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

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 to any of such waters the young of any species of carp or tench for the purpose of using the same for bait or for any other p…

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 burrs of three hooks attached thereto, under a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offe…

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 that might be attached to a line or placed upon a hook for the purpose of ca…

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 a dredge, rake, spear or other device attached to or drawn by a boat or vessel. Amended by L.1979, c. …

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 and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provision in said code, between nine o'…

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 and in accordance with regulations adopted by the board, or of…

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, coves, rivers, or creeks, or in the Atlantic ocean within 3 nautical miles of the coast li…

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23:9-59 to 23:9-93, inclusive, 23:9-99, 23:9-101 to 23:9-107, inclusive, and 23:9-113 of the Revised Statutes are repealed.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.

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 therefor, and the commissioner upon receipt of the application and the fee hereinafter prescribed…

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 beneath the ice in any waters. L.1941, c. 211, p. 611, s. 3. Amended by L.1942, c. 174, p. 539,…

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, or where it can find its way into, any of the fresh or tidal waters within the jurisdiction of t…

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 pond, lake or stream without first obtaining permission from the board, under a penalty of o…

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 or other contrivance to permit the fish to pass over the dam in either direction, under a penalty of…

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 through an opening in the ice in these waters, or beneath the ice, prohibited by the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such …

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 penalty of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imp…

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.

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 civil action.

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 the carp or the seed thereof from escaping into any of the waters of this State …

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, hand line, scoop net operated by hand, or a collapsible trap continuou…

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.

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 waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and all bays, inlets and estuarine waters located below the freshwater portion of any r…

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 the State in any one day, or have in the person's possession at any time, more than two striped ba…

23:5-45.1a Rules, regulations for taking, management of striped bass. 1. a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) and within one year after the date of enactment of this act, ru…

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 Atlantic Ocean, from January 1 through February 28 of each year. b. The department shal…

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 of this State or otherwise, provided that this section shall not prohibit the shipmen…

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 net or by any method other than by hook and line or by spearfishing as defined. Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of a landing n…

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. 199 (C. 23:2B-14). L.1983, c. 506, s. 6, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.

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 of inches prescribed by the respective provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the a…

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). d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.57). e. (1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt, pursuant…