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

23:3-51.4 Extension of time to renew Menhaden Landing License, Menhaden Personal Use and Limited Sale License. 6. a. A licensee who is eligible for renewal of their Menhaden Landing License or Menhaden Personal Use and Limited Sale License may request an extension of time to rene…

23:3-51.5 Transfer of license. 7. a. Upon application to, and approval by, the department, the holder of a Menhaden Purse Seine Fishing Vessel License, issued pursuant to R.S.23:3-51, the holder of a Menhaden Landing License, issued pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2013, c.74 (C.23:3…

23:3-51.6 Monthly report by licensee to commissioner. 8. a. The holder of a Menhaden Landing License or the holder of a Menhaden Personal Use and Limited Sale License shall submit a monthly report to the commissioner, on a form developed by the commissioner. The licensee shall at…

23:3-51.7 Menhaden Dealer License. 9. a. No person shall purchase or barter for menhaden landed in the State, as the first point of sale, unless the person is in possession of a Menhaden Dealer License. No menhaden landed in the State shall be sold or traded to any person who is …

23:3-51.8 Weekly report by holders of Menhaden Dealer License. 10. a. The holder of a Menhaden Dealer License shall submit a weekly report to the commissioner, on forms developed by the commissioner. The licensee shall attest to the validity of the information contained in the we…

23:3-51.9 Permitted removal of fish harvested. 11. Removal, from a purse seine, of fish harvested from the waters of the State shall be by brailing or dip net only. No fish pump shall be on board any vessel operating under a license, for the purpose of taking menhaden for bait or…

23:3-52 Fee. 23:3-52. a. Except as provided by subsection b. of this section, the fees for a Menhaden Purse Seine Fishing Vessel License, issued pursuant to R.S.23:3-51, shall be as follows: (1) For vessels owned by a resident of New Jersey: (a) $125 for each vessel not less than…

23:3-54. Issuance of permit to take carp and suckers The board may, in its discretion, issue to a properly accredited person a permit to take carp and suckers from the ponds, lakes or streams of this state by means of a net, the mesh of which shall not be less than two and one-ha…

23:3-55. Issuance of permit to take suckers, catfish, carp and eels The board may, in its discretion, issue permits to catch suckers, catfish, carp and eels from August fifteenth to November fifteenth, by or with the use of what is commonly known as a fish basket with wing walls,…

23:3-56. Penalty for noncompliance A person holding a permit issued under sections 23:3-54 and 23:3-55 of this title, who fails to comply strictly with the provisions of said sections 23:3-54 and 23:3-55 relating to the catching of fish under the permit, shall be liable to a pena…

23:3-56.1 Limited deer license, fees; exemption. 1. a. When the Fish and Game Council has established a season for deer of either sex and has fixed a certain number of permits to be issued for that harvest, the division is authorized to charge a fee of $26.00, or as adjusted by t…

23:3-56.2. Possession, transfer and display of license; violations; penalty Any person, including members of the armed services, who shall hunt for, pursue, shoot at, take, kill or wound, or attempt to take, kill or wound a deer as permitted by this section or the State Fish and …

23:3-57 "Special trout fishing stamp." 1. No person, above the age of 16 years or under the age of 70 years, shall take or attempt to take trout in any of the fresh waters of this State, unless he has first procured, as hereinafter provided, a special trout stamp, in addition to …

23:3-58. Form and issuance of stamps The stamp shall be procured from the clerks and agents designated to issue licenses under section 23:3-7 of the Revised Statutes, and the Division of Fish and Game shall determine the form of the stamp and prepare same for issuance. L.1952, c.…

23:3-59 Fee for trout stamps. 3. The fee for this stamp shall be $10.50 for residents and $20.00 for nonresidents, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c.180 (C.23:3-1a). The amounts remitted to the State Treasury for stamps issued under…

23:3-6. License blanks and buttons or tags The division shall determine the form of the license and button or tag, prepare the license blanks and buttons or tags, and furnish license blanks and buttons or tags to the clerk of each county and municipality, and any agent designated…

23:3-60. Altering or changing stamp Any person who alters or changes in any manner or loans or transfers to another, a stamp issued under this act, and any person who takes trout during the period prescribed in section one from the fresh waters of the State without having a stamp…

23:3-61. Effective date This act shall take effect January first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. L.1952, c. 328, p. 1053, s. 5.

23:3-61.1 "Special pheasant and quail stamp." 1. No person above the age of 16 years shall at any time hunt for, pursue, kill, take, or attempt to take with a firearm or bow and arrow, or have in possession, any pheasant or quail while present in such division wildlife management…

23:3-61.2. Special pheasant and quail stamp; privileges of holder; procurement; signature of owner a. The stamp issued pursuant hereto shall be known as the "special pheasant and quail stamp" and shall authorize the holder to hunt pheasant and quail during seasons prescribed in t…

23:3-61.3 Fee for pheasant and quail stamps. 3. The fee for this stamp shall be $40.00, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c.180 (C.23:3-1a). The amounts remitted to the State Treasury for special pheasant and quail stamps shall be dep…

23:3-61.4. Violations; penalty A person who at any time alters, loans, or transfers to another a "special pheasant and quail stamp," or who hunts for, pursues, kills, takes or attempts to take with a firearm or bow or arrow, or has in possession, a pheasant or quail in such wildl…

23:3-62. Fishing preserve waters defined "Fishing preserve waters" means any artificial or man-made body of water, not to exceed 10 acres in size, lying wholly within the boundaries of lands owned by one individual, operated for the purpose of permitting the owner to provide fish…

23:3-63 Fishing preserve license. 2. (a) The division may, in its discretion, after application on forms furnished by it, issue to an owner of such fishing preserve waters a fishing preserve license permitting the holder thereof to manage such fishing preserve waters and to posse…

23:3-64. Taking of fish by licensee A licensee or any member of his immediate family may, without license issued under Revised Statutes 23:3-1, or other license or permit to take fish by net or device, take fish of any size, in any manner, at any time permitted by the preserve li…

23:3-65. Sale of fish by licensee or taking of fish by non-licensee (a) Any licensee, during the term of his license may sell fish taken from the licensed fishing preserve waters and may grant permission to other persons to take fish in or from the licensed fishing preserve water…

23:3-66. Tagging of fish, fee 5. (a) All fish stocked in the waters of the fishing preserve in accordance with subsection (b) of section 2 of this act that are taken from the licensed fishing preserve waters shall be immediately tagged as prescribed in the license or by order of …

23:3-67. Records; inspection; annual report The holder of a fishing preserve license shall keep such records as the division may require and make annual reports, verified by affidavit of the licensee, to and upon forms furnished by the division. The records shall be continuous an…

23:3-68. Use of toxins in licensed waters The division may, by special permit or authorization contained in the license, authorize the licensee to use fish toxins in the management of the licensed waters, but unless so specifically authorized by permit or license, no toxins or po…

23:3-69. Application of act Nothing in this act shall abridge, alter or affect the rights or liabilities, riparian or otherwise, that would otherwise exist or accrue by reason of the impounding of the water, except that fishing preserve waters are waters of the State within the m…

23:3-7. Issuance of license and buttons or tags The licenses and buttons or tags shall be procured from the clerk of any county or municipality or from any agent designated by the Division of Fish and Game to issue licenses. The license shall state the name, age, occupation and r…

23:3-7.1 Certificate of completion of bow and arrow 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 bow and arrow licenses, any person applying for a bow and ar…

23:3-7.10. Certificate; forwarding to division The license issuing clerk or agent designated under R.S. 23:3-7 to issue licenses shall forward such certificate to the division with his monthly returns. L.1977, c. 320, s. 3.

23:3-7.11. No charge for certificate or instructions No charge shall be made for any certificate or instructions given to a person to qualify him to purchase a trapping license. L.1977, c. 320, s. 4.

23:3-7.12. Issuance of license; submission of license of previous year or certificate; obtaining under false information; penalty No license agent shall issue a trapping license to a person of the age of 12 years or over, who has not submitted his trapping license of a previous y…

23:3-7.2. Instruction agents; issuance of certificates 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 the instructions of methods of handling b…

23:3-7.3. Forwarding certificates to division 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.1957, c. 195, p.…

23:3-7.4. Charge for certificate or instruction No charge shall be made for any certificate or instruction given to a person to qualify him to purchase a bow and arrow license. L.1957, c. 195, p. 699, s. 4.

23:3-7.5 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 bow and arrow safety and proficiency course. L.1957,c.…

23:3-7.6 Requirements for issuance of bow and arrow license; fines. 6. No license issuing agent shall issue a bow and arrow license, other than an apprentice license, to any person, unless the person has submitted a bow and arrow license of a previous year that is not an apprenti…

23:3-7.7. Effective date This act shall take effect on January 1, 1958. L.1957, c. 195, p. 700, s. 7.

23:3-7.8. Trapping license; application; certificate of completion of course in trapping methods; renewal Notwithstanding any provisions contained in R.S. 23:3-1 to 23:3-22, concerning the issuance of a resident or nonresident trapping license, at the time an application for lice…

23:3-7.9. Designation of agents to give instructions and issue certificates The division shall have authority to designate duly qualified persons to act as its agents in the giving of instructions in methods of trapping and the issuance of certificates, and a certificate shall no…

23:3-70. Rules and regulations by division The division may make such rules and regulations with respect to the management and operation of fishing preserves, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as it shall deem necessary and proper to carry into effect the provisio…

23:3-71. Violations; penalty Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100.00 or more than $1,000.00 for each offense. L.1970, c. 247, s. 10, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.

23:3-72. Necessity; fee No person shall take more than 25 American eels (anguilla rostrata) per day from the waters of Delaware bay and its tributaries in this State without first having obtained a valid commercial eel fishing license from the division. The fee for such license s…