New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Fis - Executive Director, Fish and Game Department
Chapter Fis 400 - FRESHWATER FISHING SEASONS AND RULES
Part Fis 402 - GENERAL RESTRICTIONS
Section Fis 402.06 - Release of Fish
Current through Register No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) No live fish shall be released in any waters of the state unless they shall be returned into the waters from where taken, except as permitted by the executive director under a permit to release specified in Fis 805.
(b) No person shall have live lake trout, landlocked salmon, brook trout, black bass, northern pike, or black crappie in their possession, except if the person is participating in a permitted bass tournament or intra-scholastic fishing tournament, or if the person holds a current aquaculture permit, importation permit, possession permit, or permit to release for the fish in possession.
(See Revision Notes at chapter headings for Fis 400 and Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8119, eff 1-1-05; ss by #9773-A, eff 1-1-11