Game laws can provide a legal structure to collect license fees and other money which is used to fund conservation efforts as well as to obtain harvest information used in wildlife management practice. Hunters, fishermen and lawmakers generally agree that the purposes of such laws is to balance the needs for preservation and harvest and to manage both environment and populations of game and fish. Limiting the weapons, gears and techniques that can be used.Restricting the region where hunting is allowed to take place, and.Restricting species, sex and age of animals allowed to be harvested.Restricting the number of animals per person.Restricting the days to harvest fish or game (i.e.The scope of game laws can include the following: Game laws are statutes which regulate the right to pursue and hunt certain kinds of wild animals ( games or quarries) and fish (although the latter often comes under the jurisdiction of fisheries law).
For laws regulating video games, see Video game controversy § Regulation of video games.
