50:2-2 Recreational, commercial shellfish licenses; aquatic farmer license.
50:2-2. The licenses required for the various categories of harvesting, collecting, or culture of shellfish shall be as follows:
a. Recreational shellfish license. No resident's recreational shellfish license shall be granted to any applicant who does not present satisfactory evidence that the person is legally domiciled in this State and pay the license fee required pursuant to R.S.50:2-3. A nonresident's recreational shellfish license shall be effective only in the months of June, July, August, and September in any calendar year and shall not be granted to a nonresident of this State without the payment of the license fee required pursuant to R.S.50:2-3.
No holder of any recreational shellfish license may take more than 150 shellfish per day or shall sell or offer for sale shellfish taken under the license and any such sale or offer for sale shall constitute ground for the revocation of the license. No person shall take or catch more than 150 shellfish per day or sell any shellfish unless the person is a holder of a commercial shellfish license.
b. Commercial shellfish license. No resident's commercial shellfish license shall be granted to any applicant who does not present satisfactory evidence that the person is legally domiciled or incorporated in this State and pay the license fee required pursuant to R.S.50.2-3. No nonresident's commercial shellfish license shall be granted to any applicant who does not pay the license fee required pursuant to R.S.50.2-3.
c. Aquatic farmer license. No aquatic farmer license shall be granted to any applicant except as provided pursuant to the "New Jersey Aquaculture Development Act," P.L.1997, c.236 (C.4:27-1 et al.) and any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
Amended 1950, c.217; 1951, c.269; 1979, c.199, s.28; 1988, c.35, s.1; 2007, c.338, s.25.
Structure New Jersey Revised Statutes
Section 50:1-5 - Control, direction of shellfish industry, aquaculture; terms defined.
Section 50:1-18 - Shellfisheries Council, membership, duties, division into sections.
Section 50:1-22 - Offices; locations; records of leases and licenses.
Section 50:1-23 - Power of lease; lands subject to lease.
Section 50:1-24 - Exclusive power to lease.
Section 50:1-25 - Residency requirement for leases.
Section 50:1-27 - Fixing term, rental and acreage.
Section 50:1-28 - Measuring and mapping of leased lands.
Section 50:1-29 - Recording of leases and assignments thereof.
Section 50:1-30 - Lease of condemned lands.
Section 50:1-31 - Removal of shellfish from leased condemned lands.
Section 50:1-33 - Fishing rights preserved; lessees' remedies.
Section 50:1-34 - Permission requied to plant, lodge foreign shellfish; rules, regulations.
Section 50:1-35 - Permission for planting, lodging foreign shellfish; conditions.
Section 50:1-36 - Costs of inspection.
Section 50:2-1 - License required for catching, taking shellfish, conditions.
Section 50:2-2 - Recreational, commercial shellfish licenses; aquatic farmer license.
Section 50:2-3 - License fees.
Section 50:2-3.1 - "Shellfisheries Law Enforcement Fund."
Section 50:2-4 - Terms, requisites, record of license.
Section 50:2-5 - Accessibility, inspection of license.
Section 50:2-6.1 - License required for taking surf clams; exceptions, regulations.
Section 50:2-6.2 - Dredging license, limitations; seasons.
Section 50:2-6.3 - Rules, regulations; fee.
Section 50:2-7 - Culling immediately after emptying tongs or dredges.
Section 50:2-7.1 - Rules, regulations.
Section 50:2-8 - Percentage of shells; throwing back culled material.
Section 50:2-9 - Revocation of licenses on refusal to permit examination.
Section 50:2-10 - Taking shellfish with power boat.
Section 50:2-10.1 - Taking clams with power boats; permits.
Section 50:2-12 - Sale, transport, etc. certain shellfish out-of-State prohibited; exceptions.
Section 50:2-18 - Adoption of rules, regulations relative to cultivation of certain shellfish.
Section 50:3-1 - Necessity for license and issuance thereof.
Section 50:3-2 - License, fee, issuance, disposition of fees.
Section 50:3-3 - State residence, incorporation of vessel owners; statement; revocation of license.
Section 50:3-5 - Revocation of license.
Section 50:3-6 - Dredging equipment, taking of shellfish; regulated.
Section 50:3-7 - Size of dredge regulated.
Section 50:3-8 - Season for taking oysters.
Section 50:3-9 - Possession, sale of oysters taken out of season; prohibition.
Section 50:3-10 - Title to lands under tidal waters.
Section 50:3-11 - Seasonal limit to taking oysters from certain areas; exception.
Section 50:3-12 - Permission to inspect unleased grounds.
Section 50:3-13 - Dredging by person other than lessee prohibited in certain areas; exceptions.
Section 50:3-14 - Hand tongs required in certain beds.
Section 50:3-15 - Closed season; exceptions.
Section 50:3-15.1 - Minimum size of oysters which may be taken; exception.
Section 50:3-16.1 - Areas, described, named.
Section 50:3-16.3 - Description of tongers area No.1.
Section 50:3-16.4 - Taking of shellfish in Area No.1.
Section 50:3-16.5 - Necessity of license for taking shellfish; report; fee.
Section 50:3-16.6 - Application for Area No.1 license.
Section 50:3-16.7 - Fee for Area No. 1 license.
Section 50:3-16.8 - Revocation of Area No. 1 license.
Section 50:3-16.9 - Time for taking oysters.
Section 50:3-16.10 - Description of Area No. 2, Natural Seed Bed.
Section 50:3-16.12 - Description of Area No. 3, Shellfish Dredging.
Section 50:3-16.13 - Taking of shellfish in Areas Nos. 2 and 3.
Section 50:3-16.14 - License required for taking shellfish from Areas Nos. 2 and 3; fees on harvest.
Section 50:3-16.15 - Application for license for Areas Nos. 2 and 3; oath.
Section 50:3-16.16 - License; application; fee.
Section 50:3-16.17 - Revocation of license, grounds.
Section 50:3-16.18 - Limits on size of oysters taken.
Section 50:3-16.19 - Time for taking shellfish.
Section 50:3-16.20 - Size of dredge.
Section 50:3-16.21 - Prohibition on taking, catching shellfish.
Section 50:3-16.22 - Applications for license; filing, recording.
Section 50:3-20.10 - Definitions.
Section 50:3-20.11 - Licensure for oyster shucking house, planter, dealer.
Section 50:3-20.12 - Term of license.
Section 50:3-20.13 - Issuance of license, disposition of fees.
Section 50:3-20.21 - Use of license fees.
Section 50:3-20.22 - Rules and regulations.
Section 50:4-2 - Dredge, drag, scrape prohibited on certain lands; rules, regulations.