As used in this title, the term: (1.1) “Alligator” means Alligator mississippiensis, commonly known as the American alligator. (7) “Board” means the Board of Natural Resources. (20) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of natural resources. (22) “Department” means the Department of Natural Resources. (34) “Game animals” means the following animals: bear, bobcat, deer, fox, opossum, rabbit, raccoon, sea turtles and their eggs, squirrel, cougar (Felis concolor), and all members of the families Alligatoridae and Crocodylidae. (77) “Wildlife” means any vertebrate or invertebrate animal life indigenous to this state or any species introduced or specified by the board and includes mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans, and mollusks or any part thereof(,) except that such term does not include any domestic fish produced by aquaculturalists registered under Code Section 27-4-255 or any pacific white shrimp produced or used by and lawfully contained on the premises of a pacific white shrimp aquaculturalist as those terms are defined by Code Section 2-15-2.;
Citation: Ga. Code Ann., § 27-1-2;