New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Fis - Executive Director, Fish and Game Department
Chapter Fis 600 - MARINE FISHING RULES
Part Fis 607 - RULES FOR CERTAIN SHELLFISH SPECIES
Section Fis 607.04 - Waved Whelk, Buccinmum undatum, and Stimpson's Whelk, Colus stimpsoni
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Fis 607.04
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) Persons taking whelks for purposes of sale shall be subject to the following:
(1)
One pot, trap, or other contrivance for taking or holding whelks
shall be fished on a single line and buoy;
(2) When pots, traps, or other contrivances
are set on trawls, buoys plainly marked shall be set on both ends of the
trawl;
(3) Each buoy and trap shall
be permanently marked with the letter "W" and the first initial and complete
last name of the licensee;
(4) No
person shall raise, haul, or transfer any whelk trap from any coastal waters
from sunset to one hour before sunrise; and
(5) No person shall possess any whelk with an
overall shell length of less than 2.5 inches.
(b) The provisions of (a)(3),above, shall not apply to the by-catch of whelks taken from lobster traps by licensed lobster fishermen.
(c) Persons taking whelks for personal use and not for sale shall be subject to the following:
(1) Only residents shall take
whelks;
(2) Persons shall take no
more than 5 whelks per day; and
(3)
The minimum shell height for whelks shall be2.5 inches.
#6443, eff 5-15-97; ss by #8087, eff 5-27-04; ss by #10095, eff 2-29-12
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