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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.360 - Taking of raptors for falconry: Requirements if raptor is injured while being taken

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If a holder of a
			 permit to take raptors takes a raptor that is injured while being taken, the
			 holder of the permit:
(a) Is responsible for
			 the cost of any care and rehabilitation provided to the raptor, regardless of
			 whether the holder of the permit keeps the raptor; and
(b) Shall:
(1) Attach a leg band to the raptor pursuant
			 to NAC 503.212;
(2) As soon as
			 practicable after the taking, transport the raptor to the Department or to a
			 licensed veterinarian, raptor rehabilitator or wildlife rehabilitator licensed
			 or permitted by the Department or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
			 and
(3) Not later than 5 days after
			 the taking, report the taking to the Department on Form 3-186A.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.365 - Taking of raptor to which research band, research marking or transmitter is attached

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in NAC 503.370, if a falconry licensee takes a raptor to
			 which any research band, research marking or transmitter is attached, the
			 falconry licensee:
(a) Shall report the
			 taking to the Department and the Bird Banding Laboratory of the United States
			 Geological Survey not later than 5 days after the taking;
(b) May report the taking to any researcher
			 who is identified on the band, marker or transmitter; and
(c) Not later than 30 days after the taking,
			 shall release the raptor or surrender it to the researcher or the
			 Department.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.370 - Taking of peregrine falcon to which research band, research marking or transmitter is attached

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, if a falconry licensee takes a
			 peregrine falcon to which any research band or research marking is attached,
			 the falconry licensee shall immediately release the falcon.
2. If a falconry licensee takes a peregrine
			 falcon to which a transmitter is attached, the falconry licensee:
(a) Shall report the taking to the Department
			 not later than 5 days after the taking;
(b) May report the taking to any researcher
			 who is identified on the transmitter and may, at the direction of the
			 researcher, replace the transmitter or the batteries of the transmitter or
			 remove the transmitter; and
(c) Not
			 later than 30 days after the taking, shall release the falcon or surrender it
			 to the researcher or to the Department.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.375 - Housing of raptors: General requirements

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Each raptor possessed pursuant to NAC 503.200  to 503.470, inclusive, and
								 sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of LCB File No. 160-22, must be housed in humane and healthful
								 conditions.
2. The owner of a raptor is responsible for the
								 conditions in which the raptor is housed.
3. A facility that
								 houses raptors must:
(a) Protect each raptor housed therein from wild and
								 domesticated predators;
(b) Have available for each raptor housed
								 therein a perch that is suitable for the raptor; and
(c) Have at
								 least one opening for sunlight.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.380 - Housing of raptors: Indoor facilities; owners' residences

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An indoor facility that houses a raptor
			 must be of sufficient size to allow easy access for the care and feeding of the
			 raptor.
2. If a raptor that is not
			 tethered is housed in an indoor facility and if the roof or any wall of the
			 indoor facility is not solid, the roof or wall that is not solid must be
			 covered with vertical bars spaced narrower than the width of the body of the
			 smallest raptor housed in the facility, with heavy-duty netting or with any
			 other similar material.
3. A raptor
			 housed in an indoor facility must be housed in a manner that allows the raptor
			 to maintain healthy feathers, including, without limitation, in a shelf perch
			 enclosure in which raptors are tethered side by side.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of
			 subsection 2, a raptor may be housed in the residence of the owner of the
			 raptor if:
(a) The residence has a perch that
			 is suitable for the raptor; and
(b)
			 The raptor is kept tethered when not being moved into or out of the
			 residence.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.385 - Housing of raptors: Outdoor facilities

Current through June 11, 2024
An outdoor facility that houses a raptor
			 must:
1. Be totally
			 enclosed;
2. Be constructed of
			 heavy-gauge wire, heavy-duty plastic mesh, slats, pipe, wood or any other
			 similar material suitable for enclosing the raptor;
3. Have a roof that covers the
			 facility;
4. Have a covered perch
			 that is suitable for the raptor and protects the raptor from wild and
			 domesticated predators and from extreme or inclement weather; and
5. Be of sufficient size to ensure that the
			 raptor can fly from the perch without striking the roof or walls of the
			 facility.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs by R047-11, eff. 4-5-2013
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.582,
			 503.583
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.390 - Housing of raptors: Inspection of facilities

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except
			 as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if the owner of a raptor is present at
			 the facility at which the raptor is housed, the Department may inspect the
			 facility without advance notice by the Department and during any reasonable
			 hour.
2. If a raptor is housed at a
			 facility owned by a person other than the owner of the raptor, the Department:
(a) If the owner of the facility is present
			 at the facility, may inspect the facility without advance notice by the
			 Department and during any reasonable hour; and
(b) May not enter the facility or in any way
			 disturb the raptor unless the owner of the raptor is present.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.395 - Housing of raptors: Outside this State; in this State by nonresident

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If a falconry licensee houses a raptor for
			 more than 120 consecutive days at a facility outside this State:
(a) The falconry licensee shall notify the
			 Department of that fact;
(b) The
			 physical address of the facility must be listed on the falconry license of the
			 falconry licensee; and
(c) The
			 facility must conform to all applicable requirements of NAC 503.375 to 503.395,
			 inclusive.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.400 - Requirements for temporarily keeping raptor outdoors

Current through June 11, 2024
A raptor may be temporarily
			 kept outdoors and in the open only if the raptor is watched by the owner of the
			 raptor, a family member of the owner of the raptor or other designee of the
			 owner of the raptor, including, without limitation, a designee to watch more
			 than one raptor in a weathering yard at a falconry meet.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs by R047-11, eff. 4-5-2013
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.582,
			 503.583
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.405 - Care of raptor by falconry licensee who is not owner of raptor

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A falconry licensee who is not the owner of a
								 raptor may provide care for the raptor if the falconry licensee also possesses:
(a) A copy of the Form 3-186A that the owner of the raptor submitted to the
								 Department when the owner obtained the raptor; and
(b) A
								 statement that:
(1) Is signed by the owner of the raptor and the falconry
								 licensee;
(2) Authorizes the falconry licensee to provide care
								 for the raptor; and
(3) Indicates:
(I) The period during which the falconry licensee may provide care for the
								 raptor; and
(II) Whether the falconry licensee may practice
								 falconry with the raptor.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.415 - Care of raptor by person who is not falconry licensee and not owner of raptor

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person who is not a falconry licensee
			 and who is not the owner of a raptor may provide care for a raptor only:
(a) At a facility owned or maintained by the
			 owner of the raptor; and
(b) Except
			 as otherwise provided in subsection 2, for not more than 45 days.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.425 - Loan of raptor to holder of permit for captive propagation of raptors

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The owner of a raptor may loan the raptor
			 to the holder of a permit for captive propagation of raptors issued pursuant to
			 NAC 503.315.
2. If a raptor is
			 loaned pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) For 8
			 months or more, the loan will be deemed a transfer subject to the provisions of
			 NAC 503.225.
(b) For less than 8
			 months, the loan will not be deemed a transfer subject to the provisions of NAC
			 503.225.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.435 - Requirements for assisting raptor rehabilitator

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A
			 general or master falconry licensee may assist a raptor rehabilitator in
			 conditioning a raptor for release to the wild subject to the provisions of this
			 section.
2. The falconry licensee
			 must possess a written statement from the raptor rehabilitator which identifies
			 the raptor and explains that the falconry licensee is assisting the raptor
			 rehabilitator pursuant to this section.
3. The raptor may be kept at a facility owned
			 or maintained by the falconry licensee.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
			 6, the raptor does not count toward the number of raptors that the falconry
			 licensee may possess pursuant to NAC 503.250.
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
			 6, not later than the expiration of the period during which the raptor
			 rehabilitator may possess the raptor pursuant to his or her permit to
			 rehabilitate raptors:
(a) Except as otherwise
			 provided in paragraph (b) and unless otherwise authorized by the Department,
			 the falconry licensee shall release the raptor to the wild or return the raptor
			 to the raptor rehabilitator for release to the wild; and
(b) If the raptor is unprepared for release
			 to the wild, the falconry licensee shall return the raptor to the raptor
			 rehabilitator.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.440 - Hacking of raptors

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A general or
			 master falconry licensee may hack a raptor that the falconry licensee is
			 authorized to possess.
2. A
			 falconry licensee shall not release for hacking a raptor which is of a species
			 not indigenous to this State or which is a hybrid raptor unless the falconry
			 licensee has attached to the raptor at least two functioning radio transmitters
			 that can be used to locate the raptor.
3. A falconry licensee shall not hack a
			 raptor at a location from which the raptor is likely to disturb, kill or
			 otherwise harm any species of wildlife that has been classified as protected
			 and further classified as threatened or endangered by the Commission or as
			 threatened or endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife
			 Service.
4. A raptor that a
			 falconry licensee is hacking counts toward the number of raptors that the
			 falconry licensee may possess pursuant to NAC 503.250.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs by R047-11, eff. 4-5-2013
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.582,
			 503.583
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.445 - Use of raptors in conservation education programs

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A general or master falconry licensee may,
								 without obtaining any additional license or permit, use a raptor in his or her lawful possession in a
								 conservation education program which is presented in a public venue.
2. An apprentice falconry licensee may use a raptor in his or her lawful
								 possession in a conservation education program which is presented in a public venue if the presentation is
								 supervised by a general or master falconry licensee.
3. A raptor
								 used in a conservation education program pursuant to this section must otherwise be used primarily for
								 falconry.
4. A conservation education program presented pursuant
								 to this section must include information concerning the biology, ecological roles and conservation
								 requirements of raptors and other migratory birds. Each of those topics is not required to be included in
								 each presentation.
5. A falconry licensee presenting a
								 conservation education program pursuant to this section:
(a) May accept a
								 fee for the program which does not exceed the actual costs of presenting the program; and
(b) Is responsible for all liability associated with the
								 program.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.450 - Use of raptors for filming, photographing or other recordings related to practice of falconry; prohibited use of raptors for certain commercial purposes

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A falconry licensee may allow a raptor in
			 his or her lawful possession to be filmed, photographed or otherwise recorded
			 for the making of a movie or other source of information concerning the
			 practice of falconry or concerning the biology, ecological roles and
			 conservation requirements of raptors and other migratory birds.
2. A falconry licensee who allows a raptor to
			 be filmed, photographed or otherwise recorded pursuant to subsection 1 shall
			 not:
(a) Accept any payment for doing so;
			 or
(b) Allow the raptor to be
			 filmed, photographed or otherwise recorded for the making of a commercial
			 venture or movie or other source of information that is unrelated to the
			 practice of falconry.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.455 - Use of raptors to conduct abatement activities

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A master falconry licensee may conduct
								 abatement activities using a raptor in his or her lawful possession if the falconry licensee possesses:
(a) A Federal Migratory Bird Abatement permit issued by the United States
								 Fish and Wildlife Service and has provided a copy of the permit to the Department, or, if the United States
								 Fish and Wildlife Service no longer issues those permits, possesses a permit to conduct abatement activities
								 issued by the Department; and
(b) A permit to collect unprotected
								 wildlife issued to the master falconry licensee by the Department pursuant to NRS 503.380  and NAC
								 503.095.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.460 - Disposition of dead raptor

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsection 2, an owner of a raptor that dies may, without
			 limitation:
(a) Keep or donate the feathers of
			 the raptor pursuant to subsection 6 of NAC
			 503.205;
(b) Donate the body of the raptor to any
			 person authorized by permit to acquire and possess the body of a raptor or to
			 any person or institution exempt from that requirement pursuant to
			 50 C.F.R. §
										21.12;
(c) If a leg band was attached to the raptor
			 or the raptor had a microchip implanted in its body, have the raptor mounted by
			 a taxidermist; or
(d) Dispose of
			 the body and feathers of the raptor.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.465 - Hybrid raptors

Current through June 11, 2024
An owner of a hybrid raptor shall not allow the
			 raptor to fly free unless the owner has attached to the raptor at least two
			 functioning radio transmitters which can be used to locate the raptor.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs by R047-11, eff. 4-5-2013
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.582,
			 503.583
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.470 - Compliance with federal law relating to raptors and falconry

Current through June 11, 2024
The
			 provisions of NAC
			 503.200 to
			 503.470, inclusive, and sections
			 2 to 10, inclusive must not be construed to exempt any person from the
			 provisions of any federal law relating to raptors or
			 falconry.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs by R046-11 & R047-11, eff. 4-5-2013; A by
			 R160-22A,
			 eff. 8/1/2023
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.582,
			 503.583,
			 503.610
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.500 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in
			 NAC 503.500 to 503.575, inclusive, unless the context otherwise
			 requires:
1. "Aquatic bait" means
			 live, unprotected amphibians (such as salamanders, waterdogs and frogs),
			 crustaceans (such as crayfish) and mollusks (such as clams and
			 snails).
2. "Aquatic life" means
			 live amphibians, crustaceans, mollusks, fish and all other animals which grow
			 in, live in or frequent water.
3.
			 "Artificial lures" means any device with a hook or hooks attached which is made
			 partly or entirely of rubber, wood, metal, glass, plastic or
			 feathers.
4. "Live bait fish" means
			 live, unprotected species of freshwater fish.
5. "Minimum size" means the minimum total
			 length a fish must measure to be possessed legally.
6. "Region" means one of the three
			 administrative regions established by the Department.
7. "Single barbless hook" means a fish hook
			 having one point which is manufactured without barbs or on which the barbs have
			 been closed completely or filed off. The term does not include a fish hook
			 which shares a common shank with one or more other fish hooks, regardless of
			 whether the barbs have been closed completely or filed off.
8. "Total length" means the length of a fish
			 measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail fin.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs,
			 No. 7 § 30.3, eff. 1-1-75; A 1-1-78-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs,
			 12-15-81; 12-1-82; 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84; 12-18-89;
			 11-23-94
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.502 - Bait: General authority to and restrictions on capture, transport and use

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person who has a fishing license or
			 short-term permit to fish, or who is not required to obtain such a license or
			 permit pursuant to
			 NRS
			 502.010 and NAC
			 502.285, may capture, transport
			 and use bait for fishing or personal consumption except that:
(a) The use of any game fish or protected
			 species of fish for bait is prohibited.
(b) Any unprotected species of freshwater
			 bait fish or parts thereof which are prepared and preserved commercially may be
			 used as bait only in waters where the use of aquatic bait is authorized, unless
			 otherwise provided in the appropriate regional regulation.
(c) Aquatic bait, other than salamanders or
			 saltwater mudsuckers, may be used only in the water from which it is
			 taken.
(d) Aquatic life may be
			 imported into this State only with the prior approval of the
			 Department.
(e) Aquatic bait and
			 live bait fish may be transported from one area of this State to another only
			 as provided in the appropriate regional regulation for the use of live bait
			 fish.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.504 - Western Region: Applicable waters; restrictions on bait and lures

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Western Region consists of all waters
								 within Carson City and Churchill, Douglas, Humboldt, Lyon, Mineral, Storey, Pershing and Washoe
								 Counties.
2. In the Western Region:
(a) Live bait fish may be used only in the river basin from which it is
								 taken and only in the following waters:
(1) The Carson River
								 Basin.
(2) The Humboldt River downstream from Stall Diversion Dam
								 located near Golconda in Humboldt County, including Rye Patch Reservoir, Pitt-Taylor Reservoir, all waters in
								 the Lovelock Valley, Chimney Reservoir and the Little Humboldt River downstream from Chimney
								 Reservoir.
(3) The portion of the Lake Tahoe Basin located in
								 Carson City and Douglas and Washoe Counties.
(4) Except as
								 otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Truckee River Basin.
(5)
								 The Walker River from the railroad bridge near Wabuska downstream to and including Walker Lake, except waters
								 on the Walker River Paiute Reservation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.506 - Eastern Region: Applicable waters; restrictions on bait and lures

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Eastern Region consists of all waters
								 in Elko, Eureka, Lander and White Pine Counties.
2. Within this
								 region:
(a) The possession while fishing or use of fish as bait, whether
								 dead or alive, or parts thereof, or any unprotected species of freshwater bait fish or parts thereof which
								 are prepared and preserved commercially except preserved salmon eggs, is prohibited.
(b) Aquatic bait may be used only in the water from which it is
								 taken.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.507 - Southern Region: Applicable waters; restrictions on bait and lures

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Southern Region consists of all waters
			 in Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln and Nye Counties.
2. In the waters of Lake Mead, Lake Mohave
			 and the Colorado River located in Clark County:
(a) Only the following species of live
			 freshwater fish may be lawfully raised, transported, sold, offered for sale or
			 imported for use as live bait:
(1) Golden
			 shiner.
(2) Fathead
			 minnow.
(3) Threadfin
			 shad.
(4) Goldfish.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.508

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, eff. 1-1-81; A 12-14-81; 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84; 1-2-86; R137-09,
			 1-28-2010; R149-12, 12-20-2012; R by
			 R060-19A,
			 eff. 12/18/2019
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.300,
			 503.310
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.510 - Aquatic bait and live bait: Capture, sale, holding and transportation; reference work for naming of species

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Aquatic bait and
			 the following species of live bait may be captured, offered for sale, held or
			 transported by a person permitted to sell live bait, subject to the provisions
			 of NAC 503.500 to
			 503.507, inclusive, and any
			 special conditions contained in the annual permit issued by the Department:
Authorized Species by
			 Region
Species
Western Region
Eastern Region
Southern Region
Lahontan redside
			 (Richardsonius egregius)
X
N
Tui chub (Siphateles bicolor)
X
O
Speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus)
X
N
Mosquitofish
			 (Gambusia ssp.)
X
E
Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
X
Goldfish
			 (Carassius auratus)
P
X
Golden shiner (Notemigonus
			 crysoleucas)
E
X
Fathead minnow
			 (Pimephalespromelas)
X
R
X
Threadfin shad (Dorosoma
			 petenense)
M
X
Mountain sucker
I
(Catostomus
			 platyrhynchus)
X
T
Tahoe sucker (Catostomus tahoensis)
X
T
Salamander
			 (Waterdogs) (Ambystoma)
E
X
Paiute Sculpin (Cottus
			 beldingi)
X
D
Sacramento blackfish (Orthodon
			 microlepidotus)
X
2.
			 The reference work from which the species listed in subsection 1 were named is
			 special publication 34 of the American Fisheries Society, Common and Scientific
			 Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico 7th edition,
			 2013.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs,
			 No. 7 §30.12, eff. 1-1-75; A 9-20-75; 1-1-77; 1-1-78-NAC A by Bd. of
			 Wildlife Comm'rs, 1-1-81; 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84; 1-2-86; R104-01, 12-6-2001;
			 R093-03, 10-30-2003; A by
			 R060-19A,
			 eff. 12/18/2019
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.310
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.513 - Commercial wildlife permit: Prerequisites to issuance; use; expiration

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any person may obtain a commercial
			 wildlife permit for the capture, sale, possession or transportation of live
			 bait fish or live aquatic bait for commercial purposes upon application and
			 payment to the Department of the annual permit fee of $150, if:
(a) The location, plan and stocking of the
			 facilities used by the permittee in the bait operation are approved by the
			 Department; and
(b) No stream or
			 natural body of water is enclosed or impounded in connection therewith to the
			 detriment of fish naturally indigenous or planted or propagated therein at
			 public expense.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.515 - Importation of live bait for commercial purposes

Current through June 11, 2024
Any person licensed as a dealer in live
			 bait in Nevada may receive, bring or have brought or shipped into the State
			 live bait or live aquatic bait for commercial purposes. The salamander may be
			 acquired only from approved installations or areas in the states bordering
			 Nevada.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs,
			 No. 7 § 30.14, eff. 1-1-75; A 1-1-78-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs,
			 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84; 1-2-86
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.310
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.520 - Sale of live or aquatic bait: Invoice

Current through June 11, 2024
When a dealer licensed in Nevada sells or
			 disposes of live bait or aquatic bait, the dealer shall at the same time attach
			 thereto or deliver to the purchaser or donee an invoice stating the kind and
			 number of such bait. This invoice may be used as a transportation permit for
			 the purchaser or donee.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs
			 Gen. Reg. No. 7 § 30.16, eff. 1-1-75; A
			 1-1-78
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.310
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.530 - Importation of live or aquatic bait: Notification of Department

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any person receiving, bringing or having
			 brought or shipped into and destined for the State of Nevada any live fish,
			 live bait or aquatic bait shall notify the Department at least 3 days in
			 advance of each shipment of such fish or bait. The notice must include:
(a) The date of the shipment;
(b) The destination of the
			 shipment;
(c) The approximate time
			 of arrival of the shipment; and
(d)
			 The proposed route of the shipment.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.535 - Inspection of shipment of live fish or bait: Notification by Department; action upon conclusion; fee

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If inspection of
			 a shipment is required, the Department shall notify the person of the time and
			 place of inspection.
2. At the
			 conclusion of an inspection, the permittee or his or her representative will be
			 issued a permit for the transportation of live fish or bait if the shipment of
			 fish or bait is found to comply with the provisions of NAC 503.500 to 503.575,
			 inclusive. If a shipment is determined by the Department inspector to be
			 detrimental to the best interests of the State, such fish or bait must either
			 be destroyed or the permittee or his or her representative must remove it from
			 the State by the route of entry or a route designated by the
			 inspector.
3. A $25 inspection fee
			 shall be charged for each inspection, except if two or more shipments originate
			 from one source and arrive at the same destination at the same time, only one
			 $25 inspection fee may be charged, such fee to be prorated equally among the
			 importers involved.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs
			 Gen. Reg. No. 7 § 30.22, eff. 1-1-75; A 1-1-78-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs by R138-03, 1-20-2004
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.310,
			 503.597,
			 504.295
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.540 - Commercial taking, sale and purchase of crayfish

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, i
t is unlawful for
			 any person to take crayfish from any of the waters of the State for commercial
			 purposes.
2. A person may obtain a
			 permit to take crayfish commercially from the waters of Lake Tahoe upon
			 application and payment to the Department of an annual permit fee of $500 if
			 the Department:
(a) Approves the location,
			 time and manner of conducting the operation; and
(b) Determines the operation is not
			 deleterious to fish or other wildlife indigenous or planted or propagated in
			 those waters at public expense.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.545 - Commercial permit to take unprotected fish: Prerequisites to issuance

Current through June 11, 2024
Any person
			 may obtain a permit to take unprotected fish commercially, other than live bait
			 fish, from the waters of the State upon application and payment to the
			 Department of an annual permit fee of $500, if:
1. The location, time and manner of
			 conducting the operation is approved by the Department; and
2. The operation is not deleterious to fish
			 or other wildlife naturally indigenous or planted or propagated therein at
			 public expense.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs
			 Gen. Reg. No. 7 § 30.30, eff. 1-1-75; A 1-1-78-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs by R138-03, 1-20-2004, eff. 3-1-2004
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.380
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.550 - Commercial permit to take unprotected fish: Conditions of use

Current through June 11, 2024
A commercial
			 permit to take unprotected fish is issued subject to the following
			 provisions:
1. The Department may
			 authorize a permittee to take unprotected fish with a seine, net, trap or other
			 device. The use of a gill or trammel net, explosive or poison is
			 unlawful.
2. A permittee shall
			 comply with any special terms, conditions or restrictions of the
			 permit.
3. A permittee shall
			 immediately release unharmed any game fish or protected fish that is taken
			 during the operation.
4. A
			 permittee shall, at reasonable times, allow any person authorized to enforce
			 the provisions of this regulation, free and unrestricted access to the area
			 where the permittee is taking, possessing, storing or shipping fish.
5. A permittee shall maintain daily records
			 of the fish he or she has taken and submit a report of the fish taken to the
			 Department within 10 days following expiration of the permit.
6. A permit issued pursuant to this section
			 does not authorize the taking, transporting or disposing of unprotected fish in
			 violation of any applicable federal or state law or regulation.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs
			 Gen. Reg. No. 7 § 30.31, eff. 1-1-75; A 9-20-75;
			 1-1-78
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.380
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.555 - Commercial permit to take unprotected fish: Amendment or revocation by Department

Current through June 11, 2024
A commercial permit to take unprotected fish
			 may be immediately amended or revoked if the Department determines that the
			 operation is deleterious to any species of game fish or protected fish.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs
			 Gen. Reg. No. 7 § 30.32, eff. 1-1-75; A
			 1-1-78
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.380
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.560 - Certification of certain facilities as free from disease: General requirements; inspection of facilities

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person who
			 establishes, operates or controls a commercial fish hatchery, private
			 noncommercial fishpond or other installation for the culture of fish within the
			 State of Nevada shall, and a person who does so outside this State for the
			 purpose of importing fish or aquatic life into this State may, make application
			 to the Department at an address specified on the application for a letter of
			 certification stating that such installation is free from fish diseases or
			 pathogens that induce diseases, which the Department has determined to be
			 deleterious to the fish or aquatic life of Nevada.
2. It is unlawful for a person:
(a) To operate any such installation in this
			 State until it is certified by the Department; or
(b) To import live fish or aquatic life from
			 any installation outside this State which has not been certified by the
			 Department.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.565 - Certification of certain facilities as free from disease: Revocation and reinstatement; expiration and renewal

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If an inspection
			 of any such installation reveals significant loss of fish or evidence of
			 clinical symptoms of any disease which is deleterious to fish or aquatic life,
			 the letter of certification issued pursuant to NAC 503.560, shall be
			 revoked.
2. During the period of
			 revocation, it is unlawful for any person to remove or to import fish or
			 aquatic life from such installation without the written authorization of the
			 Department. The letter of certification must not be reinstated until the
			 Department is satisfied that the installation is free of fish
			 diseases.
3. The letter of
			 certification expires on June 30 of each year unless sooner terminated.
			 Requests for renewal must be made on the form provided by the
			 Department.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs
			 Gen. Reg. No. 7 §§ 30.42 & 30.43, eff. 1-1-75; A
			 1-1-78
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.597,
			 504.295
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.575 - Noncommercial license for possession of endemic species of fish: Prerequisites; use

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise required in NAC
			 504.4595, a person may, pursuant to the provisions of NAC 504.450 to 504.488,
			 inclusive, obtain a noncommercial license for the possession of any endemic,
			 native or nonnative, species of fish if:
(a)
			 The location, plan and stocking of the fish pond or ponds are approved by the
			 Department;
(b) No stream or
			 natural body of water is enclosed or impounded in connection therewith;
			 and
(c) Any fish spawn, fry or fish
			 for use in the pond or ponds is obtained only from an installation or other
			 source that has first been approved by the Department.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.580 - Unprotected fish and bullfrogs: Methods of taking

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except
			 as provided in subsection 2 of NAC 503.507, unprotected fish may be taken by
			 bow and arrow, hook and line, dipnet, cast net, minnow seine or minnow trap.
			 Unprotected fish may be taken by spear except in any water where this method is
			 specifically prohibited.
2. In
			 addition to taking bullfrogs by any method enumerated in
			 NRS
			 503.290, they may be taken with hands or gig.
			 No firearm or airgun may be used in taking bullfrogs.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, eff. 1-1-81; A 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.290
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.583 - Ice fishing: Size of holes

Current through June 11, 2024
For purposes of ice fishing, a hole cut through
			 the ice must not exceed 10 inches in diameter.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, eff. 1-1-81
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.586 - Filleting of fish

Current through June 11, 2024
Where size limits apply, fish may be filleted
			 before transport if the remainder of the carcass of each fish filleted is kept
			 in one piece so size and possession limits can be immediately determined. Where
			 bag limits but not size limits apply, fish may be filleted before transport if
			 the fillets are kept in one piece so bag and possession limits can be
			 immediately determined.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, 12-3-84, eff. 1-1-85; A by R054-11,
			 12-30-2011
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.590 - Fishing in Lake Mead, Lake Mohave or Colorado River

Current through June 11, 2024
In the waters of Lake Mead,
			 Lake Mohave and the Colorado River:
1.
			 The use of more than two hooks for bait or flies is prohibited.
2. Licensed fishermen may take unprotected
			 fish. The taking of fish by spear or by bow and arrow is prohibited within
			 one-half mile of any dock or swimming area.
3. Licensed fishermen may take striped bass
			 by spear except within one-half mile of any dock or swimming area.
4. Each unattended live box or stringer
			 containing fish must have a water resistant identification legibly bearing the
			 name, address and number of the fishing license of the person using and storing
			 fish in the box or stringer. Where several persons use the same box or fish
			 stringer, each person shall attach his or her own identification to the box or
			 stringer.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, eff. 1-1-81; A 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84; 12-3-84, eff. 1-1-85; 1-2-86;
			 12-11-87
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 502.045
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.591 - Spearfishing for striped bass

Current through June 11, 2024
Spearfishing for striped bass is legal
			 in:
1. Lake Mead; and
2. Lake Mohave from Cottonwood Cove to the
			 cable below Hoover Dam except in that portion of Lake Mohave from Cottonwood
			 Cove to Davis Dam and from Davis Dam down-river to the Nevada state
			 line.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, eff. 1-2-86; A 10-17-86, eff. 1-1-87
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 502.045,
			 503.290
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.592 - Use of mechanical device to propel spear

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any person
			 who, while swimming or diving, uses a mechanical device held in the hand which
			 uses a rubberband, a spring or pneumatic power to propel a spear to kill,
			 capture or injure a fish shall:
(a) Display a
			 flag as described in subsection 2.
(b) Not use such a mechanical device in an
			 area set aside for waterskiing or swimming or in a heavily traveled lane for
			 boats.
(c) Use such a mechanical
			 device only when the person is under the surface of the water.
(d) Use such a mechanical device only if the
			 spear is attached to the device by a lanyard.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › FISHING › Section 503.593 - Waters in which chumming and fishing with a spear prohibited

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Chumming is prohibited in:
(a) Lake Tahoe.
(b) Topaz
								 Lake.
(c) The collection ditch of the Ruby Lake National Wildlife
								 Refuge.
(d) Spooner Lake.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › COMPETITIVE FIELD TRIALS › Section 503.610 - Permits: Authority to conduct certain activities; application; use

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any person may conduct competitive field
			 trials for hunting dogs or competitive field trials for raptors under a
			 competitive field trials permit, or train hunting dogs or raptors under a
			 training permit issued by the Department.
2. The person must submit an application,
			 accompanied by the fee established in subsection 6 of
			 NRS
			 502.240, to the Department at least 30 days
			 before the trials or training activity. The application must set forth the
			 date, time and location of the trials or training activity and the number of
			 each species of upland game birds which will be released. An applicant for a
			 training permit may request any number of dates for training during a specific
			 2-month period.
3. A competitive
			 field trials permit is valid for only one field trial. The permittee or his or
			 her designated representative shall have the permit in his or her possession
			 and be present at the event.
4. A
			 training permit is valid only for the person whose name appears thereon. The
			 permittee shall have the permit in his or her possession while training hunting
			 dogs or raptors with upland game birds that were bred in captivity.
5. An upland game bird bred in captivity and
			 used for training that is not taken or recaptured on the date or dates
			 specified on a permit issued pursuant to this section must not be taken or
			 recaptured thereafter except during the appropriate season and according to any
			 applicable rules or regulations adopted by the Commission.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs,
			 No. 11 §22.10, eff. 8-16-71; A 2-1-73; 5-15-74; 9-20-75-NAC A by Bd. of
			 Wildlife Comm'rs, 9-13-91; A by
			 R009-21A,
			 eff. 2/28/2022; A by
			 R009-21CAP,
			 eff. 3/3/2022
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › COMPETITIVE FIELD TRIALS › Section 503.620 - Conducting competitive field trials and training

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except
			 as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4 and 5, in any area which is
			 determined by the Department to be unpopulated by upland game birds:
(a) Competitive field trials for, or the
			 training of, hunting dogs or raptors is permitted at any time.
(b) Legally acquired upland game birds may be
			 released for shooting or taken by raptors.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › COMPETITIVE FIELD TRIALS › Section 503.630 - Upland game birds: Permit for importation

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Upland game
			 birds may be imported to be released for competitive field trials or training
			 of hunting dogs or raptors only pursuant to an importation permit issued by the
			 Department.
2. An application for
			 an importation permit must include:
(a) The
			 name and address of the supplier;
(b) The number and species of birds to be
			 imported; and
(c) The method and
			 date of shipment.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › COMPETITIVE FIELD TRIALS › Section 503.640 - Upland game birds: Prerequisites to release; inspection by Department

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Upland game birds released for competitive
			 field trials or training of hunting dogs or raptors must be at least 12 weeks
			 of age, fully winged and in a condition to go wild.
2. The Department may inspect the birds
			 before their release.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs,
			 No. 11 § 22.13, eff. 8-16-71; A 2-1-73;
			 5-15-74
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › COMPETITIVE FIELD TRIALS › Section 503.650 - Upland game birds: Legbands

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Upland game
			 birds released for competitive field trials or training of hunting dogs or
			 raptors must be banded with legbands approved by the Department and furnished
			 by the permittee.
2. The legband
			 must remain with the bird until it is utilized by a hunter.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs,
			 No. 11 § 22.14, eff. 8-16-71; A 2-1-73;
			 5-15-74
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › WILDLIFE DEPREDATION › Section 503.710 - Wildlife depredation permit: Prerequisites to issuance

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
			 The Director or a person designated by the Director may, after thorough
			 investigation, issue a permit to frighten, herd or kill wildlife if:
(a) He or she has received information from
			 the owner or tenant of any land or property indicating that such land or
			 property is being damaged or destroyed or is in danger of being damaged or
			 destroyed by wildlife; and
(b) The
			 injury complained of is substantial and can be abated.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › WILDLIFE DEPREDATION › Section 503.720 - Wildlife depredation permit: Contents

Current through June 11, 2024
Such permit shall specify:
1. The name of the person permitted to
			 frighten, herd or kill wildlife;
2.
			 The method which may be used by the permittee;
3. The time for which the permit is
			 valid;
4. The number of animals
			 which may be killed;
5. The manner
			 in which all dead animals shall be disposed of, and that they must be disposed
			 of in the manner specified;
6. That
			 a report of the operation shall be submitted to the Department; and
7. Such other conditions as are
			 appropriate.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs
			 Gen. Reg. No. 4 part § 1, eff. 6-1-70; A
			 2-1-72
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.595