NAC503.097. Collection of unprotected wildlife for commercial purposes: General requirements.

A person granted a permit to collect unprotected wildlife for commercial purposes pursuant to NAC 503.095, 503.513 or 503.545 shall:

     1. Comply with the terms, conditions and restrictions of the permit.

     2. Immediately release, unharmed, any wildlife not authorized by the permit.

     3. Allow at reasonable times any person employed by the Department who is authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter free and unrestricted access to logs of transactions, records of collection and, for the purpose of inspecting the wildlife, the area or areas where the holder of a permit is collecting, possessing, storing or shipping unprotected wildlife.

     4. If required by the Department, maintain daily records of the unprotected wildlife he or she has taken. Not later than the 10th day of each month, the Department must receive from the holder of the permit a report which summarizes the daily records of the previous month. The holder of the permit shall, as required by the Department, include on the report:

     (a) The total number of unprotected wildlife collected, by individual species;

     (b) The sex and age of each specimen of wildlife collected, if known;

     (c) A description of the location at which each specimen of wildlife was collected, as designated by:

          (1) Township, range and sections;

          (2) Coordinates of the Universal Transverse Mercator, within plus or minus 800 meters; or

          (3) Other system of coordinates approved by the Department; and

     (d) A description of the habitat from which the specimen of wildlife was collected.

     5. If required by the Department, maintain an annual chronological, written log of each transaction which involves the sale, barter, trade or other transfer of the specimen of wildlife collected or possessed under the authority of his or her permit. The holder of the permit shall record each such transaction in the log not later than the end of the business day on which the transaction occurred. The holder of the permit shall include in the log:

     (a) The name and address of each person to whom the wildlife is transferred;

     (b) The species of wildlife transferred and the number of each such species transferred; and

     (c) The date of the transfer.

Ê The holder of the permit shall maintain the annual log for at least 2 years after the date of the expiration of the permit to which the log applies.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, eff. 4-26-89; A 5-22-97)