N.D. Cent. Code § 20.1-17-06: Prohibited activities

A person may not possess, import, purchase, sell, propagate, transport, or introduce a prohibited aquatic nuisance species except:

1.Under a permit issued by the director;

2.When being transported to the department, or another destination as the director may direct, in a sealed container for purposes of identifying the species or reporting the presence of the species;

3.When being transported for disposal as part of a harvest or control activity under a permit issued by the director or when being transported as specified by the director;

4.When the specimen has been lawfully acquired dead and, in the case of plant species, all seeds are removed or are otherwise secured in a sealed container;

5.When being removed from watercraft or equipment, or caught while angling, and immediately returned to the water from which it came; or

6.As the director otherwise may prescribe by rule.