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 807 - AQUACULTURE - INLAND AND MARINE
Section Fis 807.02 - License Required

(a) An aquaculture license shall be required for any person engaging in aquaculture, as defined in RSA 211:62-e, of aquatic or marine species. The license shall include fishing preserves or fee-fishing operations, but no fee under this part shall be required for a fee-fishing operation wholly contained in a permitted regulated shooting area operation specified in Fis 808.

(b) An aquaculture licensee may raise and sell bait under Fis 807 without the requirement for a bait dealer license under 214:34. Any person taking bait from the wild and then raising and selling bait shall have both licenses.

(c) An aquaculture license shall not be issued unless the applicant possesses ownership title or possesses a lease hold to all land bordering the body of water, provided the waterbody is not public waters. This provision shall not apply to marine operations.

(d) No aquaculture licenses shall be issued for any operation in a public body of freshwater supporting natural populations of fish. This provision shall not apply to marine aquaculture operations.

(e) Only areas classified as "restricted" or "conditionally restricted", by the commissioner of the department of health and human services pursuant to He-P 2150.02, due to the presence of a waste water treatment outfall shall be considered for marine aquaculture operations which include harvesting of the wild natural shellfish.

(f) No aquaculture license shall be granted if the executive director determines that any portion of the aquaculture operation would adversely impact the state's aquatic or marine resources or would impose unacceptable disease, ecological, environmental, health, safety or welfare risks to persons, the environment, aquatic or marine species as required by RSA 211:62-e.

(g) Unacceptable risk shall be determined by considering any negative impact the aquaculture operation would have on persons, the environment, indigenous aquatic or marine species using the following criteria:

(h) Aquaculture licenses shall be granted for the specific species listed on the application and permit.

(i) All importation and release of aquatic and marine species shall be in compliance with the requirements for the importation and release of wildlife in Fis 803 and Fis 805.