20.1-02-04. Duties of director

20.1-02-04. Duties of director

The director shall:

1. Maintain an office in Bismarck.

2. Adopt rules necessary to the conduct of the department.

3. Keep an accurate record of all the transactions and expenditures of the department

and submit a biennial report to the governor and the secretary of state in accordance

with section 54-06-04.

4. Enforce state laws involving wildlife.

5. Collect and distribute statistics and information germane to this title and publish

information and reports, including a monthly bulletin, for the education of the public in

conservation matters.

6. Examine all waters of the state and, wherever suitable waters are found, arrange to

plant, stock, or deposit available fish, spawn, or fry.

7. Cooperate with the United States fish and wildlife service, or any other appropriate

federal agency, and make applications for fish, spawn, and fry, to apportion and

deposit in waters of the state.

8. Cooperate with and assist clubs and individuals in stocking the waters of this state with

fish.

9. Remove or take from any public waters containing a surplus of fish any reasonable

quantity of fish for stocking other public waters, hatching or propagating purposes, or

exchange with other states and countries.

10. Control, construct, mark, designate, manage, and have charge of all state fish

hatcheries, state game farms, game refuges, and game reserves owned, leased, or

controlled for the propagation and protection of game birds, game animals, and fish.

11. Supervise the breeding, propagation, capture, distribution, and preservation of game

birds, game animals, and fish as the director deems advisable.

12. Adopt rules necessary for carrying out section 20.1-10-01 and these rules have the

force of law after one publication in the daily newspapers of this state.

13. Provide the necessary blank forms for making applications for licenses of all kinds and

distribute them among those authorized to sell licenses.

14. Keep a record of all permits issued for the purpose of propagation and domestication

of game birds or protected animals.