A bill was introduced Wednesday allowing licensed hunters to catch a maximum of 80 pieces of coconut crabs for $200 and four Sambar deer on Rota for $120 each year.<\/p>\n
Rota Rep. Crispin M. Ogo\u2019s House Bill 14-266 actually expands the hunting of coconut crabs in the CNMI and the indigenous Sambar deer on Rota from once to twice a year. The bill provides that the hunting seasons shall be from Feb. 14 to March 30 and Sept. 15 to Oct. 31.<\/p>\n
Currently, the hunting for Sambar deer on Rota is only allowed from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30. Coconut crabs can be gathered only from Sept. 15 to Nov. 15.<\/p>\n
The bill imposes a $30 license fee for Sambar deer hunting, for a maximum of two licenses per season. Each license entitles the hunter to catch one Sambar deer.<\/p>\n
The coconut crab license would be $25 each for a maximum of four licenses per season.<\/p>\n
Each license entitles the hunter to a bag limit of 10 coconut crabs.<\/p>\n
The measure, however, prohibits the hunting of female Sambar deer and female coconut crabs, as well as male coconut crabs that are less than three inches wide across the back.<\/p>\n
Meantime, the bill authorizes the hunting of the Philippine Turtle Dove, Micronesian Starling, Black Drongo, and White-Throated Ground Dove from April 15 to May 31 and from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 each year.<\/p>\n
Each license shall be $10 for a maximum of once license per season. Each license entitles one to catch a total bag limit of 20 birds per season.<\/p>\n
The license for wild goats, wild pigs, wild cows, land crab, and sea crab shall be $10 each. The license entitles the hunter, except for land crab, an unlimited bag and season limit. The hunting seasons for land crab shall be from April 1 to June 30 and from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31.<\/p>\n
Further, the bill prescribes that licensees wear bright, orange-colored headgear and vest while hunting. Violators shall forfeit all the catch and shall be fined not more than $1,000 for Sambar deer, not more than $500 for coconut crabs, and not more than $100 for land crab.<\/p>\n
The sale of Sambar deer and coconut crabs shall be authorized only during the prescribed seasons.<\/p>\n
The Division of Fish and Wildlife shall promulgate rules and regulations consistent with the bill, known as the proposed Hunting Act of 2004. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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