New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 31 - HUNTING AND FISHING
Part 4 - FISHERIES
Section 19.31.4.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Specific terms as used in this regulation are defined.
A. "Angling" shall mean taking or attempting to take fish by hook and line, with the line held in the hand or attached to a pole or rod or other device that is held in the hand or closely attended. "Fishing" shall be synonymous to "angling".
B. "Bait fish" is defined as those nongame fish which are not otherwise protected by statute or regulation.
C. "Barbless lure or fly" shall mean an artificial lure made of wood, metal, or hard plastic or an artificial fly made from fur, feathers, other animal or man-made materials tied onto a hook to resemble or simulate insects, bait fish, or other foods. A fly or lure may only bear a single hook, from which any or all barbs must be removed or bent completely closed, or which are manufactured without barbs. Living or dead arthropods and annelids, or rubber or plastic moldings of these or other foods are not included.
D. Boundary descriptions
E. "Chum" as used herein, is organic material that is not injurious to aquatic life and is used to attract fish.
F. "Daily bag limit" shall mean the number of fish that can be legally harvested within a calendar day.
G. "Daylight hours" shall mean from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
H. "Snagging" as used herein, is the intentional taking of fish with hooks, gang hooks, or similar devices where the fish is hooked in a part of the body other than the mouth.
