Chapter 131: INLAND FISHERIES AND GAME AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES
- Section 1 Definitions; rules of construction
- Section 1A Division of fisheries and wildlife; board; members
- Section 1B Removal of board members
- Section 1C Conflicts of interest
- Section 1D Reimbursement
- Section 1E Meetings
- Section 1F Director
- Section 1G Director; powers and duties
- Section 1H Bureau of wildlife research and management
- Section 1I Damage by moose or deer
- Section 2 Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 384
- Section 2A Wildland acquisition account
- Section 2B Deposit of revenues; interest
- Section 2C George L. Darey Inland Fisheries and Game Fund; funding sources; appropriations
- Section 3 Disposition of fines, penalties and forfeitures
- Section 4 Powers of director
- Section 5 Open seasons; rules and regulations
- Section 5A [There is no 131:5A.]
- Section 5B Natural heritage and endangered species program; administration; advisory committee
- Section 5C Obstruction or interference with lawful taking of fish or wildlife; remedies
- Section 6 Acquisition of rights, privileges, lands and properties
- Section 7 Wildlife sanctuaries; trusts
- Section 8 Use of wildlife sanctuaries and preserves; rules and regulations
- Section 9 Publication of order establishing wildlife sanctuary; posting
- Section 10 Hunting or trapping within wildlife sanctuary; borders posted; adoption of regulations
- Section 10A Nature preserves; designation
- Section 10B Nature preserve council
- Section 10C Release of nature preserves
- Section 10D Consultation; rules and regulations
- Section 11 Licenses; requirements; fees; trapper training courses
- Section 12 Licenses; issuance; form; display
- Section 13 Construction of licensing laws; archery or primitive firearm season on deer; migratory waterfowl season; certificates for veterans hospitals and schools for persons with intellectual disabilities
- Section 13A Wildlands conservation stamps
- Section 14 Hunter education programs; issuance of licenses to minors; target practice; confiscation of firearms
- Section 15 Issuance of special complimentary certificate to officials of other states
- Section 16 Loss or destruction of license; duplicates
- Section 17 Retention of part of license fee by issuing officer or person
- Section 17A Municipal processing fee for sale of licenses
- Section 17B Notice of intent not to sell licenses
- Section 18 License record books; payment of monies by issuing officer to director; surety bonds
- Section 19 License to put fish or spawn into inland waters; permit to import live fish or viable eggs, certification, inspection for disease, and disposition
- Section 19A Permit to import live birds or mammals; rules and regulations; inspection and testing for disease; certification; disposition
- Section 19B Transporting mammals for purpose of euthanasia; putting animal to death by drowning prohibited
- Section 19C Traveling animal exhibits and shows; animals covered; exceptions; penalties; enforcement; adoption of rules
- Section 20 Field trials for retriever or bird dogs
- Section 21 Training of hunting dogs; field trials
- Section 21A Unfair hunting practices prohibited
- Section 22 Sale of fish and game
- Section 22A Disposition of deer; rules and regulations; permits; fees
- Section 23 Propagation, dealing, etc., in fish, birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians; rules and regulations; licenses; fees
- Section 24 Dealers' licenses; sale for food purposes
- Section 25 Possession of live birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians; sale; tags; labels; accounts
- Section 25A Quarantine of diseased fish, birds, mammals, etc.; order or notice; procedures; liability for expenses
- Section 25B Quarantined animals; destruction and disposal
- Section 25C Quarantined animals; prohibited acts; penalties
- Section 26 Importation of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians; shipments; tags; violations; seizure and disposition
- Section 26A Repealed, 1990, 408, Sec. 2
- Section 27 Taxidermists' licenses; permits; accounts; shipments
- Section 28 Fur buyers' licenses; shipments; accounts
- Section 29 Natural history associations and museums, zoos
- Section 30 Permits for netting of carp and suckers
- Section 31 Commercial shooting preserves; permits; licenses
- Section 32 Licenses; expiration; loan or transfer; production for examination; suspension or revocation
- Section 33 Prohibited acts; licenses, permits, applications, certificates, tags or seals
- Section 34 Conviction for violations; surrender of license, permit or certificate
- Section 35 Failure to carry license and wear it visibly; exception under automated licensing system
- Section 36 Fishing, hunting, or trapping on private, posted land
- Section 37 Killing of game by owner or tenant of land; reports
- Section 38 Farmers; permit to trap and kill birds
- Section 39 Repealed, 1995, 38, Sec. 143
- Section 39A Berkshire county; watershed resources; natural scenic qualities
- Section 40 Removal, fill, dredging or altering of land bordering waters
- Section 40A Orders protecting inland wetlands
- Section 40B Farmland advisory board; meetings; advisory duties
- Section 41 Protection of fisheries from discharge of waste materials into inland waters
- Section 42 Protection of fish in inland waters; pollution; alteration of flows or water levels; application of section; damages
- Section 43 Poisons
- Section 44 Deposit of garbage or trash on property while hunting, fishing or trapping
- Section 45 Great ponds; public use; rules and regulations
- Section 46 Measurement of ponds
- Section 47 Riparian proprietors; enclosure of waters
- Section 48 Draining of pond, reservoir or other body of water
- Section 49 Ponds on state boundary; fishing
- Section 50 Methods of taking fish; angling, nets and seines, pots, spearing, bow and arrow
- Section 51 Taking of trout in coastal waters
- Section 52 Taking of certain fish for bait
- Section 52A Commercial taking of eels in inland waters; penalties
- Section 53 Fishing with floats; toggle fishing
- Section 54 Fish traps, nets and seines, hooks
- Section 55 Forfeiture of net, seine, or other device; forfeiture of fish
- Section 56 Special statutes relating to fisheries; alewife fisheries
- Section 57 Sundays
- Section 58 Shooting upon or across highway; hunting near dwelling
- Section 59 Reservations, parks, public lands; hunting; state forests
- Section 60 Weapons; careless or negligent use causing injury or death to another; report
- Section 61 Weapons; careless or negligent use causing damage to property or livestock; tort liability
- Section 62 Weapons; intoxicating liquor or drugs
- Section 63 Loaded shotgun or rifle in motor vehicle, aircraft or motorboat
- Section 64 Automatic firearms, machine guns or bows; use of tracer ammunition
- Section 65 Hunting from motor vehicle, snowmobile, aircraft or watercraft
- Section 65A Online shooting or spearing
- Section 66 Shotgun shells, load
- Section 67 Rifles, revolvers and pistols; caliber
- Section 68 Hunting with artificial light; swivel or pivot gun
- Section 69 Bows and arrows for hunting
- Section 70 Hunting with rifle, revolver or pistol, or by the aid of a dog; primitive firearms
- Section 71 Orange clothing while hunting
- Section 72 Deer tags
- Section 73 Hunting moose
- Section 74 Bird nests and eggs
- Section 75 Wild turkey
- Section 75A Birds of prey
- Section 76 Removal of mammal from hole, or from under ledge, stone or log
- Section 77 Ferrets; possession and use
- Section 77A Wild canid and felid hybrids
- Section 78 Protection of property by owner or tenant; transportation of firearms to or from range
- Section 79 Trap, net or snare; use restricted
- Section 80 Registration and identification of traps
- Section 80A Leghold traps and certain other devices restricted; punishment
- Section 81 Suspension of open seasons because of fire hazard
- Section 82 Dogs, running at large; protection of deer
- Section 83 Sparrows and starlings
- Section 84 Pigeons
- Section 85 Transportation of fish or other animals into or out of commonwealth
- Section 86 Property used for scientific experiments or investigations or for propagation
- Section 87 Arrest without warrant; seizures; forfeitures
- Section 88 Display of fish, game, and equipment for inspection
- Section 89 Search warrants; seizures and forfeitures
- Section 90 Penalties
- Section 90A Suspended or revoked foreign licenses; penalties for hunting, trapping or fishing or failing to return license upon suspension or revocation of license
- Section 90B Penalties for subsequent violations
- Section 91 Limitation of actions and prosecutions
- Section 92 Severability
- Section 93 to 118 Repealed, 1967, 802, Sec. 1