New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 31 - HUNTING AND FISHING › Part 6 - MIGRATORY GAME BIRD › Section 19.31.6.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Bernardo
				pond unit"
shall mean that portion of Bernardo wildlife management area
				600 feet south of U.S. 60 and west of the unit 7 drain.
B.
"Bernardo youth unit"
shall
				mean that portion of Bernardo wildlife management area immediately south of the
				Quagmire and east of the unit 7 drain.
C.
"Central flyway"
shall mean
				that portion of New Mexico east of the continental divide.
D.
"Dark goose"
shall mean
				Canada goose or white-fronted goose.
E.
"Department"
shall mean the
				New Mexico department of game and fish.
F.
"Director"
shall mean the
				director of the New Mexico department of game and fish.
G.
"Dove north zone" or "north
				zone"
shall mean that portion of New Mexico north of Interstate 40 from
				the Arizona-New Mexico border to Tucumcari and U.S. 54 at its junction with
				Interstate 40 at Tucumcari to the New Mexico-Texas border.
H.
"Dove south zone" or "south
				zone"
shall mean that portion of New Mexico south of Interstate 40 from
				the Arizona-New Mexico border to Tucumcari and U.S. 54 at its junction with
				Interstate 40 at Tucumcari to the New Mexico-Texas border.
I.
"Eastern New Mexico sandhill crane
				hunt area" or "eastern"
shall mean the following counties: Chaves,
				Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Quay and Roosevelt.
J.
"Estancia valley sandhill crane hunt
				area" or "EV"
shall mean that area beginning at Mountainair bounded on
				the west by N.M. 55 north to N.M. 337, north to N.M. 14, and north to
				Interstate 25; on the north by Interstate 25 east to U.S. 285; on the east by
				U.S. 285 south to U.S. 60; and on the south by U.S. 60 from U.S. 285 west to
				N.M. 55 in Mountainair.
K.
"Falconry"
shall mean hunting migratory game birds using
				raptors.
L.
"Federal youth
				waterfowl hunting days"
shall mean the special seasons where only those
				17 years of age and younger may hunt ducks, coots and gallinules in the Pacific
				flyway or ducks and coots in the central flyway. A supervising adult at least
				18 years of age must accompany the youth hunter. The adult may not hunt ducks,
				coots or gallinules, but may participate in other seasons that are open on the
				special youth days.
M.
"Light
				geese"
shall mean snow geese, blue phase snow geese and Ross's
				geese.
N.
"Light goose
				conservation order"
shall mean those methods, bag and possession limits
				and dates approved by the U.S. fish and wildlife service towards reducing
				over-abundant light goose populations.
O.
"Middle Rio Grande valley (MRGV)
				dark goose hunt area"
shall mean Sierra, Socorro and Valencia
				counties.
P.
"Middle Rio
				Grande valley (MRGV) sandhill crane hunt area"
shall mean Valencia and
				Socorro counties.
Q.
"Migratory game bird"
shall mean band-tailed pigeon, mourning
				dove, white-winged dove, sandhill crane, American coot, gallinule, snipe,
				ducks, geese, sora and Virginia rail.
R.
"North zone"
shall mean that
				portion of the Pacific flyway north of Interstate 40, and that portion of the
				central flyway north of Interstate 40 from the continental divide to Tucumcari
				and U.S. 54 at its junction with Interstate 40 at Tucumcari to the New
				Mexico-Texas border.
S.
"Pacific flyway"
shall mean that portion of New Mexico west of the
				continental divide.
T.
"Possession limit"
shall mean the number of birds in a person's
				possession regardless of the location stored.
U.
"Quagmire"
shall mean that
				portion of Bernardo wildlife management area 600 feet south of U.S. 60 and east
				of the unit 7 drain.
V.
"South zone"
shall mean that portion of the Pacific flyway south
				of Interstate 40, and that portion of the central flyway south of Interstate 40
				from the continental divide to Tucumcari and U.S. 54 at its junction with
				Interstate 40 at Tucumcari to the New Mexico-Texas border.
W.
"Southwest band-tailed pigeon
				hunting area" or "southwest BPHA"
shall mean that portion of New Mexico
				both south of U.S. 60 and west of Interstate 25.
X.
"Southwest New Mexico sandhill crane
				hunt area" or "SW"
shall mean that area bounded on the south by the New
				Mexico-Mexico border; on the west by the New Mexico-Arizona border north to
				Interstate 10; on the north by Interstate 10 east to U.S. 180, north to N.M.
				26, east to N.M. 27, north to N.M. 152, and east to Interstate 25; on the east
				by Interstate 25 south to Interstate 10, west to the Luna county line, and
				south to the New Mexico-Mexico border.
Y.
"Wildlife management areas" or
				"WMAs"
shall mean those areas as described in 19.34.5 NMAC Wildlife
				Management Areas.