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 continuously tended by hand, without a license obtained from the commissioner. The commissioner may grant and set fees for these licenses under such rules and regulations as he may establish and he shall also have the power to propose, adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations for any taking or any attempt to take and for the protection and propagation of edible crabs in the tidal waters of this State.
L.1980, c. 120, s. 10, eff. Sept. 29, 1980.