New Jersey Statutes - Title 23 Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals

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New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1 Definitions.
23:1-1. As used in this title: "Assistant protector" or "assistant fish and game protector" means the Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Law...
New Jersey Statutes 23:1-2 "Waters of this state" construed
As used in this title, the term "waters of this state" means all the fresh waters of this state. All ponds, lakes and waters created...
New Jersey Statutes 23:1-3 Season includes date of beginning and end
When, in this title, a day of the month is given for the beginning or end of an open or close season, that day of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:1-4 Inapplicability to public museums or natural history societies
This title shall not apply to a public museum or natural history society of this State so as to prevent the collection of specimens for...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-2 Powers and duties of board; annual report
The duties of the board shall be the protection and propagation of fish, birds and game animals, enforcement of the laws relating thereto, propagation and...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-2.1 Open season suspended or curtailed by proclamation closing lands to entry; new open season
Whenever pursuant to law the Governor shall, by proclamation, close any forests, woodlands or open lands to entry, and any open season for taking fish,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-3 Stocking with fish, birds and game restricted to certain places
The board may stock with fish, birds and game only such lands and waters of the state as are open to all anglers and hunters...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-4 Protector, assistant protector and wardens; appointment; compensation
The division may appoint such number of competent men as may be determined to be necessary, within the limits of available appropriations therefor, and subject...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-5 Payment of compensation and expenses
The compensation and expenses incurred under this title may be paid by the state treasurer, on warrants of the state comptroller, on bills properly approved...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-6 Powers and duties of protector and wardens
The wardens shall enforce all the laws of this state for the protection of fish, birds and game animals, and may execute all processes issued...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-7 Wardens may be armed
The board, with the approval of the governor, may in writing authorize any of its salaried wardens to have in possession and carry a revolver,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-8 Summary arrest; aid by peace officers
The council, the wardens, the deputy wardens and the protector shall have the power of summary arrest in cases of flagrant violation of this Title,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-9 Payment of appropriations
All moneys appropriated for the compensation of the protector, the wardens and the general and incidental expenses of the board shall be paid by the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-10 Deputy wardens; appointment
The board may appoint such deputy fish and game wardens as it deems necessary for the better enforcement of the laws regulating the taking of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-11 Power and authority of deputies
The deputy conservation officers shall have the power and authority of conservation officers to enforce Title 23 and the Fish and Game Code, and shall...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2-12 Impersonating warden; penalty
A person who, not being a warden or a deputy warden of this state, shall: a. Falsely pretend that he is such; or b. Impersonate...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-1 Short title
This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act." L.1973, c. 309, s. 1, eff. Dec. 14,
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-2 Legislative findings and declaration
The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: a. That it is the policy of this State to manage all forms of wildlife to insure...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-3 Definitions
For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection;...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-4 Investigations; determinations; management programs; list of endangered species
a. The commissioner shall conduct investigations concerning wildlife in order to develop information relating to populations, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors and other biological and...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-5 Rules and regulations; inspections; fees
a. The commissioner shall have the power to formulate and promulgate, adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations, limiting, controlling and prohibiting the taking, possession,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-6 Taking, possession, transportation, sale of endangered species or regulated nongame species
Except as otherwise provided in this act or regulations adopted thereunder, no person shall take, possess, transport, export, process, sell or offer for sale, or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-7 Programs for conservation and management; agreements; cooperation with and acceptance of funds from other agencies; committee of experts
a. The commissioner shall establish such programs, including acquisition of land or aquatic habitats, as are deemed necessary for the conservation and management of nongame...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-8 Obstruction, hindrance or delay of personnel of department
No person shall obstruct, hinder or delay, or interfere with by force or otherwise, the performance by the department or its personnel of any duty...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-9 Investigation of suspected violators
Whenever the department has cause to believe that any person is violating any provision of this act, or a rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-10 Violations; penalties; enforcement.
10. a. Whenever, on the basis of available information, the commissioner finds that a person is in violation of the provisions of P.L.1973, c.309, or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-11 Severability
If any provision of this act or rule or regulation adopted hereunder or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-12 Functions, powers and duties of department under other laws
The powers, duties and functions vested in the State Department of Environmental Protection under the provisions of this act shall not be construed to limit...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-13 Liberal construction of act
This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose and intent thereof. L.1973, c. 309, s. 13, eff. Dec. 14, 1973.
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-14 Intentional feeding of black bears prohibited; violations, penalties
1. a. No person shall: (1) feed, give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any edible material or attractant with the intention...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-15 Matching funds for certain federal grants to benefit wildlife, wildlife habitat.
1. a. There shall be appropriated each fiscal year to the Department of Environmental Protection a sum sufficient to provide the State match required to...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-1 Short title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Marine Fisheries Management and Commercial Fisheries Act." L.1979, c. 199, s. 1, eff. Sept....
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-2 Legislative findings; state policy
a. The Legislature hereby finds that: (1) The fisheries resources of the State make a material contribution to our economy and food supply, as well...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-3 Definitions
As used in this act: a. "Aquaculture" means the propagation and rearing of aquatic species in controlled or selected environments; b. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-4 Marine Fisheries Council.
4. There is hereby created in the department a Marine Fisheries Council, which shall consist of 11 members, nine of whom shall be appointed...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-5 Powers and duties of council
The Marine Fisheries Council shall: a. Contribute to the preparation and revision of fisheries management plans; b. Be empowered to disapprove, within 60 days of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-6 Preparation of fisheries management plans; rules and regulations
The commissioner shall prepare fisheries management plans for each major fishery in the State, with the advice and assistance of the council, and if deemed...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-7 Powers and duties of commissioner
The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: a. Administer and enforce the laws, rules and regulations relating to fisheries resources; b. Appoint the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-8 Management of shared fisheries resources; cooperation to develop integrated management plans; reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions
In the management of fisheries resources which are shared by the State of New Jersey with other states or with other states and the Federal...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-9 Disclosure of information by persons taking fisheries resources; records, books or accounts; audits
a. The commissioner may by regulation require that every person, who takes fisheries resources, provide information on the species, number, weight, and any other information...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-10 Aquaculture task force; commercial fisheries development task force; members; duties; report
For a period of 2 years from the effective date of this act the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-11 Interference or damage to devices used to take fish
No person shall, willfully and without reasonable cause, interfere with, break, damage or destroy any net, trap, seine, fyke pot or any other device used...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-12 Enforcement of marine management statutes, rules and regulations; duties and training of marine police; reports
The marine police shall devote a sufficient number of hours and sufficient resources to the enforcement of the marine management statutes and rules and regulations...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-13 Review of previously adopted rules and regulations.
63. Within one year after the effective date of P.L.1979, c.199 (C.23:2B-1 et al.), the commissioner shall review all rules and regulations previously adopted...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-14 "Act" defined, penalties; enforcement
73. For purposes of this section, the "act" means and includes all the new sections and amended sections contained herein, all the remaining sections of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-15 Division of fish, game and wildlife; fish and game council; continuance of functions, powers and duties
a. The Division of Fish, Game and Shellfisheries is continued and constituted as the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-15.1 Division of Fish and Wildlife constituted.
2. a. The Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife is continued and constituted as the Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-16 Severability; liberal construction
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-17 Pending actions or proceedings; preexisting orders, rules and regulations
This act shall not affect, impair or invalidate any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, brought by or against the department, pending on the effective...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-18 Saltwater recreational anglers license
Nothing in this act shall authorize the imposition of a saltwater recreational anglers license on any person. L.1979, c. 199, s. 82, eff. Sept. 19,
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-19 Taking, processing of fish on certain vessels in marine waters prohibited.
1. No person may take or process fish while on a vessel greater than 165 feet in length while in marine waters.
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-20 Findings, declarations, determinations relative to horseshoe crab and shorebird conservation.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that each spring more than a million shorebirds of six species, including the red knot, ruddy turnstone, sanderling,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-21 Moratorium on taking of horseshoe crabs, exceptions; shorebird management plan.
2. a. Except as provided pursuant to subsection b. or c. of this section, there shall be a moratorium on the taking in the State...
New Jersey Statutes 23:2B-22 Registry program for saltwater recreational anglers; violations, penalties.
1. a. The commissioner, in consultation with the Marine Fisheries Council, shall establish and implement a registry program for saltwater recreational anglers, which program shall...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-1 License for hunting, fishing or trapping; penalty; exemptions.
23:3-1. a. A person shall not at any time hunt, take or attempt to take, kill or pursue, with a gun or any firearm of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-1b "Free fishing" days
The Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, after consultation with the Fish and Game Council, shall select two days in any given 12-month period, and...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-1c Application fee for each permit, license.
9. The division is authorized to charge a $2.00 nonrefundable application fee, in addition to any other permit or license fees authorized by law,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-1d Pennsylvania fishing license holders permitted to fish in Delaware river
3. A valid fishing license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall constitute a proper license, as required pursuant to subsection a. of R.S. 23:3-1,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-1e Members of New Jersey National Guard, disabled veterans exempt from certain fees.
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, no fee, including application fees and issuance fees, may be charged of an applicant...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-1f Certification of reduction in "hunters' and anglers' license fund" for free NG licensees
2. At the end of each fiscal year, the Director of the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife shall certify to the Director of the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-1g Fee for hunting migratory birds.
6. For the purpose of meeting the costs of complying with information collection activities mandated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-1.1 "All Around Sportsman License."
11. a. The division shall issue a special license combining the resident's firearm hunting license, the resident's bow and arrow license and the resident's fishing...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-2 Minimum age for issuance of license; misrepresentation; penalty.
23:3-2. Except as provided in R.S.23:3-3, no license to hunt, pursue or kill with a gun or any firearm any game bird, wild animal or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-3 Youth hunting license.
23:3-3. The division may, in its discretion, issue a youth hunting license to a citizen of the United States above 10 years and under 16...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4 Types of licenses; fees.
23:3-4. The licenses issued under this article shall be as follows: a. A license issued to a person above 16 years of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4.1 One-day license; fee.
2. The division may, in its discretion, issue a license to a person above the age of 16 years authorizing him to hunt for...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4.2 Applicants 10 or over; certificate showing completion of gun safety course
Notwithstanding any provisions contained in sections 23:3-1 to 23:3-22 of the Revised Statutes, concerning the issuance of resident or nonresident hunting licenses, at the time...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4.3 Instructors of methods of handling firearms
The Division of Fish and Game in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development shall have authority to designate duly qualified persons to act as...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4.4 Forwarding of certificates
The license issuing clerk or agent designated under section 23:3-7 of the Revised Statutes to issue licenses shall forward such certificates to the division, attached...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4.5 Instruction and certificate to be without charge
No charge shall be made for any certificate or instruction given to a person to qualify him to purchase a hunting license. L.1954, c. 57,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4.6 Application to issuance of youth hunting licenses.
5. This act shall also apply to the issuance of youth hunting licenses under R.S.23:3-3, and all applicants for such licenses shall be required...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4.7 Issuance of license to person over 10 without submission of license of previous year or certificate; prohibition; obtaining license under false information; penalty
No license issuing agent shall issue a hunting license to a person above the age of 10, who has not submitted his hunting license of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4.8 Effective date
This act shall take effect on January 1, 1955. L.1954, c. 57, p. 407, s. 7.
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4.9 Special limited fishing licenses; issuance; fee
The Director of the Division of Fish and Game in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development may issue special limited licenses authorizing designated persons...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4.10 Migrant or farm labor camp resident; issuance of license
The division may, in its discretion, issue a resident's fishing license or resident's family fishing license to a citizen of the United States above 14...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-4.11 Rifle permit; fee.
8. All persons in possession of a muzzleloader rifle or other rifle while hunting or trapping shall have in their possession, in addition to...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-5 Button or tag worn by licensee
The button or tag shall bear a number corresponding to the number of the license delivered to the applicant for a hunting license and any...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-6 License blanks and buttons or tags
The division shall determine the form of the license and button or tag, prepare the license blanks and buttons or tags, and furnish license blanks...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7 Issuance of license and buttons or tags
The licenses and buttons or tags shall be procured from the clerk of any county or municipality or from any agent designated by the Division...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.1 Certificate of completion of bow and arrow safety course; necessity
Notwithstanding any provisions contained in sections 23:3-1 to 23:3-22 of the Revised Statutes, concerning the issuance of resident or nonresident bow and arrow licenses, any...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.2 Instruction agents; issuance of certificates
The Division of Fish and Game in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development shall have authority to designate duly qualified persons to act as...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.3 Forwarding certificates to division
The license issuing clerk or agent designated under section 23:3-7 of the Revised Statutes to issue licenses shall forward such certificates to the division, attached...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.4 Charge for certificate or instruction
No charge shall be made for any certificate or instruction given to a person to qualify him to purchase a bow and arrow license. L.1957,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.5 Application to issuance of youth hunting licenses.
5. This act shall also apply to the issuance of youth hunting licenses under R.S.23:3-3, and all applicants for such licenses shall be required...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.6 Issuance of bow and arrow licenses to uncertified persons; prohibition; penalty for obtaining license under false information
No license issuing agent shall issue a bow and arrow license to any person who has not been issued a bow and arrow license in...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.7 Effective date
This act shall take effect on January 1, 1958. L.1957, c. 195, p. 700, s. 7.
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.8 Trapping license; application; certificate of completion of course in trapping methods; renewal
Notwithstanding any provisions contained in R.S. 23:3-1 to 23:3-22, concerning the issuance of a resident or nonresident trapping license, at the time an application for...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.9 Designation of agents to give instructions and issue certificates
The division shall have authority to designate duly qualified persons to act as its agents in the giving of instructions in methods of trapping and...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.10 Certificate; forwarding to division
The license issuing clerk or agent designated under R.S. 23:3-7 to issue licenses shall forward such certificate to the division with his monthly returns. L.1977,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.11 No charge for certificate or instructions
No charge shall be made for any certificate or instructions given to a person to qualify him to purchase a trapping license. L.1977, c. 320,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.12 Issuance of license; submission of license of previous year or certificate; obtaining under false information; penalty
No license agent shall issue a trapping license to a person of the age of 12 years or over, who has not submitted his trapping...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-8 Stubs attached to license; spoiled blanks
Every license blank shall have attached to it a return stub, containing blanks which shall be filled in by the clerk or agent issuing the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-9 Monthly returns to division; retention of issuance fees
On or before the tenth day of each month the clerk of every county and every municipality, and every designated agent of the division, shall...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-10 Division's monthly return to state treasurer
On or before the twentieth day of each month the Division of Fish and Game shall send to the State Treasurer all fees received by...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-11 Disposition of fees
All fees for licenses and permits received by the Division of Fish, Game and Shellfisheries, remitted to the State Treasurer shall be placed to the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-12 Hunters' and anglers' license fund
The "hunters' and anglers' license fund" shall be a fund which shall be kept separate and apart from the receipts of the board and all...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-12.1 "Shellfisheries Management Account" established
There is established within the "hunters' and anglers' license fund" created pursuant to the provisions of R.S.23:3-11 and R.S.23:3-12, a separate and dedicated account to...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-12.2 "Oyster Resource Development Account."
8. a. There is established within the "hunters' and anglers' license fund," created pursuant to the provisions of R.S.23:3-11 and R.S.23:3-12, a separate and dedicated...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-13 Annual returns to division
On or before January tenth in each year the clerk of each county and of each municipality, and each agent, shall send to the office...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-14 Penalty for failure to make return or report
A county or municipal clerk or an agent who shall fail or neglect to make a return or report required by this article within the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-15 Failure to turn over moneys by clerk, warden or magistrate; misdemeanor
A county or municipal clerk or an agent who fails to turn over any moneys collected for licenses, and a magistrate who fails to turn...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-16 Licenses and buttons or tags to be issued promptly
Every county clerk and municipal clerk and designated agent shall issue licenses and buttons or tags in accordance herewith immediately upon proper application therefor and...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-17 Registrars of licenses
In a municipality having an executive officer known as the registrar of licenses, the registrar shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-18 Antedating license a misdemeanor
A clerk or agent who antedates a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Amended by L.1947, c. 159, p. 713, s. 10; L.1951, c....
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-19 Records open to public
All records of a county or municipal clerk or agent referring to a license issued under this article shall be open, at all times, to...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-20 Penalty for violations of article
A person who at any time alters, disfigures or changes in any manner, or loans or transfers to another, a license or button or tag...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-21 Procuring license wrongfully; penalty
A person not entitled hereunder to a residents' license who procures the same shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Amended...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-21.1 Sale of pointed or metal tipped arrow to minor other than holder of bow and arrow hunting license; disorderly persons
Any person who directly or indirectly sells, gives or furnishes to a minor under 16 years of age, other than the holder of a valid...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-21.2 Shooting of pointed or metal tipped arrow by minor other than holder of bow and arrow hunting license; juvenile delinquency
Any minor under 16 years of age, other than 1 who is the holder of a valid bow and arrow hunting license, who shall shoot...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-22 Subsequent convictions; penalty
If a person shall, within 5 years after conviction of any violation of the fish and game laws of this or any other State or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-22.1 Appeal to council by aggrieved person
Any person aggrieved by the voiding of a fishing license, hunting license, bow and arrow license, or any other license held by that person for...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-22.2 Establishment of range of costs for replacement value of animals possessed in violation of law
The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall establish a range of costs incurred by the department for the replacement value of any animal taken or possessed...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-22.3 Remedial sportsmen education program; established
The Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife shall establish and conduct a remedial sportsmen education program. L.1990,c.29,s.12.
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-27 Penalty for killing or having certain game
Any person who shall kill or have in possession any bird or animal, the killing of which is prohibited during the prescribed woodcock season, except...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-27.1 Wild turkey permits, fee.
7. Whenever an open season is prescribed for wild turkey by the State Fish and Game Code, the division is authorized to charge a...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-28 Definitions
23:3-28. As used in sections 23:3-29 to 23:3-39 of this Title: a. A wholly enclosed area means an area of land...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-29 Licenses for raising, selling game birds, animals.
23:3-29. A person desiring to engage in the business of raising and selling game birds or game animals, or both, in a wholly enclosed area...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-31 Killing game; sale; conditions; license required
23:3-31. Game birds or animals bred or raised in the wholly enclosed area may be killed in any manner other than shooting, except in the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-32 Pheasants, partridge, quail; killing, shipping, commercial shooting preserve license, conditions
23:3-32. No pheasants, partridge or quail propagated in a semiwild state shall be sold. No such pheasants, partridge or quail shall be taken, possessed or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-33 Shipment of killed game; regulations
Game birds or animals so killed in a wholly inclosed preserve, and tagged as herein prescribed, may be possessed, bought or sold at any time....
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-34 Tag fee; rules, regulations
23:3-34. a. Until the Fish and Game Council has adopted the rules and regulations establishing a schedule of fees as required by subsection b. of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-36 Expiration of licenses; renewal of propagating license
All licenses under sections 23:3-28 to 23:3-39 of this Title shall expire on March 15 of each year, except that if the time under which...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-37 License displayed; record kept; certified copy sent to board
Each holder of a propagating license issued pursuant to sections 28 through 39 of this chapter shall keep the license prominently displayed at the place...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-38 Counterfeiting tag or seal; affixing improperly
No person shall counterfeit a tag or seal issued by the board in accordance with sections 23:3-28 to 23:3-39 of this title and no tag...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-39 Penalty
A person violating any of the provisions of sections 23:3-28 to 23:3-38 of this title shall be liable to a penalty of not less than...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-41 License to operate fishpound nets; requirement for; issuance
No person shall erect, set, operate or maintain a fishpound net in the waters of the Atlantic ocean, within 3 nautical miles from the coast...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-46 Use of shirred or purse seines, otter or beam trawls without license prohibited
No person shall take, or attempt to take, with shirred or purse seines, otter or beam trawls, any fish in any waters in the jurisdiction...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-47 Application for and granting of license; fee; term
A person who intends to take fish with shirred or purse seines, otter or beam trawls in the waters of the Atlantic ocean within the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-48 Menhaden fishing excepted
Nothing in sections 23:3-46 to 23:3-49 of this title shall apply to vessels engaged in taking menhaden, but they shall be licensed to operate in...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-51 License to take menhaden, prohibited takings.
23:3-51. a. A person intending to take menhaden with purse or shirred nets in any waters in the jurisdiction of this State, including the waters...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-51.1 Rules, regulations for taking of menhaden.
3. The commissioner shall regulate the taking of menhaden, including the issuance and transfer of licenses for the taking of menhaden as prescribed pursuant...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-52 Fee
The fees for issuing a license under sections 23:3-50 and 23:3-51 of this Title shall be as follows: For each essel of not less than...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-54 Issuance of permit to take carp and suckers
The board may, in its discretion, issue to a properly accredited person a permit to take carp and suckers from the ponds, lakes or streams...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-55 Issuance of permit to take suckers, catfish, carp and eels
The board may, in its discretion, issue permits to catch suckers, catfish, carp and eels from August fifteenth to November fifteenth, by or with the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-56 Penalty for noncompliance
A person holding a permit issued under sections 23:3-54 and 23:3-55 of this title, who fails to comply strictly with the provisions of said sections...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-56.1 Limited deer license, fees; exemption.
1. a. When the Fish and Game Council has established a season for deer of either sex and has fixed a certain number of permits...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-56.2 Possession, transfer and display of license; violations; penalty
Any person, including members of the armed services, who shall hunt for, pursue, shoot at, take, kill or wound, or attempt to take, kill or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-57 "Special trout fishing stamp."
1. No person, above the age of 16 years or under the age of 70 years, shall take or attempt to take trout in...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-58 Form and issuance of stamps
The stamp shall be procured from the clerks and agents designated to issue licenses under section 23:3-7 of the Revised Statutes, and the Division of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-59 Fee for trout stamps.
3. The fee for this stamp shall be $10.50 for residents and $20.00 for nonresidents, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-60 Altering or changing stamp
Any person who alters or changes in any manner or loans or transfers to another, a stamp issued under this act, and any person who...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-61 Effective date
This act shall take effect January first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. L.1952, c. 328, p. 1053, s. 5.
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-61.1 "Special pheasant and quail stamp."
1. No person above the age of 16 years shall at any time hunt for, pursue, kill, take or attempt to take with a...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-61.2 Special pheasant and quail stamp; privileges of holder; procurement; signature of owner
a. The stamp issued pursuant hereto shall be known as the "special pheasant and quail stamp" and shall authorize the holder to hunt pheasant and...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-61.3 Fee for pheasant and quail stamps.
3. The fee for this stamp shall be $40.00, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-61.4 Violations; penalty
A person who at any time alters, loans, or transfers to another a "special pheasant and quail stamp," or who hunts for, pursues, kills, takes...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-62 Fishing preserve waters defined
"Fishing preserve waters" means any artificial or man-made body of water, not to exceed 10 acres in size, lying wholly within the boundaries of lands...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-63 Fishing preserve license.
2. (a) The division may, in its discretion, after application on forms furnished by it, issue to an owner of such fishing preserve waters a...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-64 Taking of fish by licensee
A licensee or any member of his immediate family may, without license issued under Revised Statutes 23:3-1, or other license or permit to take fish...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-65 Sale of fish by licensee or taking of fish by non-licensee
(a) Any licensee, during the term of his license may sell fish taken from the licensed fishing preserve waters and may grant permission to other...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-66 Tagging of fish, fee
5. (a) All fish stocked in the waters of the fishing preserve in accordance with subsection (b) of section 2 of this act that are...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-67 Records; inspection; annual report
The holder of a fishing preserve license shall keep such records as the division may require and make annual reports, verified by affidavit of the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-68 Use of toxins in licensed waters
The division may, by special permit or authorization contained in the license, authorize the licensee to use fish toxins in the management of the licensed...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-69 Application of act
Nothing in this act shall abridge, alter or affect the rights or liabilities, riparian or otherwise, that would otherwise exist or accrue by reason of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-70 Rules and regulations by division
The division may make such rules and regulations with respect to the management and operation of fishing preserves, not inconsistent with the provisions of this...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-71 Violations; penalty
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100.00 or more than...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-72 Necessity; fee
No person shall take more than 25 American eels (anguilla rostrata) per day from the waters of Delaware bay and its tributaries in this State...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-73 Rules and regulations
The Director of the Division of Fish, Game and Shellfisheries, with the approval of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, is hereby authorized to adopt, amend...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-74 Violations; penalty
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act or of any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant hereto shall be liable to a...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-75 Short title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Act." L.1983, c. 504, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1984.
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-76 New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp
2. a. No person over the age of 16 shall at any time hunt, pursue, kill, take, possess, or attempt to take with a firearm,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-77 Procurement; fee for New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp
3. The New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp shall be procured from the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, or from other designated agents deemed qualified by...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-78 Design and form of stamp; rules and regulations
The Division of Fish, Game and wildlife shall determine the final design and form of the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp based on the recommendations of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-79 New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Account
5. There is established within the "hunters' and anglers' license fund" referred to in R.S.23:3-11 and R.S.23:3-12, a separate and dedicated account to be known...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-80 Violations; penalties; enforcement
Any person violating any provision of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each...
New Jersey Statutes 23:3-81 Migratory waterfowl advisory committee
a. There is established in the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife a New Jersey Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee. The committee shall comprise nine members...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-1 Open and close seasons; federal regulations; penalty for violations
No person shall capture, kill, injure, destroy or have in possession or hunt, hunt for, or attempt to capture, kill, injure or destroy any reedbird,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-2 Bag limit; penalty
No person shall capture, kill, injure, destroy or have in possession: a. In any one day more than the number of quail, male English or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-3 Bag limit for migratory birds to conform to federal regulations
It shall be unlawful to capture, kill, injure, destroy or have in possession in any one day, any wild ducks, geese, brant, sora, woodcock, coots...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-8 Female English or ring-necked pheasant protected; exceptions
No person shall hunt for, pursue, capture, kill, possess, injure or destroy any female English or ring-necked pheasant under a penalty of $20.00 for each...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-9 Trapping or shooting squirrels and rabbits by farmers and fruit growers
Nothing contained in this Title or in any provision of the State Fish and Game Code shall be construed as to prevent farmers or fruit...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-10 Shooting squirrel's nest prohibited; penalty
No person shall shoot into a squirrel's nest at any time of the year, under a penalty of twenty dollars for each offense.
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-11 Hunting, except during seasons and in manner provided, prohibited
No person shall capture, kill, injure or destroy or pursue, with that intent, any of the game birds or animals enumerated in this chapter on...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-12 Hunting certain game, except in manner provided by Code or with gun or bow and arrow, unlawful; penalty
No person, shall kill, destroy or injure, pursue with intent to kill or injure or in any manner attempt to take or injure, any anatidae...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-13 Regulations concerning guns
No person shall use in hunting any fowl or animals of any kind any firearm except as permitted by the provisions of the State Fish...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-13.1 Clothing; outer garment of fluorescent hunter's orange
a. Any person while hunting deer, rabbit, hare, squirrel, fox, or game birds, other than waterfowl, with firearms in this State, shall wear a cap...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-14 Use of ferrets prohibited; penalty
No person shall hunt, kill or destroy, or attempt to hunt, kill or destroy, a hare or rabbit with ferrets, or have a ferret in...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-15 Baiting wild fowl prohibited; penalty
No person shall sow, deposit or place any rye, wheat, oats, corn or other cereal, except wild celery and wild rice, within four hundred feet...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-16 Prohibited hunting practices; penalty.
23:4-16. a. No person, either in or on a motor vehicle or vehicle of any kind whatsoever, or by the aid or use of a...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-18 Hunting migratory waterfowl; lying in wait; hours; penalty
No person hunting or gunning after geese, duck, brant or other migratory waterfowl shall place a boat, sinkbox, seaweed, or other vessel or construction in...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-19 Pursuing game birds in power boats or aircraft prohibited; penalty
No person shall pursue any goose, duck, brant or other kind of game bird, or shoot, shoot at, kill or wound the same from a...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-20 Trapped or snared game; possession or sale; setting traps
No person shall have in possession, sell or offer for sale a game bird or game animal enumerated in this chapter, after the same has...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-21 Trapping hare by children
A person owning or in possession of a farm may permit any person under fifteen years of age connected with his household to catch hares,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-22 "Pole traps" prohibited; penalty
No person shall set or use any snare, snood, net, trap or other device for the catching or trapping of a bird or animal above...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-22.1 Animal trap of steel-jaw leghold type; prohibition of manufacture, sale, possession, importation or transportation
No person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, possess, import or transport an animal trap of the steel-jaw leghold type. L.1984, c. 37, s. 1.
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-22.2 Prohibition of taking or attempting to take any animal
No person shall take or attempt to take any animal by means of a trap of the steel-jaw leghold type. L.1984, c. 37, s. 2.
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-22.3 Possession as prima facie evidence
The possession of a trap of the steel-jaw leghold type shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of section 2 of this amendatory and...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-22.4 Study to develop better trap; traps not classified as steel-jaw leghold traps
The Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University, shall direct the Department of Wildlife Management at Cook College to conduct a study to identify...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-22.5 Allowable uses and possessions
This amendatory and supplementary act shall not be construed to prevent the use of steel-jaw leghold traps for the purpose of exhibition by humane or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-22.6 Rules and regulations; contents
The council shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt the rules and regulations necessary to carry out...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-22.7 Violations; penalties
A person using a steel-jaw leghold type animal trap in violation of any rule or regulation under this amendatory and supplementary act shall, for each...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-22.8 Confiscation of equipment, pelts or animals
All equipment used in, or animals and pelts obtained by a violation of section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act shall be confiscated by...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-23 Mutilating game prohibited; deer
No person in this State shall remove the skin or feathers, or in any way mutilate the body of a wild bird or animal killed,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-24 Hunting, certain, prohibited on Sundays; penalty; exemptions.
23:4-24. a. No person shall hunt with a hound or with firearms or weapons of any kind, or carry a gun in the woods or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-24.1 Carrying loaded firearms in vehicle for hunting purposes prohibited; proof
No person shall, for the purpose of hunting for, pursuing, taking or killing, or attempting to hunt, pursue, take or kill any bird or animal,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-24.1a Improper transportation of firearm in motor vehicle; penalty
In addition to the requirements of section 1 of P.L.1939, c.172 (C.23:4-24.1), no person may transport, possess, or have in their control a firearm in...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-24.2 Shooting or taking game bird or animal from tree or structure within 300 feet of baited area
No person shall, except under emergency conditions authorized by the Division of Fish and Game, kill, destroy, injure, shoot, shoot at, take, wound, or attempt...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-24.3 Baited area defined
For the purpose of this act, "baited area" shall mean the presence of placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered agricultural products, salt, or other edible...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-24.4 Hunting deer with bait; "baited area" defined.
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 and section 2 of P.L.1970, c.180 (C.23:4-24.2 and C.23:4-24.3), a person may: (1) use bait to attract,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-24.5 Prohibition of computer-assisted remote hunting; definitions.
1. a. No person shall engage in computer-assisted remote hunting or provide or operate facilities for computer-assisted remote hunting in the State. b. ...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-24.6 Violation, penalties.
2. Any person who violates the provisions of this act shall be liable to a civil penalty of up to $500 for each offense,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-25 Dogs; running at large; training; carrying firearms into woods or fields; exceptions
The owner, lessee or custodian of a dog found running at large in the woods or fields, shall be liable to a penalty of $20.00...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-26 Field days allowed; license
Nothing in this Title, or in any law supplementary thereto, or in any provision of the State Fish and Game Code, shall be construed to...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-27 Unlawful sale, purchase of wildlife; penalties.
23:4-27. a. No person shall sell or purchase wildlife, except as authorized pursuant to this section or any other law or as may be authorized...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-28 Bringing game into state; penalty
When by the laws of any other state or country it is lawful to take out of the confines thereof any game, whether the same...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-29 Taking game from state prohibited; penalty; exceptions
No person shall remove or attempt to remove from this State an animal or bird, other than deer, protected by the provisions of the State...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-30 Application of law to game from without state
Except as otherwise provided in this Title, when the possession or sale of fowl or game is prohibited by this Title, or by the provisions...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-32 Possession of gun evidence of violation
The possession in this state of a shotgun or rifle at any place outside of buildings by an unnaturalized, foreign-born person, shall be conclusive proof...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-33 Gun in house a violation
The presence of a shotgun or rifle in a room, house, building, tent, or camp of any description, within this state, occupied or controlled by...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-34 Notice of seizure of weapon; sale; proceeds
Notice of the seizure of all guns, made for violation of section 23:4-31 of this title, shall be sent to the board, at Trenton, by...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-35 Search for gun; search warrant; right of entry
The board, protector and wardens may, when they suspect the concealment of guns of the kind mentioned in section 23:4-31 of this title by an...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-36 Gunning under influence of liquor or drugs prohibited; penalty
No person shall go into the woods or fields at any time with a gun or firearm when under the influence of a drug or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-37 Protection of fur-bearing animals; taking by traps
No person shall, by moonlight or with the aid or by use of any lamp, lantern or artificial light, shoot or kill with a rifle...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-38.2 Trap of conibear or killer type; restriction on use
No trap of the conibear or killer type shall be used in trapping unless such trap is submerged under water in accordance with rules and...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-38.3 Violations; penalty
Any person violating the provisions of section 3 of this act shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50.00 for each offense...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-39 Mink, muskrat or otter; open season; destruction of muskrats damaging dams or canal banks; state owned grounds
No person shall hunt, pursue, take or trap a mink or otter in this State at any time, except during such period as provided by...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-40 Stealing traps or trapped animals
No person shall take, carry away or unlawfully appropriate or purloin, with intent to steal: a. A trap, the property of another, set along, by...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-41 Penalties
Except as otherwise specifically permitted by this article, any person hunting, pursuing, taking or trapping a mink, muskrat, or otter in this State at any...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-42 Killing deer, season, permit to kill on cultivated land.
23:4-42. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, no person shall hunt for, pursue, shoot at, take, kill, wound or attempt to...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-42.1 Killing of deer causing crop damage permitted, conditions
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.23:4-45 or any other law, rule, regulation, or provision of the State Fish and Game Code to the contrary, whenever...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-42.2 Annual report to include number of deer killed pursuant to permits
2. The Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife shall include in its annual report the number of deer killed pursuant to permits issued for the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-42.3 Application for special deer management area designation.
1. a. Whenever a county board of agriculture determines that a farm or farms located within the county has incurred significant crop damage caused by...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-42.4 Submission of deer management plan.
2. a. Upon submission of an application pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2000, c.46 (C.23:4-42.3), or at any time thereafter, a county board of agriculture,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-42.5 Exemption, variation from certain laws, etc. for implementation of alternative control methods
3. a. The Fish and Game Council may authorize an exemption or variation from the following laws, rules or regulations to the extent necessary and...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-42.6 Special deer management permit; issuance
4. a. The division shall issue a special deer management permit to any applicantauthorized to implement an alternative control method set forth in an approved...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-42.7 Venison, donation program, permanent
1. a. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the Secretary of Agriculture and the chairman of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-42.8 Guidelines for venison donation program.
3. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall develop guidelines, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the Secretary of Agriculture and...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-43 Possession of wild deer; prohibitions; exceptions; prima facie evidence; inapplicability of article to certain deer
Except as provided by this section, no person shall have in possession in this State any wild deer other than during the open season for...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-44 Weapons authorized for hunting deer; kinds; caliber; size of shot
Unless otherwise prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code, no person engaged in hunting for wild deer shall use or carry a rifle of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-45 Deer-hunting restrictions
a. No person shall hunt for, pursue, stalk, shoot at or attempt to take, kill, injure or destroy a wild deer, except by daylight on...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-46 Dogs not to be used
No person shall at any time, or for any reason, hunt for, track, search for, seek, capture or kill a wild deer with a dog....
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-47 Dead deer, tagging procedures, transportation; violations, penalties; rules, regulations.
23:4-47. A person who kills a deer in this State at any time during the legal seasons shall immediately attach thereto the deer transportation tag...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-48 Penalties
Except as otherwise specifically permitted by this article: any person hunting for, pursuing, shooting at, taking, killing, wounding, having in possession in this State or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-49 "Game bird" defined
As used in this article, "game bird" includes the following: The anatidae, commonly known as geese, brant and river and sea ducks but excepting swans;...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-50 Wild birds other than game birds; capturing; killing; possession; sale; penalties; enforcement
23:4-50. a. As used in this section, except as otherwise noted: "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Wild bird" means any bird other than...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-51 Robbing nests or taking eggs prohibited; exception; penalty
No person shall rob the nests or take or destroy the eggs of any wild bird other than the English sparrow, under a penalty of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-52 Collecting mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds, and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes; certificate
The Division of Fish, Game and Shellfisheries may grant to a properly accredited person, 18 years of age or over, a certificate permitting him to...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-53 Wild pigeons protected; penalty
Any provision of law or of the State Fish and Game Code to the contrary notwithstanding, no person shall capture, kill, injure or have in...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-54 Carrier pigeon protected; penalty
Any provision of law or of the State Fish and Game Code to the contrary notwithstanding, a person who traps, shoots, kills, steals, wounds or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-55 Beaver trapping permits
23:4-55. No person shall trap, take, capture, kill or have in possession a beaver, except as authorized by a valid permit at a time and...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-56 Acquisition of land by United States for migratory bird reservations
Consent of this state is given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift, devise or lease of any areas of land or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-57 Penalty for liberating foxes
No person shall liberate a fox within this state, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offense.
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-58 Possession of live fox prohibited; penalty
No person shall have a live fox in possession in this state except by permission of the board, under a penalty of one hundred dollars...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-58.1 Hunting foxes with hounds and firearms; penalty
No person shall hunt foxes with hounds and firearms except during such time and period prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code, and, in...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-58.3 Killing other game while hunting foxes; penalty
Any person hunting foxes who shall kill, injure, destroy or have in possession any bird or animal the killing of which is prohibited shall be...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-62.2 Bounties or premium for killing prohibition
No county or municipality shall hereafter pay any premium or bounty for the killing of any fox or woodchuck. L.1975, c. 164, s. 1, eff....
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-63.1 Penalty for liberating coyotes
No person shall liberate a coyote within this State, under a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense. L.1939, c. 42, p. 61,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-63.2 Possession of live coyote prohibited; penalty
No person shall have a live coyote in possession in this State except by permission of the board, under a penalty of one hundred dollars...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-63.3 Possession, release of certain animals, prohibited; terms defined
1. a. No person may possess any live indigenous animal, live exotic animal, live potentially dangerous indigenous animal, or live potentially dangerous exotic animal except...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-63.4 Violations; penalties
2. a. If any person violates any provision of section 1 of P.L.1962, c.127 (C.23:4-63.3), or any permit issued or rule or regulation adopted pursuant...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-63.5 Right to use mechanical devices to repel marauding birds and other wildlife
Any provision of law or municipal ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding, any owner of lands used for agricultural purposes, shall pursuant to rules and regulations...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-63.6 Issuance of permits; cancellation; rules and regulations
The Division of Fish, Game and Shell Fisheries is authorized to issue permits to the owners of lands used for agricultural purposes for the use...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-63.7 Disposal of dead wildlife by authorized personnel
Except as provided in R.S. 23:4-23, nothing contained in the provisions of this Title shall be construed so as to prohibit or limit the disposal,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:4-64 Sale of bittersweet prohibited; penalty; enforcement
It shall be unlawful to take for the purpose of sale, sell, or expose for sale, any bittersweet growing in the wild, under a penalty...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-1 Open season for certain fish; penalty
No person shall catch, take, kill or have in possession any: a. Black bass, Oswego bass, white bass, rock bass, calico bass or crappie, except...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-2 Sale of propagated trout or landlocked salmon; tagging
Trout or landlocked salmon which has been artificially propagated may be sold at any time for food purposes, if properly tagged, pursuant to the authority...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-3 Fishing through ice
No person shall take or attempt to take a fish from any of the waters of this State by any means or in any manner...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-7 Minimum size of certain fish; penalty
No person shall kill, sell, expose for sale or have in possession any black bass, Oswego bass or white bass measuring less than the number...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-9 Lobster restrictions
23:5-9. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.57). b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.57). c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.57)....
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-10 Trout, perch, pickerel, bass, crappie or salmon; limit
No person shall take, catch or kill in one day more than the number of trout, pike perch, pickerel, rock bass, crappie, calico bass, salmon,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-11 Fishing, except angling, prohibited; penalty; exceptions
Except as otherwise provided in section 23:5-3 of this Title, no person shall take or attempt to take fish from any of the waters of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-13 Set lines in waters having certain fish prohibited; number of hooks
No person shall put, place, use or maintain in any of the waters of this State inhabited by pickerel, pike, pike perch, black bass, Oswego...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-14 Carp or tench as bait; penalty
No person shall use the young of any species of carp or tench for bait in any of the waters of this state, or take...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-15 Artificial bait; number of hooks; penalty
No person shall use, have in possession or offer or expose for sale, any artificial bait with more than nine hooks or more than three...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-15.1 Possession of unlawful bait; penalty
No person shall have in possession any natural bait, live or preserved, any metal, plastic or wooden lures, plugs, spinners, flies, or any such contrivance...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-16 Taking eels in tidal waters with certain devices
No person shall catch or take, or attempt to catch or take, eels from the tidal waters of this State by means or use of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-17 Fishing at night for certain fish prohibited; penalty
No person shall take, in any manner, any trout, bass, pike perch, pike or pickerel during such hours as is prohibited by the State Fish...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-24.1 License to fish with net; possession
No person shall fish with, set, fix, fasten, draw, or drift any net of any description whatsoever, from or in the inland marine waters, bays,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-24.2 Fish-netting license fees
A person intending to take fish with a net in the waters aforesaid shall, except as hereinafter provided, apply to the commissioner for a license...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-24.3 Hauling seines; restrictions on use
No person shall use a hauling seine in the Atlantic ocean within three hundred feet of the coastline, and no hauling seine shall be drawn...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-24.13 Repeal
Sections 23:9-59 to 23:9-93, inclusive, 23:9-99, 23:9-101 to 23:9-107, inclusive, and 23:9-113 of the Revised Statutes are repealed. L.1941, c. 211, p. 614, s. 14.
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-28 Pollution of fresh or tidal waters, penalties
23:5-28. a. No person shall put or place into, turn into, drain into, or place where it can run, flow, wash, or be emptied into,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-29 Shutting off, drawing off or screening waters prohibited; penalty
No person shall shut off or draw off the waters of any pond, stream or lake in this state or place a screen in a...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-29.1 Fish ladder in dams required; penalty
It is unlawful to construct a dam in any water of this state which is a runway for migratory fish without installing a fish ladder...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-30 Placing carp in public or private waters prohibited; penalty
No person shall place any kind of carp, or the seed thereof, in any of the public or private waters of this state, under a...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-31 Proceedings by persons aggrieved
A person aggrieved or injured by reason of a violation of section 23:5-30 of this title, may institute proceeding for the punishment of the offender.
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-32 Conviction no bar to civil action
No conviction had under this article shall be a bar to any proceeding an aggrieved party may institute for the recovery of damages in any...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-33 Article inapplicable to certain private ponds.
This article shall not apply to the owners or lessees of private ponds stocking such ponds, if they are so constructed as to effectually prevent...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-35.2 Taking crabs; license; necessity; exceptions; fees; rules and regulations
No person shall take or attempt to take edible crabs from any of the tidal waters of this State in any manner except by rod,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-43 Short title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Striped Bass Act" . L.1983, c. 506, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-44 Definitions
2. As used in this act: a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1985, c.211). b. "Marine waters" means all the salt waters of this State, including the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-45.1 Daily limit for taking striped bass.
1. a. Except as permitted pursuant to subsection c. of this section, a person shall not take from the marine waters or other waters of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-45.2 Closed season for striped bass, except Atlantic Ocean
a. No person may take, or attempt to take, or have in his possession, any striped bass from any waters of the State, except the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-45.3 Sale of striped bass prohibited
No person shall sell, barter, possess for sale or barter, or offer for sale or barter any striped bass, whether caught within the jurisdictional limits...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-47 Lawful methods
No person shall take, catch or kill a striped bass from or in any of the marine waters of this State by means of a...
New Jersey Statutes 23:5-48 Violations; penalties
A person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 73 of P.L.1979, c....
New Jersey Statutes 23:6-1 Penalty for permitting; destruction of contrivances
No owner, lessee or tenant of any property shall permit the erection, construction or maintenance thereon of any of the contrivances for the unlawful taking...
New Jersey Statutes 23:7-1 Trespassing prohibited; posting notice; private notice; penalties
23:7-1. A person who trespasses on the lands of another for the purpose of hunting, fishing, trapping, or taking wildlife, or attempting to hunt, fish,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:7-1.1 Littering prohibited; penalty
A person entering the lands of another for the purpose of hunting, fishing, trapping, or taking wildlife, or attempting to hunt, fish, trap, or take...
New Jersey Statutes 23:7-1.2 Archaeological findings in wildlife management area protected.
4. a. (1) Except as may be provided pursuant to subsection c. of this section, no person may alter, deface, destroy, disturb, or remove any...
New Jersey Statutes 23:7-2 Arrest of offender; trial; failure to show permit
23:7-2. A person violating the provisions of R.S.23:7-1 may be arrested without warrant by the owner, occupant, lessee, or any police officer and taken for...
New Jersey Statutes 23:7-3 Causing injury to property while hunting or fishing; penalties
23:7-3. A person who, while hunting, fishing, trapping, or taking wildlife, causes or assists in causing damage or injury to real or personal property of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:7-5 Disposition of fines collected
All moneys recovered as fines for any violation of this article shall be paid to the board for the uses and purposes of such board.
New Jersey Statutes 23:7-6 Posting by other than owner or lessee prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any person to place notices or signs forbidding hunting, fishing or trapping on any property in this state unless he...
New Jersey Statutes 23:7-7 Legal notices
All owners or lessees posting property must erect signs or notices containing the printed name or written signature of the owner or lessee in order...
New Jersey Statutes 23:7-8 Penalty
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars for each sign or notice.
New Jersey Statutes 23:7-9 Actions forbidden on property under State control; penalty.
1. a. With respect to or on property under the control of the Division of Fish and Wildlife, no person may: (1) ...
New Jersey Statutes 23:7A-1 Definitions
1. As used in this act: "Taking" means to hunt, capture, kill, trap, catch, net, possess, or collect, or to attempt to hunt, capture, kill,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:7A-2 Prevention of lawful taking of wildlife prohibited
2. No person may, for the purpose of hindering or preventing the lawful taking of wildlife: a. block, obstruct, or impede, or attempt to block,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:7A-3 Violations, penalties
3. a. The Director of the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife may institute a civil action in the Superior Court for injunctive and other...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8-1 Acquiring real estate; management and personnel; salaries; expenses
The board may purchase suitable lands and erect buildings thereon in this state for the purpose of propagating game and fish. The lands and buildings...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8-4 Trespass on hatchery or game land; penalty
No person shall trespass on any lands on which a fish hatchery or game farm is located and operated by the board, or damage, deface...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8-6 Disposition of fish, game and eggs; use of proceeds
The board may, when it deems proper, sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any fish or fish eggs from the state hatchery, game birds or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8-7 Lands for game refuges; acquisition
The board may lease by agreement with the owner thereof any lands in this state suitable for game refuges and exercise control thereof during the...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8-8 Fencing and notices
The game refuges may be surrounded by such wire or wires on the boundary thereof as the board in its discretion shall determine, and one...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8-9 Lands of board deemed refuges
All lands acquired or controlled in any manner by the division are hereby constituted refuges for all birds and animals whose pursuit or taking is...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8-10 Hunting or carrying gun in preserve prohibited
No person shall at any time hunt, pursue, kill or take, or attempt to kill or take, within the limits of a game refuge, a...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8-11 Violations; penalty
Any person who shall at any time hunt, pursue, kill or take, or attempt to kill or take, within the limits of a game refuge,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8-12 Investigations as to fish culture by United States
The United States commissioner of fisheries and his authorized agents may conduct fish cultural operations and scientific investigations in the waters of this state in...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8-13 Fishing by fish cultural stations
The authorities in charge of a fish and shellfish cultural and biological station, having laboratory facilities of a scientific and biological character which will enable...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8A-1 Sale, lease or exchange by commissioner; terms and conditions
1. In any case where the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection finds that the best interests of the State will be served thereby,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8A-2 Title in name of state; use
Whenever lands are received in exchange, title to same shall be taken in the name of the State of New Jersey, and they shall be...
New Jersey Statutes 23:8A-3 Disposition of proceeds from sale, lease or exchange; use
All moneys received from any such sale or lease, or received as part of the consideration when an exchange of lands is made, shall be...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-3 Waters affected by article
The provisions of this article shall affect and apply only to the propagation, catching, taking and protection and destruction of fish in the waters of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-4 Common rights to fish
The inhabitants of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and of the state of New Jersey shall have and enjoy a common right of fishery throughout, in...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-5 Game, bait and food fish defined
As used in this article: "Game fish" means black bass or small-mouth bass; large-mouth bass, otherwise called Oswego or yellow bass; strawberry or calico bass;...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-6 Manner and means of fishing for game fish; fine
No person shall catch or fish for any game fish or any sunfish or any white or yellow perch in any part of the Delaware...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-7 Manner and means of fishing for bait fish; fine
No person shall fish for bait fish in the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls except with such devices as shall be prescribed in...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-8 Manner and means of fishing for food fish; fine
No person shall fish for food fish in the Delaware river below Trenton falls with any device, method or means, except as shall be prescribed...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-9 Taking sturgeon; taking other food fish with seine or gill net; fine; forfeiture of appliances
No person shall catch and take or attempt to catch and take sturgeon from the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls, with any device...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-10 Use of certain nets prohibited; fine; forfeiture of appliances
No person shall catch and take or attempt to catch and take fish of any kind from the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-11 Prohibited hours for fishing; fine; forfeiture of appliances
No person shall catch and take or attempt to catch and take fish of any kind or description from the Delaware river above or below...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-12 Catching food fish with lines; season for game fish; fine
It shall be lawful to catch food fish with rods and lines and hand lines, and trolling lines as described in section 23:9-6 of this...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-13 Bag limit on game fish
No person shall take, catch, kill, or have in possession in any 1 day more than such number in all of black and Oswego bass,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-14 Use of eelpots and fyke nets; fine; forfeiture of appliances
No person shall use eelpots and fyke nets, each without wings, in the Delaware river, above or below Trenton falls, during any period which shall...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-15 Use of parallel nets prohibited; fine; forfeiture of appliances
No person shall use a parallel net, otherwise a net set approximately parallel with the shore in the Delaware river below Trenton falls and at...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-16 Size of certain fish; fine
No person shall catch and take or attempt to catch and take from the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls, in any manner whatsoever,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-17 Interference with or injury to nets; fine
No person shall, by boat, anchor, dredge, or otherwise, in the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls, willfully and without reasonable cause, interfere with,...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-19 Purchase, sale or possession of fish except during lawful period prohibited; fine
No person shall purchase, sell or offer for sale, or have in possession any fresh dead game fish or food fish, except during the lawful...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-20 Concurrent jurisdiction of states; procedure for violations
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the state of New Jersey shall have concurrent jurisdiction over all offenses and violations of this article, committed or attempted...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-21 Interference with officers; fine
Any person or persons who shall by threat, menace or force, or in any manner attempt to deter or prevent any fish warden or other...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-114 License to take shad with net required
It shall be unlawful for any person to fish with, fix, fasten, draw, or drift any net of whatever description for the purpose of taking...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-115 License fee; season; lift period from Friday noon until Saturday midnight
Upon application to the commissioner and the payment of a fee of $60.00 for each net, the commissioner may issue, in his discretion, a license...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-120 Arrest and punishment of violations on Hudson river between New Jersey and New York
If and when the State of New York shall enact a similar law for the arrest and punishment of violations of the game or fish...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-121 Arrest and punishment of violations on Delaware river between New Jersey and Pennsylvania
If and when the State of Pennsylvania shall enact a similar law for the arrest and punishment of violations of the game or fish laws...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9-126 Holders of New York fishing licenses; fishing in New Jersey part of Greenwood lake
Nothing contained in Title 23 of the Revised Statutes, to which this act is a supplement, relating to the necessity of procuring from the State...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9A-1 Penalty for injury or death caused by negligent use of weapon
A person engaged in hunting, fishing, trapping, or taking wildlife, who, through the negligent use of a firearm, bow and arrow, or other weapon shall...
New Jersey Statutes 23:9A-2 Misuse of weapon while hunting; penalty
A person engaged in hunting, fishing, trapping, or taking wildlife who shoots or discharges a firearm, bow and arrow, or other weapon in a careless...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-1 Provisions of title enforced and penalties recovered in accordance with chapter
All provisions contained in this Title, in any law supplementary thereto and in the State Fish and Game Code for the protection of fish, game...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-2 Jurisdiction
23:10-2. The Superior Court and municipal court, hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "court," shall, except as otherwise specifically provided, have jurisdiction to...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-3 Who may institute proceedings
Proceedings for the recovery of penalties for the violation of any provision of this Title, any provision of any law supplementary thereto, or any provision...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-4 Process and proceedings on Sunday
Proceedings under this chapter may be instituted on any day of the week including Sunday and process may be served on Sunday.
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-5 Arrest on view without warrant; interference with or resisting officer
Any constable, police officer, fish and game warden, protector, or deputy warden, or any officer or member of any incorporated game protective society may, for...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-12 Incriminating testimony
No person shall be excused from giving evidence in any proceeding under this chapter, on the ground that it might tend to convict him or...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-14 Commitment for nonpayment of penalties
If any person shall fail to pay the penalty or penalties so imposed, together with the costs of proceedings, the court shall commit him to...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-15 Release on probation; payment of fine in installments
If the record of a person convicted of a violation of this Title, or any provision of any law supplementary thereto, or any provision of...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-17 Powers and fees for service of process of certain officers
The fish and game protector, fish and game wardens and deputy wardens shall have the same power as constables and be entitled to the same...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-19 Use of moneys recovered for violations
All moneys recovered for violations of this Title, or any provision of any law supplementary thereto, or any provision of the State Fish and Game...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-20 Searches and seizures; immunity from civil suit
A member of the Fish and Game Council and any conservation officer may, without warrant search and examine any boat, conveyance, vehicle, fish box, fish...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-21 Forfeiture of apparatus; procedure
23:10-21. A person found using a seine, gill, drift, anchor or sink net, fixed net, trap, pot, pound, set line, fyke, weir or other apparatus...
New Jersey Statutes 23:10-21.1 Illegal apparatus used for fishing; confiscation
Any seine, gill, drift, anchor or sink net, fixed net, trap, pot, pound, set line, fyke, weir or other apparatus for the taking of fish...
New Jersey Statutes 23:12-1 Assent of state to Federal act pertaining to wildlife restoration
The State of New Jersey hereby assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall...
New Jersey Statutes 23:12-2 Assent to Federal act providing for aid in fish restoration and management projects
The State of New Jersey hereby assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall...

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