Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 70 > Chapter 6 - Enforcement of Wildlife Laws

• Agency: means the wildlife resources agency. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Commission: means the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission, and "commissioner" means a member of the fish and wildlife commission. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Executive director: means the executive director of the wildlife resources agency. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Fish: means all species of trout, salmon, walleye, northern pike, bass, crappie, bluegill, catfish, perch, sunfish, drum, carp, sucker, shad, minnow, and such other species of fish that are presently found in the state or may be introduced or transplanted into this state for consumptive or nonconsumptive use. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Hunting: means chasing, driving, flushing, attracting, pursuing, worrying, following after or on the trail of, searching for, trapping, shooting at, stalking, or lying in wait for, any wildlife, whether or not such wildlife is then or subsequently captured, killed, taken, or wounded and every act of assistance to any other person, but "hunting" does not include stalking, attracting, searching for, or lying in wait for, wildlife by an unarmed person solely for the purpose of watching wildlife or taking pictures of wildlife. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Person: means an individual, association, partnership, or corporation. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Possession: means both actual and constructive possession, and any control of the object or objects referred to. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Wild bird: means all game birds, nongame birds, and raptors. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Wildlife: means wild vertebrates, mollusks, crustaceans, and fish. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101