N.H. Rev. Stat. § 211:29
No person, firm or corporation shall transport, possess or offer for sale lobster meat from sources outside the jurisdiction of this state unless such meat shall comply with RSA 211:27. The inclusion of any such meat of less than the prescribed legal length within any container, package, receptacle or tray shall subject all such meat included in said container, package, receptacle, or tray to be forfeited and the possessor of such meat shall be subject to the penalty imposed for violation of RSA 211:27. Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not prohibit the sale of lobsters canned in hermetically sealed cans not requiring refrigeration when the contents of the cans do not weigh over eight ounces net. Nothing in the provisions of this section or RSA 211:27 shall prohibit the processing and distributing within the state by packers or processors located within or without the state of processed lobster meat for the purpose of canning or freezing for resale as processed stews, newburgs, chowders or pies, or prohibit wholesalers and retailers from selling processed lobster meat packed in stews, newburgs, chowders or pies providing they are licensed as required by RSA 211:38.
RSA 211:29
1951, 200:3; 231:1. RSA 211:29. 1955, 308:9. 1961, 145:1, eff. May 26, 1961.