NRS 503.440 – Open season for fur-bearing mammals.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 503.470, it is unlawful to trap or kill fur-bearing mammals at any time during the year other than during an open season as designated by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this title. 2. The Commission, in its sole discretion, may set the open season for fur-bearing […]
NRS 503.450 – Manner of hunting fur-bearing mammals.
It is unlawful for any person at any time to hunt any fur-bearing mammal in any manner other than by trap, gun or bow and arrow. [Part 74:101:1947; 1943 NCL § 3035.74]—(NRS A 1983, 854; 1991, 267)
NRS 503.452 – Registration or stamping of certain information on traps, snares and similar devices; fee for registration; exceptions; unlawful possession of trap registered to another person without written permission; confidentiality of registration information.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, each trap, snare or similar device used by a person in the taking of wild mammals must be registered with the Department before it is used. Each registered trap, snare or similar device must bear a number which is assigned by the Department and is […]
NRS 503.290 – Manner and means of fishing; authorized use of not more than two combinations of hook, line and rod; taking frogs.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for any person to fish in or from any of the waters of the State of Nevada for any fish of any species in any manner other than with hook and line attached to a rod or reel closely attended in the manner known […]
NRS 503.300 – Regulations of Commission: Types and use of bait; chumming.
1. The Commission may prescribe by regulation the types of bait and methods by which it may or may not be used in any designated water. It is unlawful for any person to use any bait prohibited by regulation. 2. The Commission may by regulation control the practice known as chumming. [Part 45:101:1947; A 1949, […]
NRS 503.310 – Live bait: Authority of Commission; permit required for sale.
1. The Commission may regulate or prohibit the use of live bait in fishing so that no undesirable species are introduced into the public waters of this State. 2. Any person engaged in the sale of live bait must first obtain a permit from the Department for the fee provided in NRS 502.240. The permit […]
NRS 503.360 – Unlawful fishing from hatcheries.
1. It is unlawful for any person at any time to fish from any state hatchery, or from any waters set aside or used for the purpose of rearing or growing fish for transplanting by the State. 2. Nothing in this section prohibits employees of the Department from handling, at any time, all such fish, […]
NRS 503.380 – Commercial taking of unprotected wildlife.
The Department may take or permit the commercial taking of unprotected wildlife in any manner approved by the Commission. The Commission may fix a price to be paid for wildlife so taken. Unprotected wildlife taken under this authorization may be sold. [Part 44:101:1947; 1943 NCL § 3035.44]—(NRS A 1969, 1363; 1987, 562; 1993, 1673; 2003, […]
NRS 503.400 – Fishways and fish ladders: Construction and maintenance; penalty.
1. Every person who has erected, or who may hereafter erect, any dams, water weirs or other obstructions to the free passage of fish in the rivers, streams, lakes or other waters of the State of Nevada shall construct and keep in repair, to the satisfaction of the Department, fishways or fish ladders at all […]
NRS 503.410 – Unlawful interference with flow of water through fish ladder.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to dry up, impede or interfere with the free flow of water through any fish ladder upon any stream in this State, when there is sufficient unappropriated or unused water in such stream for use therein, by diverting the same from above and around such fish ladder […]