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

23:3-21.1 Pointed, metal tipped arrow, prohibition under certain circumstances. 1. 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 bow and arrow hunting license or an apprentice bow and arrow licen…

23:3-21.2 Shooting pointed, metal tipped arrow, prohibited under certain circumstances. 2. Any minor under 16 years of age, other than one who is the holder of a valid bow and arrow hunting license, or the holder of an apprentice bow and arrow license under the personal supervisi…

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 of any provision of the State Fish and Game Code of this State, be again convicted of another violation of the fish…

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 a second conviction of a violation of the fish and game laws of this or any other State,…

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 in violati…

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.

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 woodcock, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00), for ea…

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 fee of $19.00, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c.180 (C.23:3-1a), e…

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 the boundaries of which are surrounded by a fence at least six feet in height, constructed of a woven wire not larger than two-inch mesh for game bi…

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 of which he is the owner or lessee, or to have in captivity game birds or game ani…

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 years of age, who has successfully completed a course in gun or bow and arrow safety, as the case may be, as requ…

23:3-3.1 Issuance of apprentice firearm, bow and arrow licenses. 2. a. The Division of Fish and Wildlife may, in its discretion, issue an apprentice firearm hunting license to a citizen of the United States above 14 years of age. The division shall not require an applicant to com…

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 case of deer, which may be killed by shooting, at any time and the carcasses sold for…

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 transported unless …

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. Common carriers shall receive and transport game birds and animals so tagged, but to every p…

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 this section, the division shall receive and collect $0.15 for each tag or seal affixed to the ca…

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 licensed hunters are authorized to shoot upon any preserve is extended beyond sa…

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 of business specified therein, and shall keep accurate wr…

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 or seal issued by the board shall be affixed to the dead body of any game bird or animal …

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 fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for each offense.

23:3-4 Types of licenses; fees. 23:3-4. The licenses issued under this article shall include, among others authorized by law, the following: a. A license issued to a person above 16 years of age, or in the case of an apprentice firearm hunting license or an apprentice bow and arr…

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 one day only in areas licensed under subsections b. and d. of R.S.23:3-29, or at a shoot to kill field trial which is being hel…

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 years of age who is a resident of an approved migrant labor …

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 the appropriate and valid firearm hunting license or trapping license, an appropriate and valid rifle permit. …

23:3-4.2 Applicants 10 or over; certificate showing completion of gun safety course. 1. a. Notwithstanding any provisions contained in sections 23:3-1 to 23:3-22 of the Revised Statutes, concerning the issuance of resident or nonresident firearm hunting licenses, at the time an a…

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 its agents in the giving of instructions of methods of handling firear…

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 to his monthly report covering sale of licenses. L.1954, c. 57, p. 407, s. 3…

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, p. 407, s. 4.

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 to first complete the gun safety course. L.1954,c.57,s.5; amended 1971, c.38…

23:3-4.7 Conditions for issuance of firearm hunting license; fines. 6. No license issuing agent shall issue a firearm hunting license, other than an apprentice license, to a person above the age of 10, unless the person has submitted a firearm hunting license of a previous year t…

23:3-4.8. Effective date This act shall take effect on January 1, 1955. L.1954, c. 57, p. 407, s. 7.

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 or members of an organized group of patients of a d…

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 line of this State, or in Sandy Hook or Raritan bay, without first obt…

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 of this state, including the waters of the Atlantic oc…

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 jurisdiction of this State shall make application to the commissioner for a license for …

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 the taking of menhaden pursuant to sections 23:3-50 to 23:3-53 of this title.

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 other matter the division determines. Amended by L.1951, c. 226, p. 799, s. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1952.

23:3-51 License to take menhaden, prohibited takings. 23:3-51. a. Any person who intends to take menhaden with a purse seine or shirred net from any State waters, including the waters of the Atlantic ocean within three nautical miles of the State coast line, shall apply to the co…

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 to section 2 of P.L.2010, c.72, by rule or regulation adopted pursuant…

23:3-51.10 Requirements for licensees relative to littering, cleanup. 12. a. The holder of a Menhaden Purse Seine Fishing Vessel License or a Menhaden Purse Seine Fishing Vessel Operator's License, issued pursuant to R.S.23:3-51, and the holder of a Menhaden Landing License, issu…

23:3-51.11 Annual State menhaden catch quota. 13. a. (1) The annual State menhaden catch quota shall be established by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, may request a quota transfer from other states or regions, in …

23:3-51.12 "Menhaden Marine Fisheries Management Account." 14. a. There is established within the General Fund, a separate, dedicated, and non-lapsing account to be known as the "Menhaden Marine Fisheries Management Account." This account shall be credited with: (1) all revenues …

23:3-51.13 Violations, penalties. 15. a. A person who violates any provision of R.S.23:3-51, R.S.23:3-52, or P.L.2013, c.74 (C.23:3-51.2 et al.)shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in section 73 of P.L.1979, c.199 (C.23:2B-14). In addition to those penalties, if a license…

23:3-51.14 Compliance with instructions, signals of law enforcement officer. 16. In order to facilitate enforcement of R.S.23:3-51 and P.L.2013, c.74 (C.23:3-51.2 et al.) the operator of, or any other person on board, a vessel that is subject to the provisions of R.S.23:3-51 or P…

23:3-51.15 Modifications of requirements by commissioner. 17. The commissioner may, with the approval of the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council, modify the requirements of R.S.23:3-51, R.S.23:3-52, and P.L.2013, c.74 (C.23:3-51.2 et al.) if such modifications are determined to b…

23:3-51.16 Menhaden Personal Use and Limited Sale License. 12. a. Any person who intends to take menhaden from any State waters, including the waters of the Atlantic ocean within three nautical miles of the State coast line, for personal use as bait, with the option to sell or ba…