North Dakota Code 20.1-17-06 – Prohibited activities
A person may not possess, import, purchase, sell, propagate, transport, or introduce a prohibited aquatic nuisance species except:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 20.1-17-06
- Department: means the game and fish department. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Director: means the director of the department. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Introduce: means to place, release, or allow the escape of a non-native species into a free-living state. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Person: includes every partnership, association, corporation, and limited liability company. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Species: includes any subspecies of wildlife and any other group of wildlife of the same species or smaller taxa in common spatial arrangement that interbreed when mature. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Transport: means to cause or attempt to cause a species to be carried or moved into or within the state and includes accepting or receiving the species for transportation or shipment. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
1. Under a permit issued by the director; 2. When being transported to the department, or another destination as the director may direct, in a sealed container for purposes of identifying the species or reporting the presence of the species; 3. When being transported for disposal as part of a harvest or control activity under a permit issued by the director or when being transported as specified by the director; 4. When the specimen has been lawfully acquired dead and, in the case of plant species, all seeds are removed or are otherwise secured in a sealed container; 5. When being removed from watercraft or equipment, or caught while angling, and immediately returned to the water from which it came; or
6. As the director otherwise may prescribe by rule.