Powers
The Director of Game and Inland Fisheries has the power to:
- Enforce all laws for the protection, propagation and preservation of game birds, game animals, and inland fish of the Commonwealth,
- Initiate prosecution of all persons who violate such laws,
- Seize and confiscate wild birds, wild animals and fish that have been illegally killed, caught, transported or shipped,
- Employ persons necessary for the administrative requirements of the Board and to designate the official position and duties of each,
- Collaborate with the federal government on fish and wildlife projects,
- Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of his duties and the execution of his powers.
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