New Mexico Statutes Chapter 17. Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation § 17-1-26. Rulemaking power

A. The commission is authorized and directed to make rules as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of Chapter 17 NMSA 1978.

B. The rules may include, as applicable, when, where, by what means and to what extent, if at all, wildlife may be hunted, taken, captured, killed, possessed, released, bartered, sold, purchased, shipped and imported into or exported from the state.

C. In making rules, the commission may consider a species' population size and trends, migration patterns, availability of suitable habitat, response to changes in climate conditions, conservation actions necessary to sustain healthy populations and ecosystems, sustainable food supply and any other factors, natural or human-driven, that are judged to affect the health of a species or a species' ecosystem.