracts for the leasing of seasonal camp lots within the Connecticut Lakes headwaters tract natural areas, which were in existence at the time of the state's acquisition of the tract, for periods not exceeding 5 …

I. The executive director of the fish and game department may execute leases or contracts for the short-term use of buildings or lands owned by the department. All such leases or contracts extending for a period of more than 5 years or for an annual consideration of more than $5,…

The executive director of the fish and game department shall monitor property acquired through the former land conservation investment program consistent with RSA 162-C:6 and 8. The executive director may further monitor such other land conservation interests held by the state of…

Equipment, merchandise, wildlife, or records seized in the enforcement of this chapter shall be held by an officer or agent of the fish and game department pending disposition of court proceedings. If the defendant is found guilty such material shall be forfeited to the state for…

The executive director, in conjunction with the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food, may establish and maintain state fish and game refuges for the protection and propagation of fish, game, and fur-bearing animals, on all or any portion of the state fish and game lands…

The limitation as to distance between state fish and game refuges, provided for in RSA 212:11, shall not prohibit the establishment of such a game refuge on premises belonging to St. Paul's School in the city of Concord, provided the owners and abutters consent to the establishme…

None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to apply retroactively or to prohibit importation into this state of wildlife which may be lawfully imported into the United States or lawfully taken and removed from one state to another or to prohibit entry into this sta…

The limitations as to the area within refuges on publicly owned lands and as to distances between refuges as provided for in RSA 212:11 shall not prohibit the establishment of a game refuge on the Bear Brook area so-called in the towns of Allenstown, Deerfield, Candia and Hookset…

I. The provisions of RSA 212-A, or any rule promulgated under this chapter, shall not be applicable to marine or estuarine species of wildlife. II. No rule promulgated under the provisions of this chapter shall cause undue interference with normal agriculture or silvicultural pra…

The executive director shall publish or disseminate any scientific data to organizations representing farmers and other landowners whose land includes habitat used by any endangered or threatened species, indicating that action is contemplated to preserve said species. This infor…

In addition to the area open to hunting as provided by RSA 212:13, when in the opinion of the executive director of the fish and game department and by agreement with the department of natural and cultural resources it is to be deemed in the interest of good game management pract…

Any game refuge may be open to the taking of any particular species of game, game bird or fur-bearing animal at any time and by any means under such regulations as may be prescribed by the executive director.

On the effective date of this chapter with the exception of the expenditures that are then authorized from the fish and game fund, no funds used to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall be derived from license fees of hunters, fishermen, or trappers unless the species fo…

Each game refuge shall be surrounded by a well defined line, road, or cleared strip of land, and in the discretion of the executive director, by wire at the boundary thereof. On the boundary of each such refuge, there shall be posted in conspicuous places, not more than 150 yards…

I. There is hereby established in the state treasury a separate fund to be known as the threatened and endangered species compensatory mitigation fund into which payments made pursuant to this section shall be credited. The fund shall be non-lapsing and continually appropriated t…

Any person found upon a state game refuge, except as may be permitted under RSA 212:15, or upon any land under the control of the executive director, which has been established by the executive director as an area for the propagation of game, who discharges a firearm for the purp…

The state may acquire by purchase, lease or gift, hunting and fishing rights to lands or waters and rights of access thereto suitable for fishing and hunting and maintain thereon public fishing and hunting grounds.

The executive director may formulate, adopt, and post such rules and regulations for the government of lands and waters under his control including state game refuges, and for the protection and propagation of fish, game, fur-bearing animals and marine species thereon, as he may …

The legislature finds and declares that: I. New Hampshire's wildlife resources include more than 300 vertebrate species which normally breed in the state, and an additional 120 bird species which occur as transients, migrants, or wintering populations. Of these 420 species, about…

I. Except as provided in paragraph II, no person shall knowingly purchase, sell, offer for sale, or possess with intent to sell, any item that the person knows or should know is a covered animal species part or product. II. Paragraph I shall not apply: (a) To employees or agents …

In this chapter: I. "Endangered species act" means the endangered species act of 1973 [P.L. 93-205], 87 Stat. 884, as amended. II. "Executive director" means the executive director of the fish and game department. III. "Wildlife" means any member of any nondomesticated species of…

Any person who violates any rule adopted by the executive director made under the provisions of RSA 212:19 shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.

The executive director may take, remove or transfer fish, game, fur-bearing animals and marine species at such times, in such manner, and from such places as he may deem proper for the protection or propagation thereof.

The executive director may sell or exchange fish, including the eggs or fry thereof, birds or the eggs thereof, game, and fur-bearing animals, with or to other states or individuals.

The executive director shall keep an itemized account of all such sales or exchanges, and include the same in his biennial report to the governor and council pursuant to RSA 20:7, and shall remit to the state treasurer all money received under the provisions of this subdivision, …

The state of New Hampshire hereby assents to the provisions of the acts of Congress entitled the "Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act," to provide that the United States shall aid the states in wildlife restoration projects, and for other purposes, 16 U.S.C. section 669 et…

I. No person shall propagate or sell, dead or alive, wildlife or the eggs or progeny thereof, or operate a hunting preserve, without first obtaining a permit from the executive director except as permitted under title XVIII. The executive director shall have the authority to dete…

No person shall import any species of wild turkey, hybrid wild turkey, or wild turkey-domestic turkey cross or any egg of these species into New Hampshire. Any person in possession of wild turkeys, hybrid wild turkeys, or wild turkey-domestic turkey crosses or the egg of any of t…

Such licenses shall be issued by the executive director, in his discretion, upon application in writing, and shall be subject to revocation and suspension at any time, in the discretion of the executive director.

In this chapter: I. "Nongame act" means the federal Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980, P.L. 96-366, as amended. II. "Executive director" means the executive director of the fish and game department. III. "Nongame species" means all wildlife as defined in RSA 212-A:2, III…

The legislature finds and declares that: I. Species of wildlife normally occurring within this state which may be found to be in jeopardy should be accorded such protection as is necessary to maintain and enhance their numbers. II. The state should assist in the protection of spe…

I. Fresh water fish raised outside the state may be possessed, bought and sold for use as food, provided that for each package there shall be a bill of sale bearing the species of fish, the weight of the package, and the place of origin. Said bill of sale shall remain with the pa…

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 208:11, venison, including the species red deer and elk (Cervus elaphus), but not including Virginia white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), imported from outside the state may be possessed, bought, and sold for use as food, provided t…

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 208:11, deer carcasses or venison, including the species red deer and elk (Cervus elaphus), but not including Virginia white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) raised within the state by persons holding a valid permit issued pursuant to …

Any person who shall hunt, capture, take or kill any fish, game or fur-bearing animals from any lands or waters covered by such license, without the permission of the licensee, shall be guilty of a violation.

A licensee who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision or who violates any rule adopted by the executive director governing such private propagation shall forfeit his license and be guilty of a violation.

I. In this section: (a) "Charge" means a payment or fee paid by a person to the landowner for entry upon, or use of the premises, for outdoor recreational activity. A contribution or other voluntary payment not required to be made to use such land shall not be considered a charge…

All rules which the executive director is authorized to promulgate by this chapter shall be promulgated in accordance with RSA 541-A.