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 402.07 - Fishways Closed
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Fis 402.07
Current through Register No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) In addition to the restrictions and closures specified in Fis 602.02 the waters surrounding any dam which contains a fishway shall be closed to all fishing as described below:
(1) The Merrimack
River as follows:
a. The Amoskeag Dam in
Manchester shall be closed to all fishing from the upstream side of the
Amoskeag dam to the upstream side of the Amoskeag bridge and the area between
the west bank of the river and the island adjacent to the powerhouse for a
distance of 500' downstream from the Amoskeag powerhouse and fishway entrance;
and
b. The Garvins Falls Dam in Bow
shall be closed to all fishing from below the Garvins Falls canal wall,
including the fish bypass plunge pool, to a point 300' downstream to the main
river;
(2) The Nashua
River as follows:
a. Jackson Mills Dam in
Nashua shall be closed to all fishing in the waters between 200 feet above and
200 feet below the dam; and
b. Mine
Falls Dam in Nashua shall be closed to all fishing in the waters 200 feet below
the dam;
(3) The
Pemigewasset River shall be closed to all fishing as follows:
a. From the Ayers Island Dam in Bristol to a
point 300 feet downstream delineated by posts set above the high water mark on
each bank of the river; and
b. The
Eastman Falls Dam in Franklin shall be closed to all fishing 150 feet
downstream marked with posts on both sides of the river; and
(4) The Lamprey River as follows:
a. The Wiswall Dam in Durham shall be closed
to all fishing in the waters 50 feet above the Wiswall Dam year round and
closed to all fishing 200 feet below Wiswall Dam between April 1 and July
31.
(See Revision Notes at chapter headings for Fis 400 and Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91 (from Fis 411.05); EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #7926, eff 1-1-04; amd by #9405, eff 3-7-09; ss by #10095, eff 2-29-12
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