N.M. Stat. Ann. § 17-4-29
All persons floating logs, timber, lumber, ties or poles in any stream containing game fish shall, for each mile of the streams used, annually deposit one thousand trout fry or fingerlings at times and places designated by the department of game and fish [department of wildlife]. Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 80; Code 1915, § 2503; C.S. 1929, § 57-322; 1941 Comp., § 43-428; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-28; Laws 1963, ch. 213, § 6.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 2025, ch. 9, § 11 provided that references in law to the department of game and fish shall be deemed to be references to the department of wildlife.