30-04-07-01. Schedule of monetary values.

The following base values for wildlife are established:

1. Big game a. Deer $500 b. Pronghorn $1,000 c. Elk, moose, and bighorn sheep, see North Dakota Century Code section 20.1-01-03

2. Upland game birds a. Prairie chicken $500 b. Sage grouse $500 c. Turkey $250 d. Upland game bird (e.g., pheasant, grouse, gray partridge) $50

3. Migratory game birds a. Swan $200 b. Sandhill crane $100 c. Goose $50 d. Redhead, canvasback, pintail $75 e. All other ducks and mergansers $50 f. Other migratory game birds $50

4. Nongame birds a. Species of conservation priority (1) Level I species $400 (horned grebe, American white pelican, American bittern, Swainson's hawk, ferruginous hawk, yellow rail, willet, upland sandpiper, long-billed curlew, marbled godwit, Wilson's phalarope, Franklin's gull, black tern, black-billed cuckoo, Sprague's pipit, grasshopper sparrow, Baird's sparrow, Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow, lark bunting, chestnut-collared longspur) (2) Level II species $300 (northern harrier, prairie falcon, American avocet, short-Eared owl, red-headed woodpecker, loggerhead shrike, sedge wren, dickcissel, Le Conte's sparrow, bobolink) (3) Level III species $200 (Brewer's sparrow, McCown's, longspur)

b. Waterbirds (e.g., Egret, heron, loon, grebe) Whooping crane $1,000 Egret and heron $50 Loon $200 Grebe $50 c. Shorebirds (e.g., avocet, sandpiper, killdeer) $50 d. Raptors Golden Eagle $500 Bald Eagle $1,000 Peregrine $1,000 e. All other raptors (e.g., Vulture, hawk, owl, falcon) $100 f. All other birds $25 Except: English sparrows, blackbirds, crows, starlings No Value

5. Protected furbearers and small game mammals a. Bear $1,000 b. Bobcat and lynx $500 c. Mountain lion $1,000 d. Wolf $1,000 e. Red fox and coyote $75 f. Otter, fisher, pine marten, wolverine $200 g. All other protected furbearers $50 h. Small game mammals (e.g., rabbit, gray squirrel, fox squirrel) $25

6. Freshwater mussels The values of mussels are those listed in the American Fisheries Society Special Publication No. 35, "Investigation and Monetary Values of Fish and Freshwater Mollusk Kills", 2017. A copy is available for viewing at the Bismarck office of the North Dakota game and fish department. This publication may be purchased by writing to the following address: American Fisheries Society 5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 100 Bethesda, MD 20814

7. Fish and other aquatic species restitution values Value per Fish a. Walleye (zander, hybrids) $30 b. Sauger (suageye, hybrids) $30 c. Northern pike $30 d. Black bass (largemouth, smallmouth) $30 e. Channel catfish $30 f. Flathead catfish $30

g.	Salmon	$30
h.	Trout	$30
i.	Sunfish (bluegill, pumpkinseed, green sunfish, longear sunfish, orange spotted sunfish, hybrids)	$15
j.	Crappie (white, black)	$15
k.	Yellow perch	$15
l.	Burbot	$15
m.	White bass	$15
n.	Pallid sturgeon	$1,000
o.	Paddlefish	$500
p.	Sturgeon (lake, shovelnose)	$300
q.	Muskellunge	$300
r.	Other nongame fish	$10
s.	Live aquatic bait, including fish species (fathead minnows, creek chubs, white suckers, stickleback, and smelt), and frogs, salamanders, leeches, and crayfish	$10 per gallon, minimum of $20
t.	Turtles. The restitution values for turtles are as follows:
	(1) Painted turtle	$50 per turtle
	(2) All other turtle species	$200 per turtle

History: Effective May 1, 1984; amended effective April 1, 2006; October 1, 2020.

General Authority: NDCC 20.1-01-03

Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-01-03