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Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals

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Definitions.

"Waters of this state" construed

Season includes date of beginning and end

Inapplicability to public museums or natural history societies

Powers and duties of board; annual report

Section
23:2-2.1

Open season suspended or curtailed by proclamation closing lands to entry; new open season

Stocking with fish, birds and game restricted to certain places

Protector, assistant protector and wardens; appointment; compensation

Payment of compensation and expenses

Powers and duties of protector and wardens

Wardens may be armed

Summary arrest; aid by peace officers

Payment of appropriations

Section
23:2-10

Deputy wardens; appointment

Section
23:2-11

Power and authority.

Section
23:2-12

Impersonating warden; penalty

Section
23:2-13

Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.

Section
23:2-14

Collection, maintenance of data; annual report.

Section
23:2-15

Rules, regulations.

Section
23:2A-1

Short title

Section
23:2A-2

Legislative findings and declarations.

Section
23:2A-3

Definitions.

Section
23:2A-4

Investigations, list of endangered species.

Section
23:2A-4.1

Diamondback terrapin designated nongame indigenous species.

Section
23:2A-5

Rules, regulations; inspections; fees.

Section
23:2A-6

Prohibitions relative to certain species.

Section
23:2A-6.1

Prohibitions relative to products, parts of certain species; exceptions; rules, regulations; definitions.

Section
23:2A-6.2

Activities permitted pursuant to conduct of biomedical research.

Section
23:2A-7

Programs for conservation and management of nongame and endangered species of wildlife.

Section
23:2A-8

Obstruction, hindrance or delay of personnel of department

Section
23:2A-9

Investigation of suspected violators

Section
23:2A-10

Violations; penalties; enforcement.

Section
23:2A-11

Severability

Section
23:2A-12

Functions, powers and duties of department under other laws

Section
23:2A-13

Liberal construction of act

Section
23:2A-13.1

Findings, declarations relative to ivory trafficking.

Section
23:2A-13.2

Definitions relative to ivory trafficking.

Section
23:2A-13.3

Additional prohibitions, penalties; exemptions.

Section
23:2A-13.4

Additional penalties, degree of crime; disposition of seized ivory.

Section
23:2A-13.5

Rules, regulations.

Section
23:2A-14

Intentional feeding of black bears prohibited; violations, penalties

Section
23:2A-15

Matching funds for certain federal grants to benefit wildlife, wildlife habitat.

Section
23:2A-16

Definitions relative to use of wild, exotic animals in traveling animal acts; exceptions; violations, penalties.

Section
23:2B-1

Short title

Section
23:2B-2

Legislative findings; state policy

Section
23:2B-3

Definitions

Section
23:2B-4

Marine Fisheries Council.

Section
23:2B-5

Powers and duties of council

Section
23:2B-6

Preparation of fisheries management plans; rules and regulations

Section
23:2B-7

Powers and duties of commissioner

Section
23:2B-8

Management of shared fisheries resources; cooperation to develop integrated management plans; reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions

Section
23:2B-9

Disclosure of information by persons taking fisheries resources; records, books or accounts; audits

Section
23:2B-10

Aquaculture task force; commercial fisheries development task force; members; duties; report

Section
23:2B-11

Interference or damage to devices used to take fish

Section
23:2B-12

Enforcement of marine management statutes, rules and regulations; duties and training of marine police; reports

Section
23:2B-13

Review of previously adopted rules and regulations.

Section
23:2B-14

"Act" defined, penalties; enforcement.

Section
23:2B-15

Division of fish, game and wildlife; fish and game council; continuance of functions, powers and duties

Section
23:2B-15.1

Division of Fish and Wildlife constituted.

Section
23:2B-16

Severability; liberal construction

Section
23:2B-17

Pending actions or proceedings; preexisting orders, rules and regulations

Section
23:2B-18

Saltwater recreational anglers license

Section
23:2B-19

Taking, processing of fish on certain vessels in marine waters prohibited.

Section
23:2B-20

Findings, declarations, determinations relative to horseshoe crab and shorebird conservation.

Section
23:2B-21

Moratorium on taking of horseshoe crabs, exceptions; shorebird management plan.

Section
23:2B-22

Registry program for saltwater recreational anglers; violations, penalties.

Section
23:2B-23

Prohibition on sale, possession of shark fins; exceptions; violations, penalties.

Section
23:2B-24

Possession in Excess of Daily Limit Vessel License.

Section
23:2B-25

"Marine Fisheries Program Support Account."

License for hunting, fishing, or trapping; penalty; exceptions.

Section
23:3-1.1

"All Around Sportsman License."

Section
23:3-1a

Fees; adjustment by council, once

Section
23:3-1b

"Free fishing" days

Section
23:3-1c

Application fee for each permit, license.

Section
23:3-1d

Pennsylvania fishing license holders permitted to fish in Delaware river

Section
23:3-1e

Members of New Jersey National Guard, disabled veterans exempt from certain fees.

Section
23:3-1f

Certification of reduction in "hunters' and anglers' license fund" for free NG licensees

Section
23:3-1g

Fee for hunting migratory birds.

Minimum age for issuance of license; misrepresentation; penalty.

Youth hunting license.

Section
23:3-3.1

Issuance of apprentice firearm, bow and arrow licenses.

Types of licenses; fees.

Section
23:3-4.1

One-day license; fee.

Section
23:3-4.2

Applicants 10 or over; certificate showing completion of gun safety course.

Section
23:3-4.3

Instructors of methods of handling firearms

Section
23:3-4.4

Forwarding of certificates

Section
23:3-4.5

Instruction and certificate to be without charge

Section
23:3-4.6

Application to issuance of youth hunting licenses.

Section
23:3-4.7

Conditions for issuance of firearm hunting license; fines.

Section
23:3-4.8

Effective date

Section
23:3-4.9

Special limited fishing licenses; issuance; fee

Section
23:3-4.10

Migrant or farm labor camp resident; issuance of license

Section
23:3-4.11

Rifle permit; fee.

Button or tag worn by licensee

License blanks and buttons or tags

Issuance of license and buttons or tags

Section
23:3-7.1

Certificate of completion of bow and arrow safety course.

Section
23:3-7.2

Instruction agents; issuance of certificates

Section
23:3-7.3

Forwarding certificates to division

Section
23:3-7.4

Charge for certificate or instruction

Section
23:3-7.5

Application to issuance of youth hunting licenses.

Section
23:3-7.6

Requirements for issuance of bow and arrow license; fines.

Section
23:3-7.7

Effective date

Section
23:3-7.8

Trapping license; application; certificate of completion of course in trapping methods; renewal

Section
23:3-7.9

Designation of agents to give instructions and issue certificates

Section
23:3-7.10

Certificate; forwarding to division

Section
23:3-7.11

No charge for certificate or instructions

Section
23:3-7.12

Issuance of license; submission of license of previous year or certificate; obtaining under false information; penalty

Stubs attached to license; spoiled blanks

Monthly returns to division; retention of issuance fees

Section
23:3-10

Division's monthly return to state treasurer

Section
23:3-11

Disposition of fees

Section
23:3-12

Hunters' and anglers' license fund

Section
23:3-12.1

"Shellfisheries Management Account" established

Section
23:3-12.2

"Oyster Resource Development Account."

Section
23:3-13

Annual returns to division

Section
23:3-14

Penalty for failure to make return or report

Section
23:3-15

Failure to turn over moneys by clerk, warden or magistrate; misdemeanor

Section
23:3-16

Licenses and buttons or tags to be issued promptly

Section
23:3-17

Registrars of licenses

Section
23:3-18

Antedating license a misdemeanor

Section
23:3-19

Records open to public

Section
23:3-20

Penalty for violations of article

Section
23:3-21

Procuring license wrongfully; penalty

Section
23:3-21.1

Pointed, metal tipped arrow, prohibition under certain circumstances.

Section
23:3-21.2

Shooting pointed, metal tipped arrow, prohibited under certain circumstances.

Section
23:3-22

Subsequent convictions; penalty

Section
23:3-22.1

Appeal to council by aggrieved person

Section
23:3-22.2

Establishment of range of costs for replacement value of animals possessed in violation of law

Section
23:3-22.3

Remedial sportsmen education program; established

Section
23:3-27

Penalty for killing or having certain game

Section
23:3-27.1

Wild turkey permits, fee.

Section
23:3-28

Definitions

Section
23:3-29

Licenses for raising, selling game birds, animals.

Section
23:3-31

Killing game; sale; conditions; license required

Section
23:3-32

Pheasants, partridge, quail; killing, shipping, commercial shooting preserve license, conditions

Section
23:3-33

Shipment of killed game; regulations

Section
23:3-34

Tag fee; rules, regulations

Section
23:3-36

Expiration of licenses; renewal of propagating license

Section
23:3-37

License displayed; record kept; certified copy sent to board

Section
23:3-38

Counterfeiting tag or seal; affixing improperly

Section
23:3-39

Penalty

Section
23:3-41

License to operate fishpound nets; requirement for; issuance

Section
23:3-46

Use of shirred or purse seines, otter or beam trawls without license prohibited

Section
23:3-47

Application for and granting of license; fee; term

Section
23:3-48

Menhaden fishing excepted

Section
23:3-51

License to take menhaden, prohibited takings.

Section
23:3-51.1

Rules, regulations for taking of menhaden.

Section
23:3-51.2

Definitions relative to taking of menhaden.

Section
23:3-51.3

Menhaden Landing License.

Section
23:3-51.4

Extension of time to renew Menhaden Landing License, Menhaden Personal Use and Limited Sale License.

Section
23:3-51.5

Transfer of license.

Section
23:3-51.6

Monthly report by licensee to commissioner.

Section
23:3-51.7

Menhaden Dealer License.

Section
23:3-51.8

Weekly report by holders of Menhaden Dealer License.

Section
23:3-51.9

Permitted removal of fish harvested.

Section
23:3-51.10

Requirements for licensees relative to littering, cleanup.

Section
23:3-51.11

Annual State menhaden catch quota.

Section
23:3-51.12

"Menhaden Marine Fisheries Management Account."

Section
23:3-51.13

Violations, penalties.

Section
23:3-51.14

Compliance with instructions, signals of law enforcement officer.

Section
23:3-51.15

Modifications of requirements by commissioner.

Section
23:3-51.16

Menhaden Personal Use and Limited Sale License.

Section
23:3-51.17

Review of applicable laws, rules, regulations concerning menhaden.

Section
23:3-51.18

Reporting procedures and methods.

Section
23:3-52

Fee.

Section
23:3-54

Issuance of permit to take carp and suckers

Section
23:3-55

Issuance of permit to take suckers, catfish, carp and eels

Section
23:3-56

Penalty for noncompliance

Section
23:3-56.1

Limited deer license, fees; exemption.

Section
23:3-56.2

Possession, transfer and display of license; violations; penalty

Section
23:3-57

"Special trout fishing stamp."

Section
23:3-58

Form and issuance of stamps

Section
23:3-59

Fee for trout stamps.

Section
23:3-60

Altering or changing stamp

Section
23:3-61

Effective date

Section
23:3-61.1

"Special pheasant and quail stamp."

Section
23:3-61.2

Special pheasant and quail stamp; privileges of holder; procurement; signature of owner

Section
23:3-61.3

Fee for pheasant and quail stamps.

Section
23:3-61.4

Violations; penalty

Section
23:3-62

Fishing preserve waters defined

Section
23:3-63

Fishing preserve license.

Section
23:3-64

Taking of fish by licensee

Section
23:3-65

Sale of fish by licensee or taking of fish by non-licensee

Section
23:3-66

Tagging of fish, fee

Section
23:3-67

Records; inspection; annual report

Section
23:3-68

Use of toxins in licensed waters

Section
23:3-69

Application of act

Section
23:3-70

Rules and regulations by division

Section
23:3-71

Violations; penalty

Section
23:3-72

Necessity; fee

Section
23:3-73

Rules and regulations

Section
23:3-74

Violations; penalty

Section
23:3-75

Short title

Section
23:3-76

New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp.

Section
23:3-77

Procurement; fee for New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp

Section
23:3-77.1

Annual fee adjustment.

Section
23:3-78

Design and form of stamp; rules and regulations

Section
23:3-79

New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Account

Section
23:3-80

Violations; penalties; enforcement

Section
23:3-81

Migratory waterfowl advisory committee

Open and close seasons; federal regulations; penalty for violations

Bag limit; penalty

Bag limit for migratory birds to conform to federal regulations

Female English or ring-necked pheasant protected; exceptions

Trapping or shooting squirrels and rabbits by farmers and fruit growers

Section
23:4-10

Shooting squirrel's nest prohibited; penalty

Section
23:4-11

Hunting, except during seasons and in manner provided, prohibited

Section
23:4-12

Hunting certain game, except in manner provided by Code or with gun or bow and arrow, unlawful; penalty

Section
23:4-13

Regulations concerning guns

Section
23:4-13.1

Clothing; outer garment of fluorescent hunter's orange

Section
23:4-14

Use of ferrets prohibited; penalty

Section
23:4-15

Baiting wild fowl prohibited; penalty

Section
23:4-16

Prohibited hunting practices; penalty.

Section
23:4-18

Hunting migratory waterfowl; lying in wait; hours; penalty

Section
23:4-19

Pursuing game birds in power boats or aircraft prohibited; penalty

Section
23:4-20

Trapped or snared game; possession or sale; setting traps

Section
23:4-21

Trapping hare by children

Section
23:4-22

"Pole traps" prohibited; penalty

Section
23:4-22.1

Animal trap of steel-jaw leghold type; prohibition of manufacture, sale, possession, importation or transportation

Section
23:4-22.2

Prohibition of taking or attempting to take any animal

Section
23:4-22.3

Possession as prima facie evidence

Section
23:4-22.4

Study to develop better trap; traps not classified as steel-jaw leghold traps

Section
23:4-22.5

Allowable uses and possessions

Section
23:4-22.6

Rules and regulations; contents

Section
23:4-22.7

Violations; penalties

Section
23:4-22.8

Confiscation of equipment, pelts or animals

Section
23:4-23

Mutilating game prohibited; deer

Section
23:4-24

Hunting, certain, prohibited on Sundays; penalty; exemptions.

Section
23:4-24.1

Carrying loaded firearms in vehicle for hunting purposes prohibited; proof

Section
23:4-24.1a

Improper transportation of firearm in motor vehicle; penalty

Section
23:4-24.2

Shooting or taking game bird or animal from tree or structure within 300 feet of baited area

Section
23:4-24.3

Baited area defined

Section
23:4-24.4

Hunting deer with bait; "baited area" defined.

Section
23:4-24.5

Prohibition of computer-assisted remote hunting; definitions.

Section
23:4-24.6

Violation, penalties.

Section
23:4-25

Dogs; running at large; training; carrying firearms into woods or fields; exceptions

Section
23:4-26

Field days allowed; license

Section
23:4-27

Unlawful sale, purchase of wildlife; penalties.

Section
23:4-28

Bringing game into state; penalty

Section
23:4-29

Taking game from state prohibited; penalty; exceptions

Section
23:4-30

Application of law to game from without state

Section
23:4-32

Possession of gun evidence of violation

Section
23:4-33

Gun in house a violation

Section
23:4-34

Notice of seizure of weapon; sale; proceeds

Section
23:4-35

Search for gun; search warrant; right of entry

Section
23:4-36

Gunning under influence of liquor or drugs prohibited; penalty

Section
23:4-37

Protection of fur-bearing animals; taking by traps

Section
23:4-38.2

Trap of conibear or killer type; restriction on use

Section
23:4-38.3

Violations; penalty

Section
23:4-39

Mink, muskrat or otter; open season; destruction of muskrats damaging dams or canal banks; state owned grounds

Section
23:4-40

Stealing traps or trapped animals

Section
23:4-41

Penalties

Section
23:4-42

Killing deer, season, permit to kill on cultivated land.

Section
23:4-42.1

Killing of deer causing crop damage permitted, conditions

Section
23:4-42.2

Annual report to include number of deer killed pursuant to permits

Section
23:4-42.3

Application for special deer management area designation.

Section
23:4-42.4

Submission of deer management plan.

Section
23:4-42.5

Exemption, variation from certain laws, etc. for implementation of alternative control methods

Section
23:4-42.6

Special deer management permit; issuance

Section
23:4-42.7

Venison, donation program, permanent

Section
23:4-42.8

Guidelines for venison donation program.

Section
23:4-43

Possession of wild deer.

Section
23:4-44

Weapons authorized for hunting deer; kinds; caliber; size of shot

Section
23:4-45

Deer-hunting restrictions

Section
23:4-46

Use of dogs to track wild deer.

Section
23:4-47

Dead deer, tagging procedures, transportation; violations, penalties; rules, regulations.

Section
23:4-48

Penalties

Section
23:4-49

"Game bird" defined

Section
23:4-50

Wild birds other than game birds; capturing; killing; possession; sale; penalties; enforcement

Section
23:4-51

Robbing nests or taking eggs prohibited; exception; penalty

Section
23:4-52

Collecting mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds, and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes; certificate

Section
23:4-53

Wild pigeons protected; penalty

Section
23:4-55

Beaver trapping permits

Section
23:4-56

Acquisition of land by United States for migratory bird reservations

Section
23:4-57

Penalty for liberating foxes

Section
23:4-58

Possession of live fox prohibited; penalty

Section
23:4-58.1

Hunting foxes with hounds and firearms; penalty

Section
23:4-58.3

Killing other game while hunting foxes; penalty

Section
23:4-62.2

Bounties or premium for killing prohibition

Section
23:4-63.1

Penalty for liberating coyotes

Section
23:4-63.2

Possession of live coyote prohibited; penalty

Section
23:4-63.3

Possession, release of certain animals, prohibited; terms defined

Section
23:4-63.4

Violations; penalties

Section
23:4-63.5

Right to use mechanical devices to repel marauding birds and other wildlife

Section
23:4-63.6

Issuance of permits; cancellation; rules and regulations

Section
23:4-63.7

Disposal of dead wildlife by authorized personnel

Section
23:4-64

Sale of bittersweet prohibited; penalty; enforcement

Open season for certain fish; penalty

Sale of propagated trout or landlocked salmon; tagging

Fishing through ice

Minimum size of certain fish; penalty

Lobster restrictions

Section
23:5-10

Trout, perch, pickerel, bass, crappie or salmon; limit

Section
23:5-11

Fishing, except angling, prohibited; penalty; exceptions

Section
23:5-13

Set lines in waters having certain fish prohibited; number of hooks

Section
23:5-14

Carp or tench as bait; penalty

Section
23:5-15

Artificial bait; number of hooks; penalty

Section
23:5-15.1

Possession of unlawful bait; penalty

Section
23:5-16

Taking eels in tidal waters with certain devices

Section
23:5-17

Fishing at night for certain fish prohibited; penalty

Section
23:5-24.1

License to fish with net; possession

Section
23:5-24.2

Fish-netting license fees

Section
23:5-24.3

Hauling seines; restrictions on use

Section
23:5-24.13

Repeal

Section
23:5-28

Pollution of fresh or tidal waters, penalties

Section
23:5-29

Shutting off, drawing off or screening waters prohibited; penalty

Section
23:5-29.1

Fish ladder in dams required; penalty

Section
23:5-30

Placing carp in public or private waters prohibited; penalty

Section
23:5-31

Proceedings by persons aggrieved

Section
23:5-32

Conviction no bar to civil action

Section
23:5-33

Article inapplicable to certain private ponds.

Section
23:5-35.2

Taking crabs; license; necessity; exceptions; fees; rules and regulations

Section
23:5-43

Short title

Section
23:5-44

Definitions

Section
23:5-45.1

Daily limit for taking striped bass.

Section
23:5-45.1a

Rules, regulations for taking, management of striped bass.

Section
23:5-45.2

Closed season for striped bass, except Atlantic Ocean

Section
23:5-45.3

Sale of striped bass prohibited

Section
23:5-47

Lawful methods

Section
23:5-48

Violations; penalties

Penalty for permitting; destruction of contrivances

Trespassing prohibited; posting notice; private notice; penalties

Section
23:7-1.1

Littering prohibited; penalty

Section
23:7-1.2

Archaeological findings in wildlife management area protected.

Arrest of offender; trial; failure to show permit

Causing injury to property while hunting or fishing; penalties

Disposition of fines collected

Posting by other than owner or lessee prohibited

Legal notices

Penalty

Actions forbidden on property under State control; penalty.

Section
23:7A-1

Definitions

Section
23:7A-2

Prevention of lawful taking of wildlife prohibited.

Section
23:7A-3

Violations, penalties

Acquiring real estate; management and personnel; salaries; expenses

Trespass on hatchery or game land; penalty

Disposition of fish, game and eggs; use of proceeds

Lands for game refuges; acquisition

Fencing and notices

Lands of board deemed refuges

Section
23:8-10

Hunting or carrying gun in preserve prohibited

Section
23:8-11

Violations; penalty

Section
23:8-12

Investigations as to fish culture by United States

Section
23:8-13

Fishing by fish cultural stations

Section
23:8A-1

Sale, lease or exchange by commissioner; terms and conditions

Section
23:8A-2

Title in name of state; use

Section
23:8A-3

Disposition of proceeds from sale, lease or exchange; use

Waters affected by article

Common rights to fish

Game, bait and food fish defined

Manner and means of fishing for game fish; fine

Manner and means of fishing for bait fish; fine

Manner and means of fishing for food fish; fine

Taking sturgeon; taking other food fish with seine or gill net; fine; forfeiture of appliances

Section
23:9-10

Use of certain nets prohibited; fine; forfeiture of appliances

Section
23:9-11

Prohibited hours for fishing; fine; forfeiture of appliances

Section
23:9-12

Catching food fish with lines; season for game fish; fine

Section
23:9-13

Bag limit on game fish

Section
23:9-14

Use of eelpots and fyke nets; fine; forfeiture of appliances

Section
23:9-15

Use of parallel nets prohibited; fine; forfeiture of appliances

Section
23:9-16

Size of certain fish; fine

Section
23:9-17

Interference with or injury to nets; fine

Section
23:9-19

Purchase, sale or possession of fish except during lawful period prohibited; fine

Section
23:9-20

Concurrent jurisdiction of states; procedure for violations

Section
23:9-21

Interference with officers; fine

Section
23:9-114

License to take shad with net required

Section
23:9-115

License fee; season; lift period from Friday noon until Saturday midnight

Section
23:9-120

Arrest and punishment of violations on Hudson river between New Jersey and New York

Section
23:9-121

Arrest and punishment of violations on Delaware river between New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Section
23:9-126

Holders of New York fishing licenses; fishing in New Jersey part of Greenwood lake

Section
23:9A-1

Penalty for injury or death caused by negligent use of weapon

Section
23:9A-2

Misuse of weapon while hunting; penalty

Section
23:10-1

Provisions of title enforced and penalties recovered in accordance with chapter

Section
23:10-2

Jurisdiction

Section
23:10-3

Who may institute proceedings

Section
23:10-4

Process and proceedings on Sunday

Section
23:10-5

Arrest on view without warrant; interference with or resisting officer

Section
23:10-12

Incriminating testimony

Section
23:10-14

Commitment for nonpayment of penalties

Section
23:10-15

Release on probation; payment of fine in installments

Section
23:10-17

Powers and fees for service of process of certain officers

Section
23:10-19

Use of moneys recovered for violations

Section
23:10-20

Searches and seizures; immunity from civil suit.

Section
23:10-21

Forfeiture of apparatus; procedure

Section
23:10-21.1

Illegal apparatus used for fishing; confiscation

Section
23:12-1

Assent of state to Federal act pertaining to wildlife restoration

Section
23:12-2

Assent to Federal act providing for aid in fish restoration and management projects

Section
23:13-1

Enactment, entry into Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.

Section
23:13-2

Compliance with compact; authority of division.

Section
23:13-3

Suspension of privileges.

Section
23:13-4

Failure of resident to comply; violations, penalties.

Section
23:13-5

Contents of suspension notification letter.

Section
23:13-6

Grounds for suspension of enforcement.