Title XVIII, Fish and Game

I. The state treasurer shall establish a separate nonlapsing account within the fish and game fund to be known as the nongame species account to which moneys obtained by the fish and game department shall be applied, including any federal moneys which become available from the fe…

I. With respect to any endangered or threatened species, it is unlawful, except as provided in RSA 212-A:7, II for any person to: (a) Export any such species from this state; (b) Take any such species within this state; (c) Possess, process, sell or offer for sale, deliver, carry…

The title to any land acquired by purchase, gift, or lease, shall be approved by the attorney general and shall be taken by the executive director in the name of the state. The deed to any such land or property shall be deposited with the secretary of state. The entire control of…

The executive director, with the approval of the governor and council, may pay a fair and reasonable price for waters, lands or rights therein with or without buildings, required for the establishment of fish hatcheries, game farms, game refuges and fish and game department uses …

Any law, regulation or ordinance of any political subdivision of this state which applies with respect to the taking, importation, exportation, possession, sale or offer for sale, processing, delivery, carrying, transportation or shipment of species determined to be an endangered…

Whenever the executive director shall deem it to be in the best interests of the state, he may, with the consent of the governor, authorize the sale or exchange of any lands, or any part thereof, to which title has been acquired by purchase, gift, lease or condemnation, together …

I. The executive director shall establish such programs, including acquisition of land or aquatic habitat or interests therein, as are deemed necessary for the conservation of endangered or threatened species. The executive director shall utilize all authority vested in the fish …

The governor of this state is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the state of New Hampshire with any one or more of the states of Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Sou…

The state of New Hampshire hereby enters into an amendment of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact with any one or more of the states of Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Geor…

In pursuance of Article III of said compact there shall be 3 members, hereinafter called commissioners, of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, hereinafter called commission, from the state of New Hampshire. The first commissioner from the state of New Hampshire shall…

There is hereby granted to the commission and the commissioners thereof all the powers provided for in the said compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular. All officers of the state of New Hampshire are hereby author…

Any powers herein granted to the commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in said commission by other laws of the state of New Hampshire or by the laws of the states of Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticu…

The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the governor and the legislature of the state of New Hampshire annually for the previous year and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, includ…

This chapter regulates duly authorized agents for issuing fish and game department licenses, tags, permits, and OHRV and snowmobile registrations. In this chapter: I. "Agency" means any person, entity, or governmental unit which is in the business of providing licenses, tags, per…

No person, except as hereinafter provided, shall at any time fish, hunt, trap, shoot, pursue, take or kill freshwater fish, marine and estuarine finfish species, saltwater smelt, saltwater shad, saltwater salmonoids, wild birds, or wild animals in this state, without first procur…

No person shall at any time hunt, shoot, pursue, kill, or take pheasants in this state without first procuring, in addition to the applicable hunting license required by RSA 214:1, a license to do so under RSA 214:9, X, for the same period. A person under the age of 16 years may …

No person shall at any time hunt, shoot, pursue, kill or take wild turkey in this state without first procuring, in addition to the applicable hunting license required by RSA 214, a permit or license to do so under RSA 214:9, XI, or RSA 209:12-a, III, for the same period.

I. No person shall at any time hunt, shoot, pursue, kill, or take migratory waterfowl without first procuring, in addition to the applicable hunting license required by RSA 214 and the federal duck stamp required by RSA 209:6, a license to do so under RSA 214:9, XII, for the same…

The executive director may adopt rules under RSA 541-A establishing 2 days per year on which persons normally required to hold a license under RSA 214:1 may fish by angling only, in any public waters within the jurisdiction of the state without a license, except that those angler…

I. No person shall at any time take wild animals or wild birds in this state without first procuring, in addition to any applicable licenses required by title XVIII, a wildlife habitat license under RSA 214:9, XV, for the same period. A person under the age of 16 years may take w…

I. A fisheries habitat fee, which shall be set in rules adopted by the executive director in accordance with RSA 541-A, shall be required to be paid by all persons 16 years of age or older, in addition to each applicable fishing or combination license required by Title XVIII, in …

I. No person is authorized to procure a resident license to hunt, fish, or take clams or clam worms or oysters, without first exhibiting to the person issuing the license the following identification: (a) At the location of a registered fish and game agent, a valid New Hampshire …

I. No trapping license shall be issued to any resident or non-resident person unless he presents to the person authorized to issue such license either: (a) A certificate of competency as provided by RSA 210:25; or (b) Satisfactory proof that he has successfully completed a trappe…

Whoever makes any false statement for the purpose of procuring a license shall be guilty of a violation and the person's license may be revoked for a period not exceeding 3 months. All fines collected for violation of the provisions of this section shall be deposited in the fish …

Any agreement or record between a private landowner and a person issued a fish and game license under this title, which is provided to, or held by, the department or its staff, shall be maintained confidentially and shall not be considered a public record for purposes of RSA 91-A…

I. If the applicant for a fishing, hunting, or bow and arrow license is a resident of the state, has received a discharge other than dishonorable from service in the armed forces of the United States as defined in RSA 21:50, II and is totally and permanently disabled from such se…

The executive director may issue honorary hunting or fishing licenses to the President and Vice President of the United States and to nonresident governors, fish and game officials, accredited sportswriters and photographers, recognized conservationists, and foreign ambassadors a…

The executive director may issue upon application complimentary nonresident hunting and fishing licenses to a person from another state who is suffering from paraplegia or who is suffering from the loss of, or the loss of the use of, both lower extremities, or is a totally and pe…

The executive director shall issue upon application resident hunting and fishing licenses to a person who is both a resident of this state and is either suffering from paraplegia or is suffering from the permanent loss of, or the permanent loss of the use of, both lower extremiti…

The executive director is hereby authorized to establish within state parks, in cooperation with the department of natural and cultural resources, such license agencies as he determines necessary to distribute a special one-day fishing license for the purpose of fishing within st…

I. The executive director may issue, upon application, a complimentary fishing permit to a state or county institution, nursing home facility, or veterans hospital, or to a person who is both a resident of the state and is: (a) A resident or patient at a state or county instituti…

The executive director and his agents shall refuse to issue any license to hunt if it appears that the applicant is not a suitable person to carry firearms. Any person who has been refused a license by an agent shall have the right of appeal to the executive director, whose decis…

Any person who shall violate those provisions of RSA 265:102, I, which relate to the placing of refuse into or on the ice over any public water, streams or watercourse or the approaches thereto or land bordering the same may, in addition to the penalty provided in RSA 265:102, IV…

Any person whose privilege to fish, hunt, trap, guide, take or land lobsters and crabs, or engage in commercial marine fishing activities has been suspended or revoked in any jurisdiction within the United States or Canada shall be prohibited from purchasing a license for such ac…

I. The executive director may revoke or suspend the license of any person who has been found guilty in any court of a violation of any provision of this title or any rule or regulation of the executive director, or who has been found guilty in a superior or district division of a…

Whenever any person convicted of a violation of any provision of this title or any rule or regulation of the executive director or of RSA 163-B, RSA 236:26, RSA 265:102 or RSA 635:2 shall appeal, his license shall be suspended pending disposition of the appeal. If the person so a…

The executive director may revoke the hunting license of any person who shall be convicted of an offense similar to those described in RSA 207:37-a, 207:38, 208:8, or 214:20 by a court of any other state.

Copies of records of convictions and notices of license revocations kept by the executive director of this state and other states, certified by the executive director, shall be deemed admissible to prove such revocations or convictions in court.

I. Licenses, tags, or permits issued by the department shall be issued by the executive director or through the executive director's agents appointed under such agreements, and by the procedure and in the form, as the executive director may prescribe. Agents shall furnish informa…

I. The provisions of RSA 214:1 shall not apply to resident land owners while upon their own land or to the owner's children under 16 years of age when accompanied by the owner or another licensed person 18 years of age or over on such land, to persons fishing in ponds operated an…

No person shall target practice, hunt, take, or attempt to take wildlife in this state by the use of a firearm, bow and arrow, crossbow and bolt, or any other weapon: I. While such person is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any controlled drug, or any combination of …

A person shall be guilty of a violation of this section if in addition to violating the provisions of RSA 214:20, that person is involved in an incident resulting in serious bodily injury as defined in RSA 625:11 as a result of that person's discharge of a firearm, bow and arrow,…

I. Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of RSA 214:20 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition to any penalty provided by law, such person's hunting license shall be revoked and the person shall not be issued a license to hunt for a period of 3 years. II. Any per…

Upon complaint, information, indictment or trial of any person charged with a violation of RSA 214:20 or 214:20-a, the court may admit evidence of the defendant's alcohol concentration, as defined in RSA 259:3-b, as shown by a chemical analysis of his breath, urine, or blood. Evi…

I. Any person who target practices, takes, or attempts to take wildlife in this state by use of a firearm, bow and arrow, crossbow and bolt, or any other weapon, shall be deemed to have given consent to physical tests and examinations for the purpose of determining whether that p…

If a person under arrest for a violation of RSA 214:20 refuses upon the request of a law enforcement officer to submit to a physical and/or chemical test designated by the law enforcement officer as provided in RSA 214:20-d, none shall be given, but the executive director shall r…