- A. “Applicant”: A person who has submitted an application for a permit pursuant to this rule.
- B. “Apprentice”: A person who is over the age of 14 and is in training under the direct supervision of a permittee or sub-permittee, who assists in the use of wildlife for scientific and educational purposes.
- C. “Carnivore”: Any animal within the order carnivora
- D. “Department”: The New Mexico department of game and fish.
- E. “Director”: Shall mean the director of the department of game and fish.
- F. “Designated cooperator”: Shall mean a person designated in writing by the director of the department of game and fish, as an official cooperator of the agency.
- G. “Educational purposes”: Shall mean the possession or take of protected wildlife as specimens for educational programs and instructional display as approved by the department.
- H. “Permit”: A document issued pursuant to this rule that authorizes a person to conduct specific activities involving protected wildlife.
- I. “Protected wildlife”: Shall mean those taxonomic groups listed in Chapter 17, NMSA 1978, including any species that are listed as either state or federally threatened or endangered.
- J. “Scientific purposes”: Shall mean the possession or take of protected wildlife for conducting research or monitoring for management purposes, as approved by the department.
- K. “Sub-permittee”: Shall mean a person authorized by a permit to conduct specified activities in the absence of a permit holder.
- L. “Take”: Shall mean the act of killing, capturing, pursuing, harassing, salvaging, retaining, or sacrificing protected wildlife by any means or device including attempting to take by the use of any method.
[19.35.6.7 NMAC - Rp, 19 NMAC 35.6.7 & 19 NMAC 36.2.7, 12/30/2013; A, 12/15/2014]