N.H. Code Admin. R. Fis 612.01 – Lobster and Jonah Crab Electronic Tracking

(a) Effective February 20, 2024, no person shall fish for, take, possess, or land lobster or Jonah crab by trap from a vessel permitted by NOAA Fisheries, pursuant to 50 CFR § 697.4, to fish trap gear for lobster or Jonah crabs in the Economic Exclusion Zone without an installed, operable, and approved electronic tracking device.
(b) The approved electronic tracking device shall remain on the vessel and powered at all times when the vessel is in the water.
(c) No person shall tamper with an approved electronic tracking device or device signal.
(d) In the event of device failure or removal from the water, the vessel operator shall immediately notify the department by email at reg3@wildlife.nh.gov and must include the vessel name and NOAA Fisheries Permit number. The vessel operator must work with the department in good faith and in a timely manner to restore device operability. No vessel operator shall begin subsequent fishing trips with an inoperable device without written approval from the department.
(e) To be exempt from the requirement to install an approved electronic tracking device, an affidavit must be filed by the owner of the vessel permitted by NOAA Fisheries, pursuant to 50 CFR § 697.4, to fish trap gear for lobster or Jonah crabs in the Economic Exclusion Zone, if the following apply:
1. (1) The vessel shall not fish trap gear at any point during the fishing year; or
2. (2) The federal permit has been placed in confirmation of permit history (CPH) with NOAA Fisheries.
  Source. #13891, eff 2-21-24
  APPENDIX
  Rule(s)
  State Statute (RSA)
  Federal Statute
  Federal Regulation
  Fis 601.01 - 601.04
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 601.05 - 601.09
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 601.10 - 601.10
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 601.11
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 211:62, V
  Fis 601.12
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 602.01
  RSA 206-10, I; RSA 211:62
  Fis 602.02
  RSA 206:10; I; RSA 211:62
  Fis 602.03
  RSA 206:10; I; RSA 207:14; RSA 211:62
  Fis 602.04
  RSA 206:10; I; RSA 211:62
  Fis 602.05
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 602.06
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 602.07
  RSA 211:62
  16 USC 1801
  50 CFR 648
  Fis 602.09
  RSA 211:62, V
  16 USC 1801
  50 CFR Part 648
  Fis 602.10
  RSA 211:62
  16 USC Sec 5101
  50 CFR Part 697
  Fis 602.11
  RSA 211:26 and RSA 211:62, II & V; 16 USC Sec 5101;
  Fis 602.12
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 211:62, V; 50 CFR 697.18
  Fis 602.14 (a)
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 602.15
  RSA 211:62, II
  Fis 602.16
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 211:62, V
  16 USC Sec 5101
  50CFR Part 697
  Fis 602.16 (k)
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 602.17
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 602.18
  RSA 211:62
  16 USC 1801
  50 CFR 648
  Fis 603.19
  RSA 211:62; 16 USC 1801; 50 CFR Part 648
  Fis 603.01- 603.02
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 603.01
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 211:62, V
  Fis 603.03
  RSA 206:10; I; RSA 211:62
  Fis 603.04
  RSA 206:10 and RSA 211:62
  Fis 603.06
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 211:62, I
  Fis 603.07
  RSA 211:62
  16 USC Sec 5101 and 1801
  50 CFR 648
  Fis 603.07(j)
  RSA 211:62 VI
  Fis 603.08
  RSA 211:62, V
  16 USC § 5101
  50 CFR Part 648
  Fis 603.09
  RSA 211:62; RSA 211:27
  16 USC § 5101
  50 CFR Part 648
  Fis 603.11
  RSA 211:62 and RSA 211:27
  16 USC Sec 5101
  50CFR Part 648
  Fis 602.12
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 603.13
  RSA 211:62 and RSA 211:27
  16 USC Sec 5101
  50CFR Part 648
  Fis 603.15
  RSA 211:62, V
  16 USC § 5101
  50 CFR Part 648
  Fis 603.16
  RSA 211:62, I
  16 USC 1801
  50 CFR 648
  Fis 603.17
  RSA 206:10; I; RSA 211:62
  Fis 603.18
  RSA 211:62
  16 USC Sec 5101
  50 CFR Part 697
  Fis 603.19
  RSA 211:62, V; 16 USC 1801; 50 CFR Part 648
  Fis 603.20
  RSA 211:62; 16 USC 1801 and 5101
  Fis 603.21
  RSA 211:62
  16 USC 1801
  Fis 603.22
  RSA 211:62; 16 USC 1801; 50 CFR 648
  Fis 603.24
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:5; RSA 211:62, I;
  50 C.F.R. § 648
  Fis 603.25
  RSA 211:62, II
  Fis 603.26
  RSA 211:62, V
  16 USC § 1801
  Fis 604.01
  RSA 206:10 and RSA 211:62
  Fis 604.02
  RSA 206:10 and RSA 211:62
  Fis 604.03
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 604.06
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 211:62, V
  Fis 605.01
  RSA 211:62, II
  Fis 605.02
  RSA 206:10; I; RSA 211:62; RSA 211:62-a
  Fis 605.03
  RSA 206:10; I; RSA 211:62; RSA 211:62-a
  Fis 607.04
  RSA 206:10; I; RSA 211:62
  Fis 606.01
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 211:62
  Fis 606.02
  RSA 211:62 and RSA 143:2
  16 USC Sec 5101
  Fis 606.03
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 606.04
  RSA 211:62, I & II
  Fis 606.05
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 606.06
  RSA 211:62 and RSA 211:64-b
  Fis 606.07
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 607.01
  RSA 211:62, V
  16 USC Sec 5101
  Fis 607.02
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 211:62
  Fis 607.04
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 607.05
  RSA 211:62 and RSA 211:27
  16 USC Sec 5101
  50CFR Part 648
  Fis 607.06
  RSA 211:62, V
  Fis 608.01
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 608.02
  RSA 211:62 and RSA 211:27
  16 USC Sec 5101
  Fis 608.03
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 211:62
  Fis 608.04
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 608.05
  RSA 211:38-a
  Fis 609.01
  RSA 211:62
  16 USC Sec 5101
  Fis 609.02
  RSA 211:62 and RSA 541-A
  16 USC Sec 5101
  Fis 602.15
  RSA 211:62, II
  Fis 603.21
  RSA 211:62
  16 USC 1801
  Fis 610.01
  RSA 211:62
  Fis 610.02
  RSA 211:38-a; RSA 211:62, II
  Fis 610.03
  RSA 211:38-a; RSA 211:62, II
  Fis 611.01
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 211:62; RSA 207:48 through RSA 207:54; 50 CFR 648
  Fis 612.01
  RSA 206:10, I; RSA 211:62, V;
  50 CFR § 697.4