187A-6.5  Release and confiscation ofharmful aquatic life.  (a)  No person shall release any live non-nativefish or other live non-native aquatic life being held in an aquarium or otherconfinement for scientific study, exhibition, display, sale, or for any otherpurpose, into any waters of the State, except as provided in section 187A-2(4).

(b)  The department or its agents may seize,confiscate, or destroy, as a public nuisance, any fish or other aquatic lifefound in any waters of the State and whose importation is prohibited orrestricted pursuant to rules of the department of agriculture. [L 1993, c 256,§1; am L 1999, c 195, §2]