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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title XVIII - Fish and Game » Title 211 - Fish, Shellfish, Lobsters and Crabs

Section 211:18-c – Crabs.

    211:18-c Crabs. – Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary any person may take 12 crabs a day by angling, diving, or by hand without a license. Source. 1971, 240:1. 1987, 62:5, eff. April 29, 1987.

Section 211:18-d – Penalty for Misuse of Lobster and Crab License.

    211:18-d Penalty for Misuse of Lobster and Crab License. – Any person who furnishes to another person or permits another person to have or use a lobster and crab license issued to himself or any other person or changes or alters such license or uses a license issued to another person or makes a […]

Section 211:19-a – Rye Harbor, Prohibition.

    211:19-a Rye Harbor, Prohibition. – I. The taking of lobsters and crabs in Rye Harbor by any person is forbidden. No lobster or crab trap buoys may be placed in the harbor or the approach channel to the harbor. A fisherman has 24 hours to remove his or her gear from restricted areas after […]

Section 211:2 – Carp.

    211:2 Carp. – Carp may be taken and possessed from Mascoma lake by the use of long bow and arrow with cord attached. Source. 1953, 193:3, eff. May 1, 1953.

Section 211:2-e – Freshwater Smelt.

    211:2-e Freshwater Smelt. – I. Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, no person shall take smelt (Osmerus mordax) from the fresh waters of this state by any method other than by angling, unless the executive director determines that other methods of taking smelt would not be detrimental to the smelt resources […]

Section 211:20 – Helper’s License.

    211:20 Helper’s License. – Any person licensed under the provisions of RSA 211:18 may get a helper’s license which entitles the person to have the help of a person in the taking of lobsters or crabs. The helper’s license may be transferred to any one helper employed by the licensee, but may not be […]

Section 211:21 – Revocation; Suspension.

    211:21 Revocation; Suspension. – The executive director may revoke or suspend the lobster and crab license of any person who has been found guilty in any court of a violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter by the executive director. If an appeal is taken the license […]

Section 211:22 – Removal of Devices.

    211:22 Removal of Devices. – Any person whose license has been suspended shall within 5 days remove from the waters all lobster traps, pots, cars, or any device used in taking or storing of lobsters and crabs. Said lobster traps, pots, cars or devices shall be taken to a place of storage on the […]

Section 211:23-a – Prohibited Methods of Taking.

    211:23-a Prohibited Methods of Taking. – No person shall at any time take from any waters under the jurisdiction of this state any lobsters by diving, spearing or dipping. Source. 1955, 324:5, eff. Aug. 5, 1955.

Section 211:25 – Spawn, Etc.

    211:25 Spawn, Etc. – No person shall remove spawn from any female lobster and no person shall take, serve, have in his possession, sell, or offer for sale any female lobster carrying spawn or any lobster spawn. Source. RL 245:46. RSA 211:25. 1977, 189:1, eff. Aug. 13, 1977.

Section 211:26 – Female Lobsters.

    211:26 Female Lobsters. – Whoever takes, buys, sells, or has in his possession any female lobster bearing eggs shall be guilty of a violation and, in addition, shall be guilty of a violation for each additional oviparous female lobster involved. However, a person who takes any such female lobster and immediately returns it alive […]

Section 211:27 – Legal Length; Rulemaking.

    211:27 Legal Length; Rulemaking. – I. No person may transport, buy, sell, give away, or expose for sale, or possess for any purpose, any lobster less than the minimum legal length alive or dead, cooked or uncooked, measuring from the rear of the eye socket along a line parallel to the center line of […]