Game law

Game laws are statutes which regulate the right to pursue and take or kill certain kinds of fish and wild animal (game). Their scope can include the following: restricting the days to harvest fish or game, restricting the number of animals per person, restricting species harvested, and limiting weapons and fishing gear used. Hunters, fishermen and lawmakers generally agree that the purposes of such laws is to balance the needs for preservation and harvest and to manage both environment and populations of fish and game.[http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wildlife/Wildlife_Plan/WAP_pieces/WAP_App_K_Conserv_Strat_Forum.pdf] Game laws can provide a legal structure to collect license fees and other money which is used to fund conservation efforts as well as to obtain harvest information used in wildlife management practice. [http://www.wildlife.state.co.us/NR/rdonlyres/4557FC8F-2737-452F-8F56-C3C4759244BE/0/WILDLIFE_CONSERVATION_MANAGEMENT.pdf]

Recently, due to threats of anti-hunting sabotage, every state in the US has enacted hunter protection laws to protect the civil rights of citizens engaged in hunting.[http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=83]

See also

Anti-hunting
Common law
Conservation movement
Conservation law
Federal Duck Stamp
Fishing
Fox hunting legislation
Game Act 1831
Hunting
Wildlife management