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

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23:9-59 to 23:9-93, inclusive, 23:9-99, 23:9-101 to 23:9-107, inclusive, and 23:9-113 of the Revised Statutes are repealed.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

23:6-1. Penalty for permitting; destruction of contrivances No owner, lessee or tenant of any property shall permit the erection, construction or maintenance thereon of any of the contrivances for the unlawful taking of fish and game prohibited under the provisions of this Title,…

23:7-1. Trespassing prohibited; posting notice; private notice; penalties 23:7-1. A person who trespasses on the lands of another for the purpose of hunting, fishing, trapping, or taking wildlife, or attempting to hunt, fish, trap, or take wildlife, after notice bearing the name …

23:7-1.1. Littering prohibited; penalty A person entering the lands of another for the purpose of hunting, fishing, trapping, or taking wildlife, or attempting to hunt, fish, trap, or take wildlife, who litters, dumps, or discards refuse of any kind shall be liable to a civil pen…

23:7-1.2 Archaeological findings in wildlife management area protected. 4. a. (1) Except as may be provided pursuant to subsection c. of this section, no person may alter, deface, destroy, disturb, or remove any archaeological findings in any wildlife management area administered…

23:7-2. Arrest of offender; trial; failure to show permit 23:7-2. A person violating the provisions of R.S.23:7-1 may be arrested without warrant by the owner, occupant, lessee, or any police officer and taken for trial before any Superior Court or municipal court which shall hav…

23:7-3. Causing injury to property while hunting or fishing; penalties 23:7-3. A person who, while hunting, fishing, trapping, or taking wildlife, causes or assists in causing damage or injury to real or personal property of another, including pet animals, shall be liable to a ci…

23:7-5. Disposition of fines collected All moneys recovered as fines for any violation of this article shall be paid to the board for the uses and purposes of such board.

23:7-6. Posting by other than owner or lessee prohibited It shall be unlawful for any person to place notices or signs forbidding hunting, fishing or trapping on any property in this state unless he be the owner or lessee of such property.

23:7-7. Legal notices All owners or lessees posting property must erect signs or notices containing the printed name or written signature of the owner or lessee in order to constitute legal notices.

23:7-8. Penalty Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars for each sign or notice.

23:7-9 Actions forbidden on property under State control; penalty. 1. a. With respect to or on property under the control of the Division of Fish and Wildlife, no person may: (1) remove or disturb any vegetation, soil, water, minerals, or other property of the State; (2) litter, …

23:7A-1. Definitions 1. As used in this act: "Taking" means to hunt, capture, kill, trap, catch, net, possess, or collect, or to attempt to hunt, capture, kill, trap, catch, net, possess, or collect, wildlife. "Wildlife" means any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, shel…

23:7A-2 Prevention of lawful taking of wildlife prohibited. 2. No person may, for the purpose of hindering or preventing the lawful taking of wildlife: a. block, obstruct, or impede, or attempt to block, obstruct, or impede, a person lawfully taking wildlife; b. erect a barrier w…

23:7A-3. Violations, penalties 3. a. The Director of the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife may institute a civil action in the Superior Court for injunctive and other relief for a violation of this act, and the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner. b. A person wh…

23:8-1. Acquiring real estate; management and personnel; salaries; expenses The board may purchase suitable lands and erect buildings thereon in this state for the purpose of propagating game and fish. The lands and buildings shall be in charge of competent persons who shall, fro…

23:8-10. Hunting or carrying gun in preserve prohibited No person shall at any time hunt, pursue, kill or take, or attempt to kill or take, within the limits of a game refuge, a bird or animal, the hunting for, killing or taking of which is regulated by the State Fish and Game Co…

23:8-11. Violations; penalty Any person who shall at any time hunt, pursue, kill or take, or attempt to kill or take, within the limits of a game refuge, a bird or animal, the hunting for, killing or taking of which is regulated by the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence…

23:8-12. Investigations as to fish culture by United States The United States commissioner of fisheries and his authorized agents may conduct fish cultural operations and scientific investigations in the waters of this state in such manner and at such times as they consider neces…