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Title

10

:
Conservation and Development






Chapter

103

:
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE






Subchapter

003
:
POWERS AND DUTIES










 

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4136. Propagation and distribution of fish and wild animals

The commissioner

shall have charge of the propagation and distribution of fish and wild animals,

and shall provide for the construction, maintenance and operation of fish

culture facilities, fishways, screens and weirs. The commissioner may introduce

fish into waters which are not private preserves. The commissioner may take and

transport fish and wild animals at such times and in such manner as she or he

deems proper for the artificial propagation thereof, for scientific purposes,

and for the proper management of lands owned by the state and controlled by the

fish and wildlife department. The commissioner may sell, exchange or dispose at

any time of such fish and wild animals as she or he deems for the best interest

of the state. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961; amended 1983, No.

158 (Adj. Sess.); 1991, No. 230 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)