Title 50, Title 50: SHELLFISHERIES - POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT, SHELLFISHERIES COUNCIL, LEASING, AND PLANTING

50:1-25 Residency requirement for leases. 50:1-25. No lease shall be granted to any person who is not at the time of granting the lease legally domiciled or incorporated in this State. Amended 1979, c.199, s.18. 2007, c.338, s.12.

50:1-27 Fixing term, rental and acreage. 50:1-27. The council, with the approval of the commissioner, shall fix the term for which leases may be granted, the rental to be paid, the maximum size of any single ground to be leased, and the total acreage which may be leased to any pe…

50:1-28 Measuring and mapping of leased lands. 50:1-28. The commissioner shall cause the leased lands to be measured, and the metes and bounds thereof ascertained and recorded so that the limits thereof may be accurately fixed and easily located. The official survey base shall be…

50:1-29 Recording of leases and assignments thereof. 50:1-29. The commissioner shall cause leases, and assignments and transfers thereof, to be recorded in books kept in the offices of the department. No assignment or transfer of any ground or lease therefor shall be valid unless…

50:1-30 Lease of condemned lands. 50:1-30. The council, with the approval of the commissioner, may lease to applicants therefor any of the lands of this State that have been or may hereafter be condemned pursuant to the provisions of chapter 24 of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes…

50:1-31 Removal of shellfish from leased condemned lands. 50:1-31. The commissioner may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations for the removal and distribution of shellfish from lands leased under R.…

50:1-31.1 Commercial shellfish aquaculture permit holder, annual harvest report. 3. A person who holds a commercial shellfish aquaculture permit shall submit an annual harvest report, in writing, on or before December 31 of each year, to the Department of Environmental Protection…

50:1-33 Fishing rights preserved; lessees' remedies. 50:1-33. Nothing contained in this Title shall be construed to prevent the catching and taking of free swimming fish from the tidal waters of this State in any lawful manner. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preven…

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…

50:1-35 Permission for planting, lodging foreign shellfish; conditions. 50:1-35. The commissioner may issue such permission after due inspection and examination of the nature, species, quantity, source, location of proposed planting or lodging, and the condition of the shellfish …

50:1-36 Costs of inspection. 50:1-36. The commissioner shall charge, and collect in advance, for the issuance of such permission, such sum of money as may be necessary to defray the cost of the inspection, examination and certification. Amended 1979, c.199, s.26; 2007, c.338, s.2…

50:1-5 Control, direction of shellfish industry, aquaculture; terms defined. 50:1-5. a. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall have full control and direction of the shellfish industry and resource and of the protection of shellfish throughout the entire State, subjec…