2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 1 - Protection of Game and Fish (§§ 1-16 — 107u) › Chapter 5A - Wildlife Act of 1999 (§§ 107 — 107u) › § 107n - Types of licenses or permits

The Secretary may also issue the following classes of licenses or permits:
(a) Special non-sporting hunting permits when applied for to kill, collect or keep wildlife species in captivity in Puerto Rico as specimens for scientific, educational or population control purposes. The Secretary shall establish by regulation the terms, fees and conditions under which said permits shall be issued.
(b) Permits for capturing, exporting, buying and selling, possession and importing exotic species.
(c) The Secretary shall require the purchase of a stamp for each specimen or for sports hunting season, and for exportation and importation of exotic species.
(d) Conditional sports hunting licenses to minors fourteen (14) years of age or older, upon prior written authorization of the parents, legal guardians or custodians, who shall in turn hold a sports hunting license in effect issued by the Secretary.
(1) The sports hunting licenses authorized through this subsection shall be issued upon the payment of the fees and the compliance of the requirements, as applicable, of the regular licenses and they shall have the same term of effectiveness, and may be revoked for the same reasons as the regular licenses, or if the license of the parent, legal guardian or custodian is revoked or is not renewed by them, subject to the provisions of this chapter. The revenues collected on this account shall be deposited into the Special Wildlife Management Fund.
(2) Minors that hold said conditional licenses may use the weapons registered in the name of their parents, legal guardians or custodians, and must be accompanied by them at all times that they bear or transport hunting weapons, or engage in hunting.
(e) Sports hunting license to a non-resident who holds or bears a hunting license in effect in any State of the United States.— Hunting licenses in effect from foreign countries with requirements similar to those established for granting hunting licenses in Puerto Rico shall also be accepted. It shall be an indispensable requirement that before engaging in sports hunting in Puerto Rico, the non-residents shall show evidence of having approved a hunter education course from a duly accredited institution upon payment of the fees required, prior to obtaining a license from the Department. The income collected on this account shall be deposited into the Special Wildlife Management Fund.
(1) A non-resident who meets the requirements mentioned in this paragraph shall be authorized to practice sports hunting in Puerto Rico, subject to the applicable provisions of this chapter, during the first sixty (60) days of their arrival. After said sixty (60) days have elapsed, they must fulfill the requirements established in § 107k of this title, if they remain in Puerto Rico and wish to continue to hunt.
(f) Conduct scientific research.
(g) Confinement and rehabilitation of wildlife.
(h) Observation of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae).
(i) Reproduction in captivity of species of flora and fauna.
History —Aug. 15, 1999, No. 241, § 16; Sept. 2, 2000, No. 368, § 4; Jan. 8, 2004, No. 34, § 7.