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 804 - POSSESSION OF WILDLIFE
Section Fis 804.03 - Prohibited Species - Possession

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Fis 804.03

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) No person shall be issued a permit to possess wildlife that has been designated as prohibited as specified in Fis 804.03(b) or Fis 804.04(b).

(b) For the purposes of this part, the following species or groups of wildlife shall be designated as prohibited:

(1) The following invertebrates:
a. Zebra mussel(Dreissena polymorpha, D. bugensis);

b. Spiny waterflea (Bythotrephes cederstroemi);

c. Fishhook waterflea (Cercopagis pengoi);

d. All non-indigenous crayfish; and

e. Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea); and

(2) The following fish:
a. Walking catfish (Clarias batrachus);

b. White amur/grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella);

c. Black carp (Mylopharyngodaon piceus);

d. European rudd (Scardinius erythophthalmus);

e. Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus);

f. Tubenose goby (Proterhinus marmoratus);

g. Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus);

h. Snakeheads (Family: Channidae);

i. Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis); and

j. Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix).

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