Section Fis 603.24 - Possession Exceeding Daily Limit (Recreational)(a) Except as provided in this section, no person shall possess, while on coastal and estuarine waters, or when leaving such waters, more marine species than that person may lawfully take in one day.(b) Such possession shall be prima facie evidence that those marine species exceeding the applicable single day limit, but less than the 2 day limit set by RSA 207:5, were unlawfully taken by the possessor.(c) A charter boat or party boat licensed pursuant to RSA 214:9, XVI (b) may possess up to twice the single day limit of cod or haddock per person on the vessel if: (1) At least 5 working days prior to the commencement of the trip, the owner or operator of the boat notifies in writing the New Hampshire fish and game department's law enforcement district six chief of the owner's or operator's intent to possess up to twice the per person single day limit of cod or haddock;(2) The boat is on a trip that occurs on more than one day; and(3) The boat's owner or operator presents 2 day's Vessel Trip Reports for the trip as required under 50 C.F.R. § 648 upon landing to the executive director or his agent.(d) As used in this section, "day" means a calendar day.N.H. Admin. Code § Fis 603.24
Adopted byVolume XXXIV Number 46, Filed November 13, 2014, Proposed by #10710, Effective 1/1/2015, Expires1/1/2025.The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Number 50, eff. 11/25/2024 is not yet available.