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NH Rev Stat § 207:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:49 - Without Leave of Owner of Marsh or Flats.

    207:49 Without Leave of Owner of Marsh or Flats. –||If any person shall collect or carry away from any salt marsh or flats any flats-weed or any seaweed thrown thereon by the sea or tide, without leave of the owner of the marsh or flats, he shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1973, 532:10, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:50 - Piling Below High-water Mark.

    207:50 Piling Below High-water Mark. –||If any person shall pile below high-water mark, for the purpose of hauling it away, any seaweed or rockweed shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1973, 532:10, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:51 - Sale Outside State.

    207:51 Sale Outside State. –||If any person shall carry away or collect any seaweed, rockweed, or sea moss from the banks or shores of this state for sale outside the state, or for sale within the state for the purpose of its being carried outside the state, or shall sell any such seaweed, rockweed, or sea moss to be carried outside the state, he shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1973, 532:10, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:52 - Uprooting.

    207:52 Uprooting. –||If any person shall pull or take any growing rockweed or sea moss from the rocks, banks or shores of this state, except by cutting same with a knife so as not to detach or injure its roots, he shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1973, 532:10, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:53 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:53 - From Rocks.

    207:53 From Rocks. –||If any person shall cut or take any growing rockweed or sea moss from the rocks, banks or shores of this state below high-water mark, above the amount of 3 bushels in any one day, allowed only in the case of a resident or summer resident of this state, he shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1973, 532:10, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:54 - Enforcement of Laws.

    207:54 Enforcement of Laws. –||Fish and game conservation officers, as well as all state and local police officers, in addition to their other powers and duties, shall enforce all laws relative to the collecting, carrying away, uprooting, cutting, taking, piling and selling of seaweed, rockweed, flats-weed, and sea moss.|||Source. 1973, 532:10, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:55 - Restitution for Illegal Taking or Possessing.

    207:55 Restitution for Illegal Taking or Possessing. –||I. In addition to the penalties provided for violating any of the provisions of RSA title LXII or title XVIII or any rule made under the authority thereof, any person convicted of the illegal taking or illegal possession of game animals, game birds, or fur-bearing animals, resulting in the injury, death, or destruction of the same, may be sentenced to make restitution to the state for the value of each game animal, game bird, or fur-bearing animal so taken or possessed as follows:||(a) Marten, moose and bear: $1,000 per animal illegally taken or illegally possessed.||(b) Deer: $250 per animal illegally taken or illegally possessed.||(c) Wild rabbit, hare, muskrat and gray squirrel: $10 per animal illegally taken or illegally possessed.||(d) Wild turkey: $200 per bird illegally taken or illegally possessed.||(e) Ruffed grouse, spruce grouse, pheasant, woodcock, ducks or geese: $15 per bird illegally taken or illegally possessed.||(f) Fisher, bobcat, otter: $200 per animal illegally taken or illegally possessed.||(g) Fox: $75 per animal illegally taken or illegally possessed.||(h) Beaver and mink: $20 per animal illegally taken or illegally possessed.||(i) Raccoon: $20 per animal illegally taken or illegally possessed.||II. In every case of conviction involving the illegal taking or illegal possession of game animals, game birds, or fur-bearing animals, the court may order the defendant to reimburse the state in a sum or sums not to exceed the amount as established in paragraph I. Such reimbursements shall be paid directly to the court. If 2 or more defendants are convicted of the illegal taking or the illegal possession of the game animal, game bird or fur-bearing animal the reimbursement above prescribed shall be declared against them jointly and severally.||III. Courts ordering such reimbursement damages shall remit such monies as prescribed in RSA 206:34. Monies collected from such reimbursement damages shall be deposited in the fish and game fund.||IV. Any person failing to make a damage assessment payment as ordered by the court shall be guilty of contempt and such person shall not be eligible to purchase any license issued by the fish and game department until all assessments are paid in full.|||Source. 1983, 263:1. 1994, 194:1. 2007, 134:3, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:56 - Authority to Set Seasons, Bag Limits, Methods and Manner of Taking Small Game Animals and Game Birds.

    207:56 Authority to Set Seasons, Bag Limits, Methods and Manner of Taking Small Game Animals and Game Birds. –||I. The executive director, after consultation with the commission, shall have the authority to open and close the seasons for the taking of small game and game birds as defined in RSA 207:1, XXVI and XI, except those birds protected under RSA 209:4, to fix the number and sex limitations for small game, and any other conditions governing the methods and manner of taking and reporting the same, subject to any restrictions imposed by statute.||II. The authority of the executive director under this section shall be exercised with reference to the state as a whole or for any specified county or part thereof.||III. All rules adopted by the executive director shall be in accordance with RSA 541-A.||IV. Any person who violates a rule adopted under this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person and a misdemeanor if any other person, and shall also be guilty of a violation for each game bird or small game animal illegally taken or possessed.|||Source. 1988, 219:1, eff. April 29, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:57 - Harassment.

    207:57 Harassment. –||I. No person shall purposely obstruct or impede the participation of any individual in the lawful activity of hunting, fishing or trapping. No person shall purposely obstruct or impede the participation of any individual in the lawful activity of hunting, fishing or trapping. No person shall purposely engage in an activity that will tend to disturb wild animals, with intent to prevent their lawful taking. No person shall use a drone or UAV with the intent to conduct video surveillance of private citizens who are lawfully hunting, fishing, or trapping without obtaining the written consent of the persons being surveilled prior to conducting the surveillance.||I-a. For purposes of this section, "unmanned aerial vehicle" or "UAV" means any device capable of flying in the air which is remotely, automatically, or otherwise piloted without an occupant, including but not limited to, drones.||II. The provisions of paragraph I shall not apply to the actions of law enforcement officers and personnel of the department of fish and game in the performance of their official duties. The provisions of paragraph I shall not apply to any incidental interference arising from the lawful and normal activities of public land users.||III. The executive director shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to administer this section.||IV. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1989, 308:1, eff. May 29, 1989. 2015, 38:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:58 - Purpose.

    207:58 Purpose. –||The legislature finds it is in the best interests of the state and its citizens to regulate, protect, restore, and conserve the wildlife resources of the state under a uniform scheme of management through the fish and game department. It is the intent of the general court to explicitly reaffirm the state's long-standing exclusive authority and jurisdiction over the wildlife of the state as established by title XVIII. The general court further finds that it is in the best interest of the state and its citizens that the fish and game department recognize, preserve, and promote our special heritage of hunting, fishing, trapping, and wildlife viewing by providing opportunities to hunt, fish, trap, and view wildlife in accordance with title XVIII.|||Source. 1998, 95:1. 2001, 25:1, eff. July 14, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:59 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:59 - Exclusive Authority of the State.

    207:59 Exclusive Authority of the State. –||The state of New Hampshire shall have exclusive authority and jurisdiction over the management, preservation, protection, propagation and taking of wildlife in the state. Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, no ordinance or regulation of a political subdivision may regulate the management, preservation, protection, propagation and taking of wildlife. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting a political subdivision's property rights concerning land owned and controlled by that entity.|||Source. 1998, 95:1, eff. July 19, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:60 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:60 - Lead Education Program.

    207:60 Lead Education Program. –||I. To discourage the use of lead, the fish and game department, in consultation with the department of health and human services and in partnership with the department of environmental services, the Loon Preservation Committee, the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, and the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation, shall institute an educational program consisting of, but not limited to, press releases or articles for all news media, an informational brochure for distribution by licensing agents and at department sponsored training programs, videos for use by television outlets, posters for boat access kiosks and other bulletin boards, and a mobile display for use at public events.||II. The purpose of the educational program is to inform the public about adverse, though unintentional, effects of lead on wildlife, and how to reduce the introduction of lead into the environment through personal action.|||Source. 1998, 312:2, eff. June 26, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:61 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:61 - Wolf Introduction Prohibited.

    207:61 Wolf Introduction Prohibited. –||I. For the purposes of this subdivision, "wolf" means any canine classified as Canis lupis or Canis rufus.||II. No person or state agency shall introduce wolf populations to the state of New Hampshire.|||Source. 1999, 80:2, eff. July 31, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:62 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:62 - Operation Game Thief; Fund Account Established.

[RSA 207:62 contingently repealed by 2001, 107:3; see contingent repeal note set out below.]|    207:62 Operation Game Thief;  Fund Account Established. –||The state treasurer shall establish a separate nonlapsing account within the fish and game fund to be known as the operation game thief account to which moneys obtained by the fish and game department shall be applied, including any federal moneys which become available and all donations received for such purpose. The moneys in this account including accrued interest, shall be used exclusively for, and shall be continually appropriated to, the administration and participation in Operation Game Thief.|||Source. 2001, 107:1, eff. July 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:1 - Protected.

    208:1 Protected. –||No person shall, at any time, hunt, take, or possess, any caribou, or elk, or any part of the carcass, taken in this state.|||Source. 1935, 124:2. 1941, 114:1. RL 242:1. 1943, 13:2. RSA 208:1. 1965, 83:4. 1996, 108:1, eff. July 14, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:1-a - Moose.

    208:1-a Moose. –||I. No person shall hunt, take, or possess any moose or any part of the carcass of a moose taken in this state without first obtaining a valid license for such activities from the department of fish and game. The executive director of fish and game, with the consent of the commission, may establish, by rules adopted under RSA 541-A, a hunting season for moose in any county of the state, or any portion thereof. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, the mode by which moose may be taken; the length of the season; requirements for reporting by hunters; sex limitations; and total take in any one year. The rules shall require that no moose shall be taken with rimfire firearms or with shotguns using shot loads including buckshot, and that in towns restricting weapon types for deer pursuant to RSA 207:3-b, 208:3, 208:3-a, 208:3-b, and 208:3-c, only weapon types allowed for deer shall be permitted for the taking of moose.||II. The executive director, with the consent of the commission, shall also adopt rules under RSA 541-A to regulate the issuance of licenses or permits, including the establishment of a lottery for awarding of permits to applicants, and to set fees for applications, licenses, or permits for both resident and nonresident applicants, provided the fee for nonresident permits shall be at least $450.||II-a. Any permit lottery established under paragraph II shall include a bonus point system as a weighing factor to benefit applicants not drawn in the annual moose permit lottery. Beginning with the 2004 lottery, the moose permit lottery shall allow a person to accumulate one point for each consecutive year that person legally purchases an application for a permit but is not selected to receive a permit. Each point entitles that applicant to one chance in the lottery. A person's accumulated points shall be non-transferable and shall be forfeited if, in any year, that person is selected to receive a permit or that person fails to purchase a new chance.||III. [Repealed.]||IV. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1965, 83:1. 1967, 14:1. 1985, 371:1. 1991, 352:1. 1993, 99:3. 1996, 108:2. 2003, 189:1, 2. 2007, 220:7, VII; 263:63. 2008, 7:2, eff. July 4, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:1-aa (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:1-aa - Hunting Adventure Permits.

    208:1-aa Hunting Adventure Permits. –||Notwithstanding the application, licensure, and permit requirements of Title 18, the executive director of fish and game may annually issue, at no cost, up to 2 licenses or permits to the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation to provide hunting adventures to New Hampshire residents 21 years of age or under with life-threatening, critical, or terminal illnesses. These licenses or permits shall be in addition to any limited hunting permit opportunities issued under Title 18, shall be at no cost to the organization, shall be valid anywhere in the state open to the taking of the species selected, and shall be valid to take game as specified in RSA 207:1, IX of either sex during the established hunting season for that species, with the exception of moose permits which shall be valid from October 1st through the end of the regular moose season. If the person using the permit is not properly licensed, he or she shall be exempt from licensing requirements under RSA 214:1 and hunter education requirements under RSA 214:23-a. The hunter shall be accompanied by a properly licensed person who is 21 years of age or older. The provisions of Title 18 and rules adopted thereunder which relate to method and manner of taking and reporting shall apply to hunting adventure permits.|||Source. 2007, 44:1, eff. July 20, 2007. 2018, 64:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:1-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:1-b - Mountain Lion.

    208:1-b Mountain Lion. –||No person shall, at any time, shoot, hunt, take, or possess, any mountain lion or any part of the carcass, taken in this state. However, this section shall not apply to a person acting in self-protection or protecting such person's property.|||Source. 1967, 81:1. 1996, 108:3, eff. July 14, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:1-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:1-c - Exception.

    208:1-c Exception. –||The executive director may, should mountain lions become a nuisance in any part of the state, take and authorize such measures as the executive director deems necessary for control of this animal.|||Source. 1967, 81:1. 1996, 108:3, eff. July 14, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:1-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:1-d - Canadian Lynx.

    208:1-d Canadian Lynx. –||No person shall, at any time, shoot, hunt, take or possess, any animal of the species known as Canadian Lynx or part of the carcass thereof, taken in this state. However, this section shall not apply to a person acting in self-protection or protecting such person's property.|||Source. 1971, 226:2. 1996, 108:3, eff. July 14, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:1-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:1-e - Coyote Hunting at Night.

    208:1-e Coyote Hunting at Night. –||The executive director of fish and game, with the consent of the commission, shall establish, by rules adopted under RSA 541-A, a night hunting season for coyote. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, the method and manner of taking, reporting requirements, length of the season and requirements for landowner permission. Coyote may be taken from baited areas pursuant to RSA 207:3-d.|||Source. 1994, 372:2. 1997, 10:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:2 - Executive Director Controls Taking, Time, and Conditions.

    208:2 Executive Director Controls Taking, Time, and Conditions. –||I. The executive director, after consulting with the commission, shall have the authority to open and close the seasons for the taking of wild deer, to fix the number and sex limitations for wild deer, and any other conditions governing the methods and manner of taking and reporting of the same, subject to the conditions specified in RSA 208:3, 3-a, 3-b, 3-c, 4, 6-a, and 7. The authority of the executive director as granted by this section shall be exercised with reference to the state as a whole or for any specified county or part thereof. All rules adopted by the executive director shall be in accordance with RSA 541-A.||II. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1935, 124:2. 1939, 95:1. 1941, 126:9. RL 242:3. 1943, 191:1. 1945, 168:1. 1949, 268:1. 1953, 245:1. RSA 208:2. 1955, 264:1. 1961, 254:1. 1963, 298:1. 1965, 304:1. 1971, 90:1. 1973, 348:1. 1975, 112:1. 1979, 104:1. 1981, 108:1. 1983, 5:1. 1985, 8:1. 1987, 63:1. 1989, 88:1. 1991, 76:1. 1996, 108:4. 2007, 220:7, VIII, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:2-a - Repealed by 1963, 298:2, eff. Nov. 10, 1963.

    208:2-a Repealed by 1963, 298:2, eff. Nov. 10, 1963. –|
NH Rev Stat § 208:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:3 - Taking; Mode.

    208:3 Taking;  Mode. –||Wild deer shall not be taken by the use of a firearm, other than a pistol as permitted in RSA 208:3-d, a shotgun loaded with a single ball or loose buckshot, muzzle-loading rifle, bow and arrow, or crossbow as provided in RSA 208:7-a, in the towns of the following counties as follows:||I. Belknap County: Laconia; Meredith Neck-that part from the Meredith Center Harbor line to Pleasant Street south and east of state route 25.||II. Hillsborough County: Amherst; Bedford; Brookline; Goffstown; Hollis; Hudson; Litchfield; Manchester; Merrimack; Milford; Nashua; Pelham.||III. Merrimack County: Concord; Hooksett-that part lying from the town line of Allenstown, on the westerly side of U.S. No. 3, to a point where the old Portsmouth Railroad crosses said highway, thence south of said Railroad to the town line of Candia; Pembroke-that part lying southwesterly of the following line: Starting at the Concord town line at Red bridge on Rt. 106, south to Burrough Road, thence easterly on Burrough road to Fourth Range Road, thence southerly on Fourth Range road to Dudley Hill Road, south on Dudley Hill Road to Buck Street, northeast on Buck Street to Rt. 28, South on Rt. 28 to the Allenstown town line.||IV. Rockingham County: Atkinson; Brentwood; Danville; Derry; East Kingston; Exeter; Fremont; Hampstead; Hampton; Hampton Falls; Kensington; Kingston; Londonderry; New Castle; Newfields; Newmarket; Newton; North Hampton; Plaistow; Rye; Salem; Sandown; Seabrook; South Hampton; Windham.||V. Strafford County: Durham; Lee; Madbury; Dover; Rollinsford; Somersworth.|||Source. 1935, 124:2. RL 242:4. 1943, 135:1. 1945, 31:1; 69:1. 1947, 32:1; 46:1; 101:1; 222:1. 1951, 109:1. RSA 208:3. 1961, 73:1. 1973, 31:1. 1975, 165:1. 1981, 3:1; 144:1. 1983, 1:2. 1987, 61:1. 1991, 41:1. 2001, 143:1. 2003, 35:2, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:3-a - Buckshot Prohibited.

    208:3-a Buckshot Prohibited. –||Wild deer shall not be taken in the towns of Greenland, Newington and Stratham and the city of Portsmouth by use of a firearm, other than a pistol as permitted in RSA 208:3-d, a shotgun loaded with a single ball, a muzzle-loading rifle, bow and arrow, or crossbow as provided in RSA 208:7-a.|||Source. 1973, 31:2. 1975, 82:1. 1977, 19:1. 1983, 1:1. 2001, 143:2. 2003, 35:2, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:3-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:3-b - Town of Chester; Taking of Deer.

    208:3-b Town of Chester;  Taking of Deer. –||Wild deer shall not be taken in the town of Chester by use of a firearm other than a pistol as permitted in RSA 208:3-d, a shotgun loaded with a single ball, muzzle-loaders as provided in RSA 208:5-a, bow and arrow, or crossbow as provided in RSA 208:7-a.|||Source. 1977, 19:2. 2001, 143:2. 2003, 35:2, eff. July 1, 2003.|