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V.I. Code tit. 12, § 31 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter III - Hunting Seasons|§ 31. Seasons for hunting certain birds

 (a) Hunting, trapping or taking wild birds by any means is prohibited except as provided below. (1) The following wild birds may be hunted each year between June 15 and September 30, inclusive—Wild PigeonsWood Doves (Quail Doves)Mountain DovesGround Doves (2) Parakeets may be trapped (only) each year between June 15 and September 30, inclusive. (3) The following wild birds may be hunted each year between November 1 and March 31, inclusive—CootsPloversWild DucksSnipeNight Ducks (Whistlers)WaterfowlGallinulesYellow-legs (4) Hawks and thrushes may be hunted at any time during the year if not in conflict with this chapter. (5) The following wild birds may not be hunted, trapped, or taken at any time— All birds not mentioned in classifications (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection and particularly sea-birds, song-birds and other birds partially or wholly insectivorous. (b) Whoever— (1) hunts, or knowingly or willfully kills, wounds or takes any wild bird belonging to classification (5) of subsection (a) of this section; or (2) takes, removes or destroys any nest or egg of any such wild bird; or (3) exposes for sale any such wild bird; or (4) knowingly or willfully has in his possession any such wild bird or any part of such wild bird, or the nest or eggs of any such bird; or (5) except during the season specified in subsection (a) of this section, hunts, takes, possesses, or willfully kills or wounds any wild bird belonging to classification (1) or (3) of such subsection; or (6) during or out of the season in which parakeets may be trapped as specified in classification (2) of subsection (a) of this section, knowingly or willfully kills or wounds any such bird; or (7) at any time removes, injures, or destroys any nest, egg or nestling of birds belonging to classification (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) of this section; or (8) exposes or offers for sale or purchases any bird belonging to classification (1) or (3) of subsection (a) of this section, or the eggs thereof; or (9) at any time exposes or offers for sale or purchases any nestlings of parakeets, or the eggs thereof— shall be fined not more than $25, and in all cases the implement used shall be confiscated by the court. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the taking, removal, or possession of eggs of the birds commonly known as “Boobies” during the period May 15th to June 10th, inclusive, of any year. Said eggs taken shall not be offered for sale or purchase. No eggs shall be taken from the islands known as Saba Island or Little Saba Island, Turtle Dove Cay, or Flat Cay, which have been declared game preserves.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 32 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter III - Hunting Seasons|§ 32. Season for hunting deer

 (a) Hunting, killing, capturing or taking deer by any means is prohibited for a period of five years, commencing on July 1, 1971, except by the Commissioner or his designee in conjunction with and in furtherance of the program established by section 2722 of Title 19 of the Virgin Islands Code. At the end of such five-year period, the Commissioner shall restock deer destroyed during such period. (b) With advance notice to land owners of the general area within which the Commissioner intends to hunt deer, the Commissioner or his designee may in the pursuit of deer and in conjunction with and in furtherance of the program described in subsection (a) hereof enter upon any lands or buildings with dogs or brush clearing equipment, if deemed necessary in the hunting, killing, capturing or taking deer. Any such entry shall be accomplished with reasonable care and the Government shall be liable for any damages caused to any such lands or buildings. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner may prescribe a deer hunting season or seasons for all or part of the period of time between October 1, 1975, and September 30, 1976, inclusive; and shall provide adequate public notice thereof; provided, that— (1) all hunting pursuant thereto shall be in accordance with the applicable requirements of this chapter and federal law; (2) no such deer hunting season or seasons shall be prescribed unless the Commissioner, based on substantial evidence, finds that said season or seasons will not endanger the survival of the species on the island on which the deer will be hunted; (3) the Commissioner may prescribe a hunting season for one or more of the islands of the territory or for only a part of any island or islands of the territory; and (4) the Commissioner shall, at least two weeks prior to the date any proposed deer hunting season is to begin, publish for at least 5 consecutive publication days, the proposed commencement and termination dates of said season or seasons, inviting public comment thereon, which publication shall be in at least one newspaper of general circulation on each of the Islands of St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix. (d) Hunting, killing, capturing or taking deer by any means is prohibited except during a deer hunting season designated and established as provided for in this section. (e) Fawns may not be hunted at any time. (f) No deer shall be molested while it is swimming in water. (g) Deer may not be hunted between the hours of dusk and dawn. (h) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 36 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter III - Hunting Seasons|§ 36. Hunting mongooses; bounties

 (a) Mongooses may be hunted at any time of the year. (b) The Commissioner shall pay the sum of 25 cents for each mongoose delivered, dead or alive. (c) Whoever breeds the mongoose for the purpose of obtaining the bounty prescribed by this section shall be fined not more than $25, and all the mongooses in his possession shall be confiscated and destroyed by the Commissioner.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 37 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter III - Hunting Seasons|§ 37. Extending or curtailing hunting seasons

 If the Commissioner determines that an excess or shortage of any type of game exists, he may lengthen, shorten or close any season upon the posting of public notice of such action for at least 10 days prior to its effective date.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 51 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter IV - Bag Limits|§ 51. Bag limits for wild bird hunters

 (a) No hunter shall take, on any day of the season, more birds than are specified below. (1) For Ground Doves, Mountain Doves and Wild Pigeons, the limit is 10 in the aggregate; (2) For Coots, Wild Ducks, and Waterfowl, the limit is 10 each; (3) For Night Ducks, locally called Whistlers, the limit is 5; (4) For Partridges, the limit is 4; and (5) For Gallinules, Plovers, Snipe, and Yellowlegs, the limit is 10 in the aggregate. (b) Whoever has more than the daily limit of any such birds in his possession while hunting or returning from hunting shall be fined not more than $50. However, any hunter who, while hunting, remains away from his home more than one day may have in his possession while hunting or returning from hunting the total bag limit of birds for the days he has been absent.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 52 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter IV - Bag Limits|§ 52. Limit for deer hunters

 (a) The limit for deer for each hunter is one deer per season, in accordance with the following provisions— (1) Each deer taken must be tagged immediately with the tag issued with the deer license. (2) A report of each taking of a deer must be reported to the Commissioner within 24 hours. (3) The tag shall remain attached to the deer carcass until the report has been properly filed. (b) Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 53 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter IV - Bag Limits|§ 53. Change in game limits

 The Commissioner, whenever he determines that conditions so warrant, may— (1) increase or decrease any bag limits prescribed by this chapter; or (2) prescribe bag limits for particular types of wildlife for which no bag limits exist— upon the posting of public notice of the proposed change at least 10 days prior to its effective date.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 61 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter V - Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Hunting, Capturing, Etc.|§ 61. Goats kept for food purposes

 Goats kept for the replenishment of food shall not be considered wildlife for the purposes of subchapters II-IV of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 62 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter V - Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Hunting, Capturing, Etc.|§ 62. Shipment of game birds from the United States Virgin Islands

 No person may ship out any game birds from the United States Virgin Islands except that— (1) a licensed hunter may take not more than 10 birds a week from the United States Virgin Islands; (2) birds may be shipped for scientific or breeding purposes by special permission of the Commissioner.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 63 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter V - Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Hunting, Capturing, Etc.|§ 63. Use of wire and other traps

 No person shall use wire or other traps to capture or ensnare deer.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 64 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter V - Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Hunting, Capturing, Etc.|§ 64. Capturing deer

 No wild deer may be held in captivity without the written permission of the Commissioner.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 65 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter V - Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Hunting, Capturing, Etc.|§ 65. Sale of deer meat illegal

 It shall be illegal for any person to sell local deer meat. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 66 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter V - Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Hunting, Capturing, Etc.|§ 66. Liability for damage committed while hunting

 Whoever hunts upon the lands, waters, or ponds of another with consent, shall, nevertheless, be responsible to the owner for any damage done by himself or his dogs.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 67 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter V - Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Hunting, Capturing, Etc.|§ 67. Damage to crops and fruit trees by wildlife

 (a) Whenever wildlife is damaging crops or fruit trees, the owner or lessee of the lands on which such damage is done, may report such fact to the Commissioner for investigation. If the Commissioner finds that wildlife is responsible for the damage reported, and that the damage is substantial, he may authorize the owner or lessee or another person to kill such wildlife when it is found upon the premises and in the act of further injuring such crops or fruit trees. (b) The carcass of every animal or bird so killed shall be the property of the person whose crops or fruit trees are so damaged. (c) Any wildlife killed under the provisions of this section shall not be charged against the bag limits prescribed by this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 68 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter V - Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Hunting, Capturing, Etc.|§ 68. Identification of offender

 Any person witnessing an offense defined in subchapter II, III, or IV of this chapter may require the offender to give him his name and address. Any such offender who refuses to do so, or who gives a fictitious name or address, shall, in addition to any penalty imposed for the original violation, be fined not more than $25.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 69 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter V - Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Hunting, Capturing, Etc.|§ 69. Possession and transportation of deer or deer meat taken in violation of chapter; assisting in violations

 Whoever— (1) possesses, transports, purchases, deer or deer meat which was not taken in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; or (2) assists in any way in the hunting or capturing of deer in violation of any provision of this chapter— shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 70 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter V - Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Hunting, Capturing, Etc.|§ 70. Other penalties

 Whoever violates any provision of this subchapter shall, if no other penalty is provided herein for such violation, be fined not more than $50.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 81 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter VI - Wildlife Restoration|§ 81. Wildlife restoration projects

 (a) The Legislature of the Virgin Islands hereby— (1) accepts the provisions of “an Act to Provide that the United States shall Aid the States in Wildlife Restoration Projects, and for Other Purposes”, Act of Congress, September 2, 1937, chapter 899, 50 Stat. 917 (16 U.S.C. § 669 et seq.); and (2) authorizes the Commissioner to secure any or all benefits available under such Act through wildlife restoration projects. (b) As used in this section, “wildlife restoration projects” means and includes— (1) the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of land or water adaptable as feeding, resting, or breeding places for wildlife; (2) the acquisition by purchase, condemnation, lease or gift of areas, estates or interests therein suitable or capable of being made suitable for such purposes; (3) the construction on or in such areas of works necessary to make them available for such purposes; (4) research into problems of wildlife management necessary to the efficient administration of wildlife resources; (5) any preliminary and incidental costs and expenses incurred in and about such projects; and (6) the restocking of areas with carefully selected species of game approved by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. (c) The Commissioner shall have all the powers and duties conferred by the Act referred to in subsection (a) of this section on State fish and game departments.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 81a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter VI - Wildlife Restoration|§ 81a. Fish and Game Fund

 Effective July 1, 1958, the proceeds from all firearms licenses, all excise taxes on firearms, parts and ammunition, all fines imposed by the courts for violation of the fish, game or conservation laws, and all monies obtained as described in chapter 9A, section 314 of this title, shall be covered into a special fund in the Treasury of the United States Virgin Islands to be designated as the “Fish and Game Fund”. However, if the balance in the Fish and Game Fund equals $250,000, all monies which would otherwise be covered into such Fund shall be deposited in the General Fund.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 81b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter VI - Wildlife Restoration|§ 81b. Administration and use of Fish and Game Fund

 The Commissioner of Finance is directed to maintain the “Fish and Game Fund” as a separate and distinct fund in the Treasury. Funds shall be disbursed therefrom by the Commissioner of Finance, upon request of the Commissioner, only for purposes of wildlife restoration projects and in administering and enforcing the fish, game and conservation laws under this title.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 81c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter VI - Wildlife Restoration|§ 81c. Sport fish restoration and management projects

 (a) For purposes of this section, the term “sport fish restoration and management projects” means projects designed for the restoration and management of all species of fish which have material value in connection with sports or recreation in the marine or fresh waters of the Virgin Islands, including: (1) such research into problems of fish management and culture as may be necessary to efficient administration affecting fish resources; (2) the acquisition of such facts as are necessary to guide and direct the regulation of fishing by law, including the extent of the fish population, the drain on the fish supply from fishing or natural causes, the necessity of legal regulation of fishing and the effects of any measures of regulation that are applied; (3) the formulation and adoption of plans of restocking waters with food and game fishes according to natural areas or districts to which such plans are applicable, together with the acquisition of such facts as are necessary to the formulation, execution, and testing the efficacy of such plans; (4) the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of water or land adaptable as hatching, feeding, resting, or breeding places for fish, including acquisition by purchase, condemnation, lease, or gift of such areas or estates or interests therein as are suitable therefore, and the construction thereon or therein of such works as may be necessary to make them available for such purposes, and such preliminary or incidental costs and expenses as may be incurred in and about such works; and (5) such other activities as may be authorized pursuant to the Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux Act. (b) The Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources shall perform all acts as may be necessary to participate in the federal aid to Sport Fish Restoration programs and meet all the requirements established by the Secretary of the Interior. (c) The Commissioner, through the Division of Fish and Wildlife, shall conduct and establish sport fish restoration projects as provided by the Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux Acts, 16 U.S.C. §§ 777-777k, and the federal regulations promulgated under that Act. (d) The Commissioner may use federal aid funds granted under the Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux Acts only for the purposes of approved projects, and no funds accruing to the Department from license fees and other administrative paid by sport fishers, including any interest, dividend, or other income earned from the license fees and other administrative, may be diverted for any purpose other than the protection, propagation, investigation, and restoration of sport fish resources and the expenses of administering the sport fish program within the Department's Division of Fish and Wildlife, as provided for in section 181d and the Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux Act and regulations adopted pursuant under that Act.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 82 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter VI - Wildlife Restoration|§ 82. Administration of projects

 (a) The Commissioner shall be responsible for the maintenance and administration, under the laws of the United States Virgin Islands, of all areas acquired, structures erected, or equipment purchased under the provisions of the Act referred to in subsection (a) of section 81 of this title. (b) As used in this section, “maintenance” means all routine upkeep or repair of, and general expenses incurred on or about, the areas, structures, or equipment referred to in this section.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 91 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter VII - Wildlife and Marine Sanctuaries and Game Preserves|§ 91. Establishment of game preserves

 The Commissioner may, whenever he finds it necessary for the protection of wildlife, declare any area in the United States Virgin Islands a game preserve, and may prohibit hunting of any or all types thereon for one season at a time.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 92 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter VII - Wildlife and Marine Sanctuaries and Game Preserves|§ 92. Control and supervision of game preserves and wildlife sanctuaries

 All existing game preserves and wildlife sanctuaries in the United States Virgin Islands shall be controlled and supervised by the Commissioner.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 93 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter VII - Wildlife and Marine Sanctuaries and Game Preserves|§ 93. Christiansted deer preserve

 (a) The following area is declared a preserve for the propagation and restoration of wild deer: The entire area of St. Croix lying east of the town of Christiansted commencing one mile offshore of the area known as Mt. Welcome and including the entire area of Mt. Welcome; then running south along the western edge of Spring Gut Road continuing to and including the area known as Estate Longford and extending one mile offshore; then continuing easterly including all the land area and one mile offshore from the eastern end of St. Croix known as East Point. (b) [Omitted.]
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 94 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 1 - Wildlife|Subchapter VII - Wildlife and Marine Sanctuaries and Game Preserves|§ 94. Islands and cays to be administered by the Department

 (a) The Department of Conservation and Cultural Affairs shall have the authority and responsibility for the management, control and use of all islands and cays off the shores of St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John, owned by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands. (b) The Commissioner of Conservation and Cultural Affairs shall issue regulations, not inconsistent with law or other regulations authorized by law pertaining to the management, use or control of the offshore islands and cays owned by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, including but not limited to, the designation of game preserves and wildlife sanctuaries, and the designation of inviolate sanctuaries where human activities are prohibited. The provisions of this section shall also include other inland areas which are declared to be wildlife sanctuaries. (c) For the protection of rare or interesting plant species and for other reasons in the public interest, the Commissioner of Conservation and Cultural Affairs may provide for the removal of goats and other animals from the islands and cays indicated in subsection (a) of this section. (d) Whoever knowingly or willfully— (1) kills, wounds, captures, takes or destroys any wild bird or game of any description or the eggs, nest or offspring of any such wild bird, or has in his possession or offers for sale or purchase such wild bird or game or the eggs, nest, or offspring of such wild bird or game, or any part thereof, in violation of a regulation issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; or (2) violates any other regulation issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this section pertaining to the management, use and control of the offshore islands and cays owned by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands— shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 60 days or both.