Title 23, Title 23: FISH AND GAME, WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS

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 pursuant to the provisions of Title 50 of the Revised Statut…

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 Title 50 of the Revised Statutes, sections 23:3-41, 23:3-46, 23:3-47, 23:3-48, …

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 Protection…

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 Protection. All the functions, powers, and duties of the existing Division of F…

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 application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held inva…

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 date of this act, and all such actions o…

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, 1979.

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. For the purpose of this section, "process" means to clean and freeze, can, or otherw…

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 as to the health, recreation, and well-being of our citizens; and, (2) The fisheries res…

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, semipalmated sandpiper…

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 of horseshoe crabs or the eggs of horseshoe crabs, on the land…

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 provide for: (1…

23:2B-23 Prohibition on sale, possession of shark fins; exceptions; violations, penalties. 1. a. No person shall: (1) sell, trade, or distribute, or offer for sale any shark fin; or (2) possess any shark fin that has been separated from a shark prior to its lawful landing. The bu…

23:2B-24 Possession in Excess of Daily Limit Vessel License. 1. a. (1) Any person who intends to possess on a vessel in the waters of the State an amount of black sea bass or summer flounder pursuant to a valid license from another state in excess of the New Jersey daily trip lim…

23:2B-25 "Marine Fisheries Program Support Account." 2. a. There is established within the General Fund, a separate, dedicated, and non-lapsing account to be known as the "Marine Fisheries Program Support Account." This account shall be credited with all revenues received from th…

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 of Environmental Protection; c. "Council" means the Marine Fisheries Council created pu…

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 by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, of whom four shall represent and be knowledgea…

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 the proposal thereof and the submittal thereto, any rule or regulation or any am…

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 necessary, advisory species related citizen panels…

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 chief administrative officer of the marine fisheries program and all o…

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 th…

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 informati…