N.M. Admin. Code § 19.35.6.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 19.35.6.7 - DEFINITIONS

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.

N.M. Admin. Code § 19.35.6.7

19.35.6.7 NMAC - Rp, 19 NMAC 35.6.7 & 19 NMAC 36.2.7, 12/30/2013

Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXV, Issue 23, December 15, 2014, eff. 12/15/2014