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 807.11 - Fees, Amendments, Renewals or Transfers

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Fis 807.11

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) The annual fee for an aquaculture license for a commercial inland operation shall be $100. For purposes of this section, "commercial inland operation" shall include fishing preserves or fee fishing operations.

(b) The annual fee for an aquaculture license for an inland operation which is not commercial shall be $20.

(c) The annual fee for an aquaculture license for a land-based marine operation shall be $100.

(d) Fees for any aquaculture operation to be situated in marine or estuarine waters such as a bottom culture, suspended culture, or pen culture operation shall be as follows:

(1) A non-refundable $200 application fee;

(2) An annual license fee based on acreage covered by the license based on;
a. $200 per acre for bottom culture;

b. $500 per acre for suspended culture; or

c. $750 per acre for pen culture; and

(3) Any person harvesting the state's wild natural resources or cultured resources shall be charged $.015 per individual organism for American oysters and a $.01 per pound processing fee for fish taken from a pen culture.

(e) Annual commercial aquaculture licenses shall expire on December 31, but may be renewed annually as long as the operation is conducted under the conditions of the current license.

(f) Oyster aquaculture operations in Great Bay Estuary may obtain a license good for 5 consecutive calendar years pursuant to RSA 211:62-eII-b.

(g) Fees for the 5 year license shall be as follows:

(1) A non-refundable $200 application fee;

(2) A license fee based on acreage covered by the license based on:
a. $1000 per acre for bottom culture; or

b. $2500 per acre for suspended culture;

(3) Any person harvesting the state's wild natural resources or cultured resources shall be charged $.015 per individual organism for American oysters; and

(4) A surcharge in the amount of $15 to be placed into the derelict fishing gear and coastal cleanup fund, established by RSA 211:77, unless exempted in accordance with RSA 211:62-e, II-b.

(h) The 5 year license for commercial oyster aquaculture operations in Great Bay Estuary shall expire on December 31, but may be renewed as long as the operation is conducted under the conditions of the current license.

(i) The fees in (d)(3), (g)(3), and (g)(4) shall be paid annually.

(j) To amend the species on a current aquaculture license or add or change species covered by the license to a similar species within the same family, the licensee shall submit a new application, at no cost.

(k) The licensee shall submit an application for a new license for requesting a change in the type of operation or species.

(l) Renewal of an existing aquaculture license for an aquaculture operation in marine or estuarine waters shall be $100. This renewal fee shall be in addition to any fee required by Fis 807.11(d)(2), (d) (3), (g)(2), (g)(3), and (g)(4).

(m) A commercial aquaculture license may be transferred along with a sale of a business to a new owner for the duration of that license provided all requirements and conditions of the license shall be met.

(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 800) #5507, eff 11-20-92; ss by #6028, eff 4-27-95 (See Revision Note at part heading for Fis 807); ss by #6889, eff 11-21-98, EXPIRED: 11-21-06

New. #8767, INTERIM, eff 11-22-06, EXPIRED: 5-21-07

New. #8893, eff 6-5-07; ss by #10264, eff 1-29-13

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