New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Fis - Executive Director, Fish and Game Department
Chapter Fis 800 - THE IMPORTATION, POSSESSION AND USE OF ALL WILDLIFE
Part Fis 803 - IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE
Section Fis 803.06 - Controlled Species - Importation
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) A permit to import wildlife shall be required for all species, including hybrids, designated as controlled as cited in Table 800.01.
(b) A permit shall be issued only to a person in the permittee category(ies), as defined in Fis 802.01, and cited in Table 800.1 below:
Table 800.1 Controlled Species Table
PERMITTEE CATEGORY |
SPECIES |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
|
Amphibians |
1,5 |
American toad |
Anaxyrus americanus |
5 |
Fowler's toad |
Anaxyrus fowleri |
|
1,5 |
Gray treefrog |
Hyla versicolor |
|
1,5 |
Spring peeper |
Pseudacris crucifer |
|
1,5 |
American bullfrog |
Lithobates catesbeiana |
|
1,5 |
Green frog |
Lithobates clamitans |
|
1,5 |
Pickerel frog |
Lithobates palustris |
|
5 |
Northern leopard frog |
Lithobates pipiens |
|
1,5 |
Mink frog |
Lithobates septentrionalis |
|
1,5 |
Wood frog |
Lithobates sylvatica |
|
5 |
Jefferson salamander |
Ambystoma jeffersonianum |
|
5 |
Blue-spotted salamander |
Ambystoma laterale |
|
5 |
Jefferson X blue-spotted salamander hybrids |
Ambystoma jeffersonianum X laterale |
|
1,5 |
Spotted salamander |
Ambystoma maculatum |
|
5 |
Marbled salamander |
Ambystoma opacum |
|
1,5 |
Northern two-lined salamander |
Eurycea bislineata |
|
1,5 |
Northern dusky salamander |
Desmognathus fuscus |
|
5 |
Spring salamander |
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus |
|
5 |
Four-toed salamander |
Hemidactylium scutatum |
|
1,5 |
Eastern red-backed salamander |
Plethodon cinereus |
|
5 |
Northern slimy salamander |
Plethodon glutinosus |
|
5 |
Common Mudpuppy |
Necturus maculosus |
|
1,5 |
Red-spotted newt |
Notophthalmus viridescens |
|
Reptiles |
|||
5 |
Alligator |
Alligatoridae, spp |
|
5 |
Crocodile |
Crocodylidae, spp |
|
5 |
All venomous reptiles |
||
5 |
Blanding's turtles |
Emydoidea blandingii |
|
5 |
Eastern box turtles |
Terrapene carolina carolina |
|
5 |
Spotted turtles |
Clemmys guttata |
|
5 |
Wood turtles |
Glyptemys insculpta |
|
1,5 |
Musk turtle |
Sternotherus odoratus |
|
1,5 |
Painted turtle |
Chrysemys picta |
|
1,5 |
Snapping turtle |
Chelydra serpentina |
|
5 |
Black racer |
Coluber constrictor |
|
1,5 |
Ring-necked snake |
Diadophis punctatus |
|
5 |
Eastern hognose snake |
Heterodon platirhinos |
|
1,5 |
Eastern milksnake |
Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum |
|
1,5 |
Northern watersnake |
Nerodia sipedon |
|
5 |
Smooth greensnake |
Opheodrys vernalis |
|
1,5 |
Brown snake |
Storeria dekayi |
|
1,5 |
Red-bellied snake |
Storeria occipitomaculata |
|
5 |
Ribbon snake |
Thamnophis sauritus |
|
1,5 |
Garter snake |
Thamnophis sirtalis |
|
Fish |
|||
1, 6 |
Tilapia |
||
1, 6 |
Hybrid striped bass |
||
1, 6 |
Alewife |
Alosa pseudoharengus |
|
1, 6 |
American brook lamprey |
Lethenteron appendix |
|
1, 6 |
American Eel |
Anguilla rostrata |
|
1, 6 |
American Shad |
Alosa sapidissima |
|
1, 6 |
Atlantic Salmon |
Salmo salar |
|
1, 6 |
Banded Killifish |
Fundulus diaphanus |
|
1, 6 |
Banded Sunfish |
Enneacanthus obesus |
|
1, 6 |
Black Crappie |
Pomoxis nigromaculatus |
|
1, 6 |
Blacknose Dace |
Rhinichthys atratulus |
|
1, 6 |
Blacknose Shiner |
Notropis heterolepis |
|
1, 6 |
Blueback Herring |
Alosa aestivalis |
|
1, 6 |
Bluegill |
Lepomis macrochirus |
|
1, 6 |
Bridle Shiner |
Notropis bifrenatus |
|
1, 6 |
Brook Trout |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
|
1, 6 |
Brown Bullhead |
Ameiurus nebulosus |
|
1, 6 |
Brown Trout |
Salmo trutta |
|
1, 6 |
Burbot |
Lota lota |
|
1, 6 |
Chain Pickerel |
Esox niger |
|
1, 6 |
Channel Catfish |
Ictalurus punctatus |
|
1, 6 |
Common Shiner |
Luxilus cornutus |
|
1, 6 |
Common White Sucker |
Catostomus commersoni |
|
1, 6 |
Creek Chub |
Semotilus atromaculatus |
|
1, 6 |
Eastern Creek Chubsucker |
Erimyzon oblongus |
|
1, 6 |
Eastern Silvery Minnow |
Hybognathus regius |
|
1, 6 |
Emerald Shiner |
Notropis atherinoides |
|
1, 6 |
Fallfish |
Semotilus corporalis |
|
1, 6 |
Fathead Minnow |
Pimephales promelas |
|
1, 6 |
Finescale Dace |
Chrosomus neogaeus |
|
1, 6 |
Fourspine Stickleback |
Apeltes quadracus |
|
1, 6 |
Golden Shiner |
Notemigonus crysoleucas |
|
1, 6 |
Lake Chub |
Couesius plumbeus |
|
1, 6 |
Lake Trout |
Salvelinus namaycush |
|
1, 6 |
Lake Whitefish |
Coregonus clupeaformis |
|
1, 6 |
Largemouth Bass |
Micropterus salmoides |
|
1, 6 |
Longnose Dace |
Rhinichthys cataractae |
|
1, 6 |
Longnose Sucker |
Catostomus catostomus |
|
1, 6 |
Margined Madtom |
Noturus insignis |
|
1, 6 |
Mummichog |
Fundulus heteroclitus |
|
1, 6 |
Ninespine Stickleback |
Pungitius pungitius |
|
1, 6 |
Northern Pike |
Esox lucius |
|
1, 6 |
Northern Redbelly Dace |
Chrosomus eos |
|
1, 6 |
Pumpkinseed |
Lepomis gibbosus |
|
1, 6 |
Rainbow Smelt |
Osmerus mordax |
|
1, 6 |
Rainbow Trout |
Oncorhynchus mykiss |
|
1, 6 |
Redbreast Sunfish |
Lepomis auritus |
|
1, 6 |
Redfin Pickerel |
Esox americanus americanus |
|
1, 6 |
Rock Bass |
Ambloplites rupestris |
|
1, 6 |
Round Whitefish |
Prosopium cylindraceum |
|
1, 6 |
Sea Lamprey |
Petromyzon marinus |
|
1, 6 |
Slimy Sculpin |
Cottus cognatus |
|
1, 6 |
Smallmouth Bass |
Micropterus dolomieui |
|
1, 6 |
Splake |
hybrid (brook x lake trout) |
|
1, 6 |
Spottail Shiner |
Notropis hudsonius |
|
1, 6 |
Sunapee Trout |
Salvelinus aureolus |
|
1, 6 |
Swamp Darter |
Etheostoma fusiforme |
|
1, 6 |
Tadpole Madtom |
Noturus gyrinus |
|
1, 6 |
Tessellated Darter |
Etheostoma olmstedi |
|
1, 6 |
Threespine Stickleback |
Gasterosteus aculeatus |
|
1, 6 |
Tiger Trout |
hybrid (brown x brook trout) |
|
1, 6 |
Walleye |
Sander vitreus |
|
1, 6 |
White Perch |
Morone americana |
|
1, 6 |
Yellow Bullhead |
Ameiurus natalis |
|
1, 6 |
Yellow Perch |
Perca flavescens |
|
Birds |
|||
5 |
All indigenous species |
||
1, 2, 5 |
All waterfowl, indigenous or naturalized, except: |
||
5 |
Mute swans |
Cygnus olor |
|
Mallard, listed as noncontrolled in Fis 803.02(b)(6)q. |
|||
5 |
Grouse, Ruffed |
Bonasa umbellus |
|
5 |
Grouse, Spruce |
Dendragapus canadensis |
|
5 |
Crow, Pied |
||
5 |
Buzzard, European |
||
Mammals |
|||
5 |
Agouti, Red rumped |
||
5 |
Anteater, Lesser |
||
5 |
Armadillo |
||
5 |
Badger, American |
Taxida taxus |
|
5 |
Barbary Sheep |
||
5 |
Bear, Black |
Ursus americanus |
|
5 |
Bear, Grizzly |
Ursus horrilibus |
|
5 |
Beaver |
Castor canadensis |
|
5 |
Binturong |
A. binturong |
|
5 |
Bobcat |
Lynx rufus |
|
5 |
Caracal |
Felis caracal |
|
5 |
Chipmunk, Eastern |
Tamias striatus |
|
5 |
Coatimundi |
Nasua nasua |
|
5 |
Cottontail, Eastern |
Sylvilagus floridanus |
|
5 |
Cottontail, New England |
Sylvilagus transitionalis |
|
5 |
Cougar |
Felis concolor |
|
5 |
Coyote |
Canis latrans |
|
5 |
Dama Wallaby |
||
5 |
Elephant |
Elaphus maximus, Loxodonta africans |
|
5 |
Fisher |
Martes pennanti |
|
5 |
Fox, Fenec, Arctic |
||
5 |
Fox, gray |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
|
5 |
Fox, red |
Vulpes vulpes |
|
5 |
Genet |
Genetta spp |
|
5 |
Giraffe |
||
2, 4, 5 |
Hare, snowshoe |
Lepus americanus |
|
5 |
Hyena |
||
5 |
Kangaroo |
||
5 |
Kinkajou; |
Potos flavus |
|
5 |
Jaguar, Black, Spotted |
Panthera onca |
|
5 |
Lemming, Northern Bog |
Synaptomys borealis |
|
5 |
Lemming, Southern Bog |
Synaptomys cooperi |
|
5 |
Leopard, Snow, Black, Spotted, Clouded |
Panthera uncia, P. pardus, P.neofelis, P. nebulosa |
|
5 |
Lion |
Panthera leo |
|
5 |
Lynx, Canada/ |
Lynx canadensis |
|
5 |
Lynx, Eurasian/ Siberian |
Lynx lynx |
|
5 |
Marten |
Martes americana |
|
5 |
Mink |
Mustela vison |
|
5 |
Mole, Hairy-tailed |
Parascalops breweri |
|
5 |
Mole, Star-nosed |
Condylura cristata |
|
5 |
Mongoose |
H. pulverulentus |
|
5 |
Mouse, Deer |
Peromyscus maniculatus |
|
5 |
Mouse, Meadow Jumping |
Zapus hudsonius |
|
5 |
Mouse, White-footed |
Peromyscus leucopus |
|
5 |
Mouse, Woodland Jumping |
Napaeozapus insignis |
|
5 |
Muskrat |
Odontra zibethicus |
|
5 |
Opossum, Virginia |
Didelphis virginiana |
|
5 |
Otter, River |
Lutra canadensis |
|
5 |
Patagonian Cavy |
Doli salincola |
|
5 |
Peccarries, Collared |
||
5 |
Pipistrelle, Eastern |
Pipistrellus subflavus |
|
5 |
Porcupine |
Erethizon dorsatum |
|
5 |
Porcupine, African Crested |
Hystrix cristata |
|
5 |
Porpoise |
Phocaena spp. |
|
5 |
Prairie Dog |
Cynomys spp. |
|
5 |
Primates, to include: |
||
Chimpanzee |
Pan troglodytes |
||
Gorilla |
Gorilla gorilla |
||
Orangutan |
Pongo sygmaeus |
||
Baboons |
Papio spp |
||
Spider Monkey |
Ateles spp |
||
Squirrel Monkey |
Saimiri, spp |
||
Capuchin |
Cebus, spp |
||
Rhesus |
Macaca mulatta |
||
5 |
Marmoset, Guenon(s), Celebes macaque, |
Cercopihecus spp. |
|
5 |
Raccoon |
Procyon lotor |
|
5 |
Seal, Harbor |
Phoca vitulina |
|
5 |
Serval, African |
Felis serval |
|
5 |
Shrew, Long-tailed |
Sorex dispar |
|
5 |
Shrew, Masked |
Sorex cinereus |
|
5 |
Shrew, Pygmy |
Sorex hoyi |
|
5 |
Shrew, Short-tailed |
Blarina brevicauda |
|
5 |
Shrew, Smoky |
Sorex fumeus |
|
5 |
Shrew, Water |
Sorex palustris |
|
5 |
Skunk, striped |
Mephitis mephitis |
|
5 |
Springhare |
||
5 |
Squirrel, Gray |
Sciurus carolinensis |
|
5 |
Squirrel, Northern Flying |
Glaucomys sabrinus |
|
5 |
Squirrel, Red |
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus |
|
5 |
Squirrel, Southern Flying |
Glaucomys volans |
|
5 |
Tenrec, Giant Lowland streaked |
||
5 |
Tigers |
Panthera tigeris |
|
5 |
Two-Toed Sloth |
Choloepus didactylus |
|
5 |
Vole, Meadow |
Microtus pennsylvanicus |
|
5 |
Vole, Northern Red-backed |
Clethrionomys gapperi |
|
5 |
Vole, Rock |
Microtus chrotorrhinus |
|
5 |
Vole, Woodland |
Microtus pinetorum |
|
5 |
Wallaby Tammar, Bennett, Dama |
||
5 |
Weasel, Least |
Erminea rixosa |
|
5 |
Weasel, Long-tailed |
Mustela frenata |
|
5 |
Weasel, Short-tailed |
Mustela erminea |
|
5 |
Wolf |
Canis lupus |
|
5 |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
|
5 |
Woodchuck |
Marmota monax |
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