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NJ Rev Stat § 23:7-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:7-8 - Penalty

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:7A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:7A-1 - Definitions

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, shellfish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal, or any part, product, egg, or offspring, or the dead body or parts, thereof.  L.1993,c.11,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:7A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:7A-2 - Prevention of lawful taking of wildlife prohibited.

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 with the intent to deny ingress to or egress from areas where wildlife may be lawfully taken;  c. make, or attempt to make, unauthorized physical contact with a person lawfully taking wildlife;  d. engage in, or attempt to engage in, theft, vandalism, or destruction of personal or real property;  e. disturb or alter, or attempt to disturb or alter, the condition or authorized placement of personal or real property intended for use in the lawful taking of wildlife;  f. enter or remain upon public lands or waters, or upon private lands or waters without permission of the owner thereof or an agent of that landowner, where wildlife may be lawfully taken;  g. make or attempt to make loud noises or gestures, set out or attempt to set out animal baits, scents, or lures or human scent, use any other natural or artificial visual, aural, olfactory, or physical stimuli, or engage in or attempt to engage in any other similar action or activity, in order to disturb, alarm, drive, attract, or affect the behavior of wildlife or disturb, alarm, disrupt, or annoy a person lawfully taking wildlife; h. interject himself into the line of fire of a person lawfully taking wildlife; or i. operate as defined in section 1 of P.L.2017, c.315 (C.2C:40-27) an unmanned aircraft system as defined in section 1 of P.L.2017, c.315 (C.2C:40-27).  Subsections a., b., e., f., g., and i. of this section shall not apply to a law enforcement officer or conservation police officer enforcing the laws of this State or any local ordinance, or a private landowner or agent thereof on land or waters owned by that private landowner. L.1993, c.11, s.2; amended 2017, c.315, s.4; 2019, c.407, s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:7A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:7A-3 - Violations, penalties

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 who violates this act shall be guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense.  c. A person who violates this act shall be liable to a civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each offense, to be collected in a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law," N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq. The Superior Court and the municipal court for the municipality in which the violation occurred shall have jurisdiction to enforce "the penalty enforcement law."  d. For the purposes of subsections b. and c. of this section, if the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute an additional, separate, and distinct offense.  e. In addition to bringing a civil action for injunctive relief or any other relief provided by law, a person who is adversely affected by a violation of this act may bring a civil action for damages, including punitive damages and special damages, against the violator. Special damages may include, but need not be limited to, expenditures of the affected person for license and permit fees, travel expenses, guide fees and expenses, and the cost of special equipment and supplies, to the extent any such expenditures were rendered futile by the action or activities of the violator.  L.1993,c.11,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8-1 - Acquiring real estate; management and personnel; salaries; expenses

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, from time to time, engage, with the permission of the board, any additional help that may be necessary. The compensation of the head gamekeeper and the superintendent of the hatchery shall be fixed by the board in accordance with the schedules provided by the state civil service commission. All expenses incurred in carrying out this section shall be paid by the state treasurer on warrants of the state comptroller on bills properly approved by the board, out of the receipts of the board received through it.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8-4 - Trespass on hatchery or game land; penalty

23:8-4. Trespass on hatchery or game land; penalty  No person shall trespass on any lands on which a fish hatchery or game farm is located and operated by the board, or damage, deface or remove a notice or signboard erected on these lands, under a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8-6 - Disposition of fish, game and eggs; use of proceeds

23:8-6. Disposition of fish, game and eggs; use of proceeds  The board may, when it deems proper, sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any fish or fish eggs from the state hatchery, game birds or game animals, or the eggs of game birds from the state game farm, and any other products of the farms, and boats and personal property in general. The proceeds of the sales shall be reported by the board as receipts of the board and be paid into the state treasury, subject to the use of the board as other receipts.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8-7 - Lands for game refuges; acquisition

23:8-7. Lands for game refuges; acquisition  The board may lease by agreement with the owner thereof any lands in this state suitable for game refuges and exercise control thereof during the lease. The board may also acquire in the name of the state, title by gift or grant to any such lands.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8-8 - Fencing and notices

23:8-8. Fencing and notices  The game refuges may be surrounded by such wire or wires on the boundary thereof as the board in its discretion shall determine, and one notice reading "State Game Refuge, hunting is unlawful" , shall be posted at least every five hundred feet of the boundary of the refuge.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8-9 - Lands of board deemed refuges

23:8-9. Lands of board deemed refuges  All lands acquired or controlled in any manner by the division are hereby constituted refuges for all birds and animals whose pursuit or taking is regulated or prohibited under the provisions of this Title. Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1825, s. 74, eff. April 1, 1949.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8-10 - Hunting or carrying gun in preserve prohibited

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 Code, or, in the absence of any such provision in said code, the hunting for, killing or taking of which is regulated by law. 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 prohibited by the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of any provision of said code to the contrary, the hunting for, killing or taking of which is prohibited by law. No person shall carry a shotgun or rifle within the limits of a game refuge unless authorized by the division. Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1825, s. 75.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8-11 - Violations; penalty

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 of any such provision in said code, the hunting for, killing or taking of which is regulated by law; or 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 prohibited by the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of any provision of said code to the contrary, the hunting for, killing or taking of which is prohibited by law; or who violates any other provisions of this article, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense. Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1825, s. 76; L.1950, c. 67, p. 123, s. 5, eff. April 25, 1950.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8-12 - Investigations as to fish culture by United States

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 necessary and proper, notwithstanding any law of this state to the contrary.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8-13 - Fishing by fish cultural stations

23:8-13. Fishing by fish cultural stations  The authorities in charge of a fish and shellfish cultural and biological station, having laboratory facilities of a scientific and biological character which will enable investigators to prosecute the necessary scientific and biological inquiries in connection therewith, may fish in any of the public waters of this state with dredging apparatus, seines, nets, trawls, surface trawls or any other device, for the sole purpose of obtaining the materials needed in carrying out the purposes and making the scientific investigations for which the station is established.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8A-1 - Sale, lease or exchange by commissioner; terms and conditions

23:8A-1. Sale, lease or exchange by commissioner; terms and conditions  1. In any case where the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection finds that the best interests of the State will be served thereby, he shall have the power and authority to sell, lease or exchange for other lands or property, any areas of land, water, or land and water, or any interest therein, belonging to the State, acquired exclusively for public hunting and fishing grounds and game refuges, and assigned to the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, provided, however, that the Fish and Game Council shall be given an opportunity to review any proposed sale, lease or exchange and to make recommendations thereon to the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection before such sale, lease, or exchange is executed, and that it shall be executed in accordance with P.L.1993, c.38 (C.13:1D-51 et al.). Such sales, leases or exchanges shall be made in the name of the State of New Jersey and executed by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection at such price and upon such terms and conditions as shall be fixed by the State House Commission.  L.1958,c.93,s.1; amended 1960,c.178; 1993,c.38,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8A-2 - Title in name of state; use

23:8A-2. Title in name of state; use  Whenever lands are received in exchange, title to same shall be taken in the name of the State of New Jersey, and they shall be held for the use and purposes of the Division of Fish and Game. L.1958, c. 93, p. 537, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:8A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:8A-3 - Disposition of proceeds from sale, lease or exchange; use

23:8A-3. Disposition of proceeds from sale, lease or exchange; use  All moneys received from any such sale or lease, or received as part of the consideration when an exchange of lands is made, shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and placed to the credit of a fund known as the "hunters' and anglers' license fund" created by and existing under the provisions of R.S. 23:3-11, said money to be used exclusively for such uses and purposes as are provided for by said act, and held and disbursed by the State Treasurer, on vouchers certified to by the division. L.1958, c. 93, p. 537, s. 3. Amended by L.1975, c. 116, s. 13, eff. June 3, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:9-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:9-3 - Waters affected by article

23:9-3. Waters affected by article  The provisions of this article shall affect and apply only to the propagation, catching, taking and protection and destruction of fish in the waters of the Delaware river above and below Trenton falls, lying between the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the state of New Jersey.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:9-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:9-4 - Common rights to fish

23:9-4. Common rights to fish  The inhabitants of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and of the state of New Jersey shall have and enjoy a common right of fishery throughout, in and over the waters of the Delaware river above and below Trenton falls, between low-water mark on each side of said river between said states except so far as either state may have heretofore granted valid and subsisting private right of fishery.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:9-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:9-5 - Game, bait and food fish defined

23:9-5. Game, bait and food fish defined  As used in this article: "Game fish" means black bass or small-mouth bass; large-mouth bass, otherwise called Oswego or yellow bass; strawberry or calico bass; rock bass, otherwise known as redeye or goggle-eye; white bass; crappie; pike perch, otherwise called wall-eyed pike or Susquehanna salmon; pike; pickerel; char, commonly called brook or speckled trout, or any form of trout. "Bait fish" means all species of minnows, killifishes and stone catfish. "Food fish" means all other species or varieties of fish whatsoever.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:9-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:9-6 - Manner and means of fishing for game fish; fine

23:9-6. Manner and means of fishing for game fish; fine  No person shall catch or fish for any game fish or any sunfish or any white or yellow perch in any part of the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls with any device or by any means or method whatsoever, except with such devices or by such means or method as shall be prescribed in the State Fish and Game Code, or if none are so prescribed, then except with rods and lines or hand lines, commonly called dipsey or throw lines, each having not more than 9 hooks, or with trolling lines with spoon or artificial bait having not more than 3 burrs of 3 hooks attached. The number of rods and lines, or the number of trolling lines shall not exceed such numbers as shall be prescribed in said code, or if none are so prescribed, then they shall not exceed 2 of 1 or the other device named. Any person violating any provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of $20.00. Amended by L.1955, c. 99, p. 550, s. 1, eff. June 24, 1955.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:9-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:9-7 - Manner and means of fishing for bait fish; fine

23:9-7. Manner and means of fishing for bait fish; fine  No person shall fish for bait fish in the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls except with such devices as shall be prescribed in the State Fish and Game Code, or if none are so prescribed then except with the following devices, to wit: Rods and lines and hand lines with not more than 3 hooks attached; a minnow seine not more than 100 feet in length; a dip net not more than 5 feet square; a minnow trap, the opening of which shall not be more than 1 1/4 inches in diameter; a scoop net with a single handle and with a diameter of not more than 2 feet. Any person who uses any other device, method or means for catching bait fish, other than those specified in said code or in this section shall be subject to a fine of $20.00. Amended by L.1955, c. 99, p. 550, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:9-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:9-8 - Manner and means of fishing for food fish; fine

23:9-8. Manner and means of fishing for food fish; fine  No person shall fish for food fish in the Delaware river below Trenton falls with any device, method or means, except as shall be prescribed in the State Fish and Game Code, or if none are so prescribed then excepting by the following devices and under regulations and restrictions hereinafter described, to wit: A seine, a gill net, an eelpot, or fyke net, each without wings, a parallel net, or stake net at the edge of low water, and rods and lines, or hand lines, otherwise known as dipsey or throw lines, each having not more than 3 hooks. No person shall fish for food fish above Trenton falls with any device, method or means except as shall be prescribed in the State Fish and Game Code, or if none are so prescribed in said code, then excepting the following devices and under regulations and restrictions hereinafter described, to wit: A seine, an eelpot or a fyke net, each without wings, and rods and lines or hand lines, otherwise known as dipsey or throw lines, each having not more than 3 hooks. The number of rods and lines or hand lines shall not exceed such number as shall be prescribed in the State Fish and Game Code, or if none are so prescribed then they shall not exceed 3 of 1 or other device named. Any person who shall use or employ any method or device for catching food fish other than such as shall be prescribed in the State Fish and Game Code, or if none are so prescribed then other than those named in this section, or shall use or employ any device prescribed in said code or named in this section contrary to the regulations or restrictions hereinafter mentioned, as the case may be, shall be subject to a fine of $20.00. Amended by L.1955, c. 99, p. 551, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:9-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:9-9 - Taking sturgeon; taking other food fish with seine or gill net; fine; forfeiture of appliances

23:9-9. Taking sturgeon; taking other food fish with seine or gill net; fine; forfeiture of appliances  No person shall catch and take or attempt to catch and take sturgeon from the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls, with any device excepting a seine or gill net, the meshes of which shall not be less than thirteen inches stretched measure while being fished, or catch and take or attempt to catch and take any other food fish from said waters with a seine the meshes of which shall be less than two and one-half inches stretched measure while being fished, or any gill net the meshes of which shall be less than five and one-quarter inches stretched measure while being fished; provided, that gill nets with a mesh not smaller than three inches may be used from March first to June tenth in each year for the purpose of taking herring only. No person shall catch and take or attempt to catch and take any food fish, except sturgeon, by means of a seine or gill net between June tenth in each and every year and March first next ensuing, provided that suckers may be taken with a seine only from October fifteenth in each and every year to March fifteenth next ensuing. No person shall use gill nets as provided in this section in the Delaware river above Trenton falls. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars, together with a forfeiture of all nets, boats and appliances used.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:9-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:9-10 - Use of certain nets prohibited; fine; forfeiture of appliances

23:9-10. Use of certain nets prohibited; fine; forfeiture of appliances  No person shall catch and take or attempt to catch and take fish of any kind from the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls, with a pound net or net of any character which is anchored or staked, or fastened down in any manner, permanently or otherwise, or use any net so anchored or fastened down in any manner. No net of any kind or character shall be used for the purpose of catching and taking fish in said waters within one-half mile above or below the mouth of any river, creek or stream emptying into said Delaware river above or below Trenton falls. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of twenty dollars, together with the forfeiture of boats, nets and other appliances used.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:9-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:9-11 - Prohibited hours for fishing; fine; forfeiture of appliances

23:9-11. Prohibited hours for fishing; fine; forfeiture of appliances  No person shall catch and take or attempt to catch and take fish of any kind or description from the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls, by means of a net, or use a net of any character in the waters aforesaid between Saturday at two P.M. and twelve o'clock midnight Sunday night in each week. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars, together with a forfeiture of all nets, boats and other appliances used.