Section 211:75 – Search and Seizure.
211:75 Search and Seizure. – Any conservation officer shall have power: I. To search without a warrant and examine any person or any boat, conveyance, vehicle, box, bag, locker, traps, crate or other receptacle or container for marine species, when the conservation officer has reasonable and articulable suspicion to believe that marine species taken […]
Section 211:76 – Penalties.
211:76 Penalties. – I. A person who violates any statutes pertaining to marine species where no penalty is provided shall, if a natural person, be guilty of a violation and, if any other person, be guilty of a misdemeanor. II. A person who violates any rule or regulation promulgated by the executive director relative […]
Section 211:77 – Derelict Fishing Gear and Coastal Cleanup Fund Established.
211:77 Derelict Fishing Gear and Coastal Cleanup Fund Established. – There is hereby established a separate fund to be known as the derelict fishing gear and coastal cleanup fund. The fund shall be administered by the executive director and shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the executive director for the purposes of this […]
Section 211:72 – Damages; Determination by Department of Fish and Game.
211:72 Damages; Determination by Department of Fish and Game. – Upon learning of damage to fish and other aquatic life or wildlife and/or their habitat occasioned by contamination, the executive director of the department of fish and game or his designated agent shall investigate and determine the party responsible. He shall compute the damages […]
Section 211:73 – Continuing Contamination.
211:73 Continuing Contamination. – The executive director shall notify the department of environmental services or any other department of the state authorized by law to seek injunctive relief against water pollution if the contamination is a continuing offense. Source. 1971, 184:1. 1996, 228:111, eff. July 1, 1996.
Section 211:74 – Damage Actions.
211:74 Damage Actions. – When, in the opinion of the executive director, the damage to fish life and other aquatic life, or wildlife, or their habitat, so warrants, he shall request the attorney general to institute an action at law for damage to fish life and other aquatic life, or wildlife, or their habitat, […]
Section 211:64-a – Penalty.
211:64-a Penalty. – Whoever violates the provisions of RSA 211:62-d or any rule or regulation promulgated by the executive director as hereinbefore provided relative to clams or other offshore resources shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person, and all equipment used to […]
Section 211:64-b – License for Recreational Taking of Clams.
211:64-b License for Recreational Taking of Clams. – No person shall at any time take clams for such person’s own use unless the person is a resident of the state and has been duly licensed as provided in this section. Any person 6 years of age or older shall, upon application to the executive […]
Section 211:64-c – Exception for Aged Persons.
211:64-c Exception for Aged Persons. – No fee, including the agent’s fee, shall be required for the issuance of a license under the provisions of RSA 211:64-b for the taking of clams by a resident of the state who is 68 years of age or over. Such license shall be effective for the remainder […]
Section 211:65 – Division Established.
211:65 Division Established. – A division of marine fisheries is established in the department of fish and game. The division is responsible for the regulation and promotion of both recreational and commercial marine fishing in the salt waters of the state. Source. 1965, 307:1, eff. Sept. 5, 1965.