50:1-34 Permission requied to plant, lodge foreign shellfish; rules, regulations.
50:1-34. a. No shellfish, native to, or brought directly or indirectly from, any foreign country or any other state, shall be planted or lodged in the waters of this State without written permission issued by the commissioner, after notice to the council. Application for such permission shall be made in writing, and shall state:
(1) The species of shellfish;
(2) The location from which they were, or are to be, immediately taken;
(3) The source from which they were originally obtained; and
(4) The geographic area to which the species or strain is native.
The same information shall be shown upon a tag attached to or upon the billing accompanying each shipment upon its arrival in this State.
b.The department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) and in accordance with the provisions of the "New Jersey Aquaculture Development Act," P.L.1997, c.236 (C.4:27-1 et al.), rules and regulations governing the importation and transportation of the products of commercial aquaculture.
Amended 1979, c.199, s.24; 2007, c.338, s.20.
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