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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-56 - Penalty for noncompliance

23:3-56. Penalty for noncompliance
A person holding a permit issued under sections 23:3-54 and 23:3-55 of this title, who fails to comply strictly with the provisions of said sections 23:3-54 and 23:3-55 relating to the catching of fish under the permit, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-56.2 - Possession, transfer and display of license; violations; penalty

23:3-56.2. Possession, transfer and display of license; violations; penalty
Any person, including members of the armed services, who shall hunt for, pursue, shoot at, take, kill or wound, or attempt to take, kill or wound a deer as permitted by this section or the State Fish and Game Code, without having a license as herein prescribed on his person and displayed in a conspicuous place on his outer clothing, or who alters or changes in any manner, or loans or transfers to another a license issued under this act, or violates any other provision of this act, or any regulation established under the State Fish and Game Code in connection herewith, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $300.00 for the first offense, and not less than $300.00 nor more than $500.00 for the second and subsequent offense.
L.1971, c. 180, s. 2, eff. June 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-57 - "Special trout fishing stamp."

23:3-57 "Special trout fishing stamp."
1. No person, above the age of 16 years or under the age of 70 years, shall take or attempt to take trout in any of the fresh waters of this State, unless he has first procured, as hereinafter provided, a special trout stamp, in addition to the license required by article 1 of chapter 3 of Title 23 of the Revised Statutes and unless at the time of fishing he has the license and stamp affixed to that license on his person, and exhibits the same for inspection to any warden, deputy warden, police officer or other person requesting to see them.
The stamp issued under this act shall be designated as the "special trout fishing stamp" and shall authorize its holder to take trout at the time and in the manner provided by law, or by the Fish and Game Code, and shall be invalid unless it contains the name of the licensee written in ink.
L.1952,c.328,s.1; amended 1959, c.49; 1971, c.309; 1999, c.282, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-58 - Form and issuance of stamps

23:3-58. Form and issuance of stamps
The stamp shall be procured from the clerks and agents designated to issue licenses under section 23:3-7 of the Revised Statutes, and the Division of Fish and Game shall determine the form of the stamp and prepare same for issuance.
L.1952, c. 328, p. 1052, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-59 - Fee for trout stamps.

23:3-59 Fee for trout stamps.
3. The fee for this stamp shall be $10.50 for residents and $20.00 for nonresidents, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c.180 (C.23:3-1a). The amounts remitted to the State Treasury for stamps issued under this law shall be placed to the credit of the "hunters' and anglers' license fund."
L.1952,c.328,s.3; amended 1960, c.67, s.1;1975, c.116, s.10;1982, c.180, s.7;1986, c.198, s.4;1991, c.286, s.10;1999, c.282, s.19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-60 - Altering or changing stamp

23:3-60. Altering or changing stamp
Any person who alters or changes in any manner or loans or transfers to another, a stamp issued under this act, and any person who takes trout during the period prescribed in section one from the fresh waters of the State without having a stamp as heretofore prescribed on his person shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense, to be sued for and recovered in accordance with chapter ten of Title 23 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1952, c. 328, p. 1053, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-61.1 - "Special pheasant and quail stamp."

23:3-61.1 "Special pheasant and quail stamp."
1. No person above the age of 16 years shall at any time hunt for, pursue, kill, take, or attempt to take with a firearm or bow and arrow, or have in possession, any pheasant or quail while present in such division wildlife management areas as may be designated in the Fish and Game Code unless such person is the holder of a valid youth hunting license issued pursuant to R.S.23:3-3 or has first procured in addition to a hunting license a valid "special pheasant and quail stamp."
This special pheasant and quail "stamp" shall be in the possession of the hunter at all times while engaged in hunting pheasant or quail in such division wildlife management areas as may be designated in the Fish and Game Code and the hunter shall exhibit the special stamp for inspection to any conservation police officer, deputy conservation police officer, or police officer requesting to see the stamp.
L.1975, c.117, s.1; amended 1999, c.282, s.20; 2019, c.407, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-61.2 - Special pheasant and quail stamp; privileges of holder; procurement; signature of owner

23:3-61.2. Special pheasant and quail stamp; privileges of holder; procurement; signature of owner
a. The stamp issued pursuant hereto shall be known as the "special pheasant and quail stamp" and shall authorize the holder to hunt pheasant and quail during seasons prescribed in the State Fish and Game Code in such wildlife management areas as may be designated in the Fish and Game Code.
b. The stamp shall be procured from the Division of Fish, Game and Shellfisheries at Trenton or from such agents as may be designated by the division. No stamp shall be valid unless it contains the signature of the owner. The division shall determine the form of the "special pheasant and quail stamp."
L.1975, c. 117, s. 2, eff. June 3, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-61.3 - Fee for pheasant and quail stamps.

23:3-61.3 Fee for pheasant and quail stamps.
3. The fee for this stamp shall be $40.00, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c.180 (C.23:3-1a). The amounts remitted to the State Treasury for special pheasant and quail stamps shall be deposited to the credit of the "hunters' and anglers' license fund."
L.1975,c.117,s.3; amended 1979, c.239, s.4; 1982, c.180, s.8; 1986, c.198, s.5; 1991, c.286, s.11; 1999, c.282, s.21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-61.4 - Violations; penalty

23:3-61.4. Violations; penalty
A person who at any time alters, loans, or transfers to another a "special pheasant and quail stamp," or who hunts for, pursues, kills, takes or attempts to take with a firearm or bow or arrow, or has in possession, a pheasant or quail in such wildlife management areas as may be designated in the Fish and Game Code without a proper and valid special pheasant and quail stamp, or violating any other provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25.00 nor more than $50.00 for each offense.
L.1975, c. 117, s. 4, eff. June 3, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-62 - Fishing preserve waters defined

23:3-62. Fishing preserve waters defined
"Fishing preserve waters" means any artificial or man-made body of water, not to exceed 10 acres in size, lying wholly within the boundaries of lands owned by one individual, operated for the purpose of permitting the owner to provide fishing facilities to fishermen. Such waters shall not include natural streams, natural ponds or waters impounded by the damming of natural streams. The sources of water for such ponds shall be limited to surface runoff, natural springs or driven wells. Any outfall from the "fishing preserve waters" must be so constructed as to prevent the passage of fish from or to that body of water.
L.1970, c. 247, s. 1, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-63 - Fishing preserve license.

23:3-63 Fishing preserve license.
2. (a) The division may, in its discretion, after application on forms furnished by it, issue to an owner of such fishing preserve waters a fishing preserve license permitting the holder thereof to manage such fishing preserve waters and to possess, propagate and rear, and to take or permit others to take therefrom, fish therein legally propagated or acquired. Such license shall expire on December 31 in the year it was issued unless previously revoked. A separate license is required for each body of water defined herein as fishing preserve waters. Two or more ponds under one ownership, supplied by one common water source and located on one continuous parcel of land, shall be considered as one body of water requiring one license.
(b) The license so issued shall: contain the name of the town and county in which such fishing preserve waters are located; specify the species of fish authorized to be stocked therein; authorize the licensee to stock, propagate, raise and release such fish in such licensed fishing preserve waters and to buy, sell or otherwise traffic in fish taken therefrom; specify the manner of tagging fish taken from the licensed waters; specify the means of acquisition of fish stocked therein.
(c) The license may also: authorize the licensee to control undesirable protected fish, wildlife and insects and specify means of control of same; specify such other restrictions and controls for the management of fishing preserve waters as in the judgment of the division may be deemed advisable for proper fish management.
(d) The fee for the license shall be $228.00 per year, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c.180 (C.23:3-1a), payable at the time application is made.
(e) The division may for cause, revoke or suspend the license of any licensee.
L.1970,c.247,s.2; amended 1982, c.180, s.9; 1999, c.282, s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-64 - Taking of fish by licensee

23:3-64. Taking of fish by licensee
A licensee or any member of his immediate family may, without license issued under Revised Statutes 23:3-1, or other license or permit to take fish by net or device, take fish of any size, in any manner, at any time permitted by the preserve license.
L.1970, c. 247, s. 3, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-65 - Sale of fish by licensee or taking of fish by non-licensee

23:3-65. Sale of fish by licensee or taking of fish by non-licensee
(a) Any licensee, during the term of his license may sell fish taken from the licensed fishing preserve waters and may grant permission to other persons to take fish in or from the licensed fishing preserve waters and to charge a fee for such fishing or for the fish taken, or if a club, to impose dues permitting such angling by members of such club.
(b) Persons to whom such permission to fish is granted, or who have paid for the privilege of fishing the licensed waters, or dues-paying members of a club which is a licensee, may fish in such waters without a license issued under Revised Statutes 23:3-1, or other license.
(c) The licensee may prescribe such restrictions or limitations as he sees fit with respect to the size of fish, limits of catch, open season, and manner of taking fish from the licensed waters. Except as specifically noted in the license, the provisions of chapter 3, 5 or 6 of Title 23 of the Revised Statutes shall not be applicable to fishing in such licensed fishing preserve waters.
L.1970, c. 247, s. 4, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-66 - Tagging of fish, fee

23:3-66. Tagging of fish, fee
5. (a) All fish stocked in the waters of the fishing preserve in accordance with subsection (b) of section 2 of this act that are taken from the licensed fishing preserve waters shall be immediately tagged as prescribed in the license or by order of the division. Such tags shall be furnished by the division and sold to the licensee at the cost of $0.15 per tag, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c.180 (C.23:3-1a).
(b) The tag so affixed shall not be removed from the fish until the same is finally prepared for consumption.
(c) No fish, required to be tagged as specified in subsection (a) of this section, taken pursuant to this act, shall be possessed off the premises of the fishing preserve without such tag, and no person shall sell such fish without such tag attached, except for scientific, exhibition or stocking purposes.
(d) Fish taken from such fishing preserves and tagged as provided in this section may be possessed, bought, sold and offered for sale, and transported without restriction. Fish raised or possessed under licenses issued under this act may be sold at any time for scientific, exhibition, propagation or stocking purposes.
L.1970,c.247,s.5; amended 1982,c.180,s.10; 1986,c.198,s.6; 1991,c.286,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-67 - Records; inspection; annual report

23:3-67. Records; inspection; annual report
The holder of a fishing preserve license shall keep such records as the division may require and make annual reports, verified by affidavit of the licensee, to and upon forms furnished by the division. The records shall be continuous and shall be kept on the licensed premises, and the licensee shall allow any representative of the division to enter upon the premises and inspect his operations and records.
L.1970, c. 247, s. 6, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-68 - Use of toxins in licensed waters

23:3-68. Use of toxins in licensed waters
The division may, by special permit or authorization contained in the license, authorize the licensee to use fish toxins in the management of the licensed waters, but unless so specifically authorized by permit or license, no toxins or poisons may be introduced into the licensed waters.
L.1970, c. 247, s. 7, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-69 - Application of act

23:3-69. Application of act
Nothing in this act shall abridge, alter or affect the rights or liabilities, riparian or otherwise, that would otherwise exist or accrue by reason of the impounding of the water, except that fishing preserve waters are waters of the State within the meaning of the Public Health Laws.
L.1970, c. 247, s. 8, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-70 - Rules and regulations by division

23:3-70. Rules and regulations by division
The division may make such rules and regulations with respect to the management and operation of fishing preserves, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as it shall deem necessary and proper to carry into effect the provisions of this act.
L.1970, c. 247, s. 9, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-71 - Violations; penalty

23:3-71. Violations; penalty
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100.00 or more than $1,000.00 for each offense.
L.1970, c. 247, s. 10, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-72 - Necessity; fee

23:3-72. Necessity; fee
No person shall take more than 25 American eels (anguilla rostrata) per day from the waters of Delaware bay and its tributaries in this State without first having obtained a valid commercial eel fishing license from the division. The fee for such license shall be $100.00 for residents of this State; for nonresidents, the fee for such license shall be the same as the fee charged to New Jersey residents by the state of residence of the license purchaser for a comparable license, but shall not be less than $100.00. Any license issued pursuant to this section shall be void after December 31 next succeeding its issuance.
L.1979, c. 227, s. 1, eff. Oct. 12, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-73 - Rules and regulations

23:3-73. Rules and regulations
The Director of the Division of Fish, Game and Shellfisheries, with the approval of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, is hereby authorized to adopt, amend and repeal, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as are necessary and proper in order to provide for the conservation, protection and management of the eel resource in the waters of Delaware bay and its tributaries in this State.
L.1979, c. 227, s. 2, eff. Oct. 12, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-74 - Violations; penalty

23:3-74. Violations; penalty
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act or of any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant hereto shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense, to be recovered pursuant to the provisions of chapter 10 of Title 23 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1979, c. 227, s. 3, eff. Oct. 12, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-76 - New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp.

23:3-76 New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp.
2. a. No person over the age of 16 shall at any time hunt, pursue, kill, take, possess, or attempt to take with a firearm, bow and arrow, or any other method any ducks, geese, brant, or other waterfowl without procuring a New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp, as hereinafter provided, in addition to any other licenses or permits required under Title 23 of the Revised Statutes.
b. The stamp issued pursuant to this act shall be designated the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp, shall be required to be in the possession of any person engaged in hunting, pursuing, killing, taking, possessing, or attempting to take with a firearm, bow and arrow, or any other method any ducks, geese, brant, or other waterfowl, and shall be exhibited upon the request of any conservation police officer, deputy conservation police officer, or other law enforcement official.
c. This section shall not apply to any person engaged in hunting, pursuing, killing, taking, possessing, or attempting to take captive-reared mallard ducks, properly marked in accordance with federal regulations, on a commercial shooting preserve.
L.1983, c.504, s.2; amended 1992, c.210, s.1; 2019, c.407, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-77 - Procurement; fee for New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp

23:3-77. Procurement; fee for New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp
3. The New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp shall be procured from the Division of Fish and Wildlife, or from other designated agents deemed qualified by the Division of Fish and Wildlife, unless modified pursuant to section 2 of this act. The annual fee for the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp shall be $15 for persons without a valid New Jersey resident's firearm hunting or bow and arrow license, and $10 for persons possessing a valid New Jersey resident's firearm hunting or bow and arrow license. A New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp shall not be valid unless it is in the possession of the licensee and contains the signature of the licensee written in ink across the face of the stamp. All New Jersey Waterfowl Stamps shall expire on June 30 of each year, unless otherwise prescribed in the State Fish and Game Code.
Any person may procure the $10 and $15 New Jersey Waterfowl Stamps at their face value for collection purposes only.
L.1983,c.504,s.3; amended 1992, c.210, s.2; 1996, c.43,s.1; 2021, c.291, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-77.1 - Annual fee adjustment.

23:3-77.1 Annual fee adjustment.
2. The Fish and Game Council may, on one occasion only at such time as may be deemed appropriate by the Fish and Game Council, with the consent of the New Jersey Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee, by regulation adopted by August 1 of the preceding year, adjust the annual fees for the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1983, c.504 (C.23:3-77), in an amount not to exceed $5.
L.2021, c.291, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-78 - Design and form of stamp; rules and regulations

23:3-78. Design and form of stamp; rules and regulations
The Division of Fish, Game and wildlife shall determine the final design and form of the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp based on the recommendations of the New Jersey Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee created pursuant to section 7 of this act. The Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife shall retain reproduction and distribution rights to the design of any New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp issued. The Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife is authorized to adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to administer the provisions of this act, including, but not limited to, the creation, design, administration, sale, distribution, and establishment of prices for any reproduction, replica, or other utilization of the design of any New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp issued.
L.1983, c. 504, s. 4, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-79 - New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Account

23:3-79. New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Account
5. There is established within the "hunters' and anglers' license fund" referred to in R.S.23:3-11 and R.S.23:3-12, a separate and dedicated account to be known as the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Account. The New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Account shall be credited with all revenues received by the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife from the sale of New Jersey Waterfowl Stamps, all revenues received by the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife from the sale of any reproduction, replica, or other utilization of the design of the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp, and all moneys or property received by the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife for any purpose enumerated in this section. Moneys in the account shall be utilized by the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, after consultation with the New Jersey Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee, only for funding the acquisition, protection, maintenance, improvement, and enhancement of waterfowl habitat and associated wetlands, including but not limited to wetlands, tributaries, marsh fringe areas, and access sites for public use of waterfowl habitat areas. The Department of Environmental Protection may, upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee, allocate a percentage of the annual revenue from the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Account to qualified nonprofit organizations in North America for utilization in their waterfowl habitat programs, provided that direct benefits to New Jersey waterfowl protection and preservation efforts can be clearly demonstrated. The New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Account shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds and accounts, and shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer to the Department of Environmental Protection only for the purposes identified in this section.
L.1983,c.504,s.5; amended 1992,c.210,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-80 - Violations; penalties; enforcement

23:3-80. Violations; penalties; enforcement
Any person violating any provision of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each offense, to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law," N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq. If any violation of the act is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct offense. The Department of Environmental Protection is authorized to compromise and settle any claim for a penalty under this section in any amount which, in the discretion of the Department of Environmental Protection, may appear appropriate and equitable under the circumstances.
L.1983, c. 504, s. 6, eff. July 1, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:3-81 - Migratory waterfowl advisory committee

23:3-81. Migratory waterfowl advisory committee
a. There is established in the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife a New Jersey Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee. The committee shall comprise nine members as follows: two members of the Fish and Game Council to be appointed by its chairman; one representative of the Natural Areas Council; one representative of Ducks Unlimited, Inc.; one representative of the New Jersey Waterfowlers Association; one representative of the Nature Conservancy; one representative from the New Jersey Audubon Society; one representative of the New Jersey Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs; and one public member appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection. A chairman shall be elected from the membership of the committee. Members shall serve for terms of three years, without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their official duties.
b. The committee shall advise the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife with respect to the creation, design, administration, sale, distribution, and other matters related to the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp, and the reproduction, replica, or other utilization of its design. The committee shall also submit written recommendations to the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection with respect to the utilization of revenues in the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Account, including the advisability of allocating a percentage of the proceeds therefrom to particular qualified nonprofit organizations in North America for utilization in their waterfowl habitat programs that provide direct benefits that can be clearly demonstrated to New Jersey's waterfowl preservation and protection efforts.
L.1983, c. 504, s. 7, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-2 - Bag limit; penalty

23:4-2. Bag limit; penalty
No person shall capture, kill, injure, destroy or have in possession:
a. In any one day more than the number of quail, male English or ring-necked pheasant, partridge, ruffed grouse, gray squirrels or rabbits permitted by the respective provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of any such provision in said code, more than ten quail, two male English or ring-necked pheasant, three partridge, three ruffed grouse, six gray squirrels or six rabbits;
b. During the open season therefor more than the number of English or ring-necked pheasants or raccoons permitted by the respective provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of any such provision in said code, more than thirty English or ring-necked pheasants or more than fifteen raccoons--
Under a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each bird, squirrel, raccoon or rabbit captured, killed, injured, destroyed or had in possession in excess of the number permitted by the respective provisions of said code, or, in the absence of any such provision in said code, in excess of the number permitted by this section.
No provision of the State Fish and Game Code prescribing bag limits or possession limits for quail, male English or ring-necked pheasant, partridge, ruffed grouse, gray squirrels, rabbits or raccoons and nothing in this section shall apply to a proprietor of a hotel, restaurant or cafe having in possession at his hotel, restaurant or cafe at any time any game raised on licensed game preserves tagged or marked in accordance with law, or to any rabbit during the open season and for a period of ten days immediately succeeding the open season.
Amended by L.1939, c. 168, p. 519, s. 2; L.1948, c. 448, p. 1807, s. 45.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-3 - Bag limit for migratory birds to conform to federal regulations

23:4-3. Bag limit for migratory birds to conform to federal regulations
It shall be unlawful to capture, kill, injure, destroy or have in possession in any one day, any wild ducks, geese, brant, sora, woodcock, coots (commonly known as crow duck), rails (including marsh hens and gallinules), Wilson snipe or jacksnipe, except and in accordance with the bag limits fixed for such birds by the regulations of the United States bureau of biological survey, made under the provisions of an act of congress relating to migratory birds, under a penalty of twenty dollars for each offense.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-8 - Female English or ring-necked pheasant protected; exceptions

23:4-8. Female English or ring-necked pheasant protected; exceptions
No person shall hunt for, pursue, capture, kill, possess, injure or destroy any female English or ring-necked pheasant under a penalty of $20.00 for each female pheasant hunted for, pursued, captured, killed, possessed, injured or destroyed.
This section shall not apply to a licensee operating under the terms of sections 23:3-28 to 23:3-39 of this Title, or to any other person or persons authorized by said licensee to shoot female pheasants on the lands described in such license.
Amended by L.1939, c. 120, p. 429, s. 1; L.1944, c. 78, p. 154, s. 1; L.1955, c. 34, p. 89, s. 1, eff. May 27, 1955.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-9 - Trapping or shooting squirrels and rabbits by farmers and fruit growers

23:4-9. Trapping or shooting squirrels and rabbits by farmers and fruit growers
Nothing contained in this Title or in any provision of the State Fish and Game Code shall be construed as to prevent farmers or fruit growers from shooting, or trapping by means of box traps, gray squirrels, rabbits or hares during the entire year on the property owned or leased by him for the raising of fruit, vegetables, trees, shrubbery, nursery stock, or other produce. The person so trapping or shooting shall first make an affidavit before any official authorized to administer oaths, that gray squirrels or rabbits have injured fruit, vegetables, trees, shrubbery, nursery stock or other produce on his premises and shall immediately send the same to the division, which may, upon receipt of such affidavit, issue to such person or his authorized representative a permit to so trap or shoot.
The person so trapping shall keep the gray squirrels or rabbits alive and notify the fish and game warden of the county, who shall liberate them in such parts of the State as may be directed by the division, and the person so shooting shall report the number of gray squirrels or rabbits killed to the game warden of the county in which such gray squirrels or rabbits were killed, within forty-eight hours after such killing.
No person shall barter or sell any gray squirrels or rabbits so trapped or shot.
Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1808, s. 46, eff. April 1, 1949.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-11 - Hunting, except during seasons and in manner provided, prohibited

23:4-11. Hunting, except during seasons and in manner provided, prohibited
No person shall capture, kill, injure or destroy or pursue, with that intent, any of the game birds or animals enumerated in this chapter on his own property or on that of another person, except during the seasons, at the times and in the manner provided by the respective provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provisions in said code, except during the seasons, at the times and in the manner provided in this chapter. A person who violates this section shall be liable to the penalties provided in this chapter for the violations thereof.
Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1809, s. 47, eff. April 1, 1949.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-12 - Hunting certain game, except in manner provided by Code or with gun or bow and arrow, unlawful; penalty

23:4-12. Hunting certain game, except in manner provided by Code or with gun or bow and arrow, unlawful; penalty
No person, shall kill, destroy or injure, pursue with intent to kill or injure or in any manner attempt to take or injure, any anatidae commonly known as swans, geese, brant and river and sea ducks; rallidae, commonly known as rails, gallinules, coots and mud hens; limicolae, commonly known as shore birds, surf snipe or bay snipe, among them being yellowlegs plovers, willets, sandpipers, dowitchers or robin snipe, brown backs, curlews, turnstones or calico backs, godwits or marlin, tittlers and woodcocks; gallinae, commonly known as wild turkey, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, partridge and quails; or any hare commonly known as rabbit; gray, black or fox squirrels; or any other game bird or game animal, except in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provision in said code, except in the manner usually known as hunting with a gun, the gun being not larger than ten gauge and held at arm's length and fired from the shoulder without rest, or by the use of long bow and arrow, provided, however, it shall be unlawful for any person while hunting any wild bird or animal to have both a firearm and a bow and arrow in his possession or under his control in the woods or fields or on the water, under a penalty of $20.00 for each offense.
Amended by L.1938, c. 102, p. 222, s. 1; L.1944, c. 163, p. 601, s. 2; L.1948, c. 448, p. 1809, s. 48; L.1950, c. 86, p. 153, s. 2, eff. April 28, 1950; L.1971, c. 252, s. 1, eff. June 30, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-13 - Regulations concerning guns

23:4-13. Regulations concerning guns
No person shall use in hunting any fowl or animals of any kind any firearm except as permitted by the provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provision in said code, except a shotgun being not larger than ten gauge, and capable of holding not more than two cartridges at one time, or that may be fired more than twice without reloading, or use a silencer on any firearm when hunting for game or fowl, under a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense; provided, however, that the division in its discretion may issue permits for the use of a rifle for shooting woodchucks only. No person shall have any missile larger than as permitted by the provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provision in said code, larger than number four shot in possession in the woods or fields at any time other than during the open season for killing deer, under a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense.
Amended by L.1946, c. 50, p. 107, s. 1; L.1948, c. 448, p. 1810, s. 49.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-13.1 - Clothing; outer garment of fluorescent hunter's orange

23:4-13.1. Clothing; outer garment of fluorescent hunter's orange
a. Any person while hunting deer, rabbit, hare, squirrel, fox, or game birds, other than waterfowl, with firearms in this State, shall wear a cap of fluorescent hunter's orange or some other outer garment containing at least 200 square inches of fluorescent hunter's orange material which shall be visible from all sides. The penalty for violation of this section shall be $50.00 for each offense.
b. "Hunter's orange" means a daylight fluorescent orange color with a dominant wave length between 595 and 605 nanometers, excitation purity not less than 85%, and luminance factor of not less than 40%.
L.1973, c. 169, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-14 - Use of ferrets prohibited; penalty

23:4-14. Use of ferrets prohibited; penalty
No person shall hunt, kill or destroy, or attempt to hunt, kill or destroy, a hare or rabbit with ferrets, or have a ferret in possession in the woods or fields, under a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-15 - Baiting wild fowl prohibited; penalty

23:4-15. Baiting wild fowl prohibited; penalty
No person shall sow, deposit or place any rye, wheat, oats, corn or other cereal, except wild celery and wild rice, within four hundred feet of a gunning point in any of the salt or fresh waters of this state, or cause the same to be done, for the purpose of luring, decoying or baiting any goose, duck, swan, brant or other kind of waterfowl, so that the same may be shot at, killed or captured while feeding or attempting to feed thereon; or shoot at, kill or capture any goose, duck, swan, brant or other waterfowl while feeding or attempting to feed where any rye, wheat, oats, corn or other cereal, except wild celery and wild rice, is known to have been sown, deposited or placed in violation of this section, under a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-16 - Prohibited hunting practices; penalty.

23:4-16 Prohibited hunting practices; penalty.
23:4-16. a. No person, either in or on a motor vehicle or vehicle of any kind whatsoever, or by the aid or use of a light carried on or attached to a motor vehicle or vehicle of any kind, shall hunt for, pursue, shoot, shoot at, kill, capture, injure or destroy wildlife.
b. No person shall use any portable light or lights for the purpose of hunting for any wildlife excepting raccoon and opossum, or other species as provided by the State Game Code.
c. No person shall, for the purpose of hunting, taking or killing any wildlife, cast an arrow or discharge any firearm from or across any State, county, municipal, or publicly travelled road or highway.
d. (1) No person, except the owner or lessee of the building and persons specifically authorized by him in writing, which writing shall be in the person's possession, shall, for the purpose of hunting, taking or killing any wildlife, have in his possession a loaded firearm while within 450 feet of any occupied building in this State, or of any school playground.
(2) No person, except the owner or lessee of the building and persons specifically authorized by him in writing, which writing shall be in the person's possession, shall, for the purpose of hunting, taking or killing any wildlife, have in his possession a nocked arrow while within 150 feet of any occupied building in this State, or within 450 feet of any school playground, and a nocked arrow shall only be cast when a person is in an elevated position so that any arrow is aimed in a downward angle.
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, "occupied building" means any building constructed or adapted for overnight accommodation of a person, or for operating a business or engaging in an activity therein, whether or not a person is actually present.
e. A person who violates subsection a., b., or c. of this section shall be liable to a civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $200 for the first offense, and not less than $200 nor more than $500 for each subsequent offense. A person who violates subsection d. of this section shall be liable to a civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $300 for the first offense, and not less than $300 nor more than $1500 and permanent revocation of all license certificates required, and all privileges, to take or possess wildlife for each subsequent offense.
amended 1939, c.252; 1946, c.171; 1957, c.44; 1967, c.172; 1971, c.252, s.2; 1979, c.385, s.4; 1990, c.29, s.2; 2010, c.53.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-18 - Hunting migratory waterfowl; lying in wait; hours; penalty

23:4-18. Hunting migratory waterfowl; lying in wait; hours; penalty
No person hunting or gunning after geese, duck, brant or other migratory waterfowl shall place a boat, sinkbox, seaweed, or other vessel or construction in which he may lie in wait to kill the same, at a distance of more than one hundred feet from ice, marsh or meadow, bar or bank, not covered with water, or shall, with intent to capture or kill the same, hunt after or pursue the same in any manner except between the hours as fixed by regulations under the provisions of an Act of Congress relating to migratory birds, under a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.
Amended by L.1942, c. 105, p. 366, s. 1, eff. May 2, 1942.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-19 - Pursuing game birds in power boats or aircraft prohibited; penalty

23:4-19. Pursuing game birds in power boats or aircraft prohibited; penalty
No person shall pursue any goose, duck, brant or other kind of game bird, or shoot, shoot at, kill or wound the same from a boat or vessel propelled by any means, other than by oars or paddles, or from a boat, vessel or other structure anchored or staked upon the waters of any of the bays, sounds, coves, ponds, rivers, creeks or streams of the state at a greater distance than one hundred feet from ice, marsh or meadow, bar or bank, or naturally heaped seaweed not covered with water, under a penalty of twenty dollars for each offense.
No person shall, while in an airplane, hydroplane or other device propelled in any manner through the air, pursue, shoot, shoot at, kill or injure any of such game birds under a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offense.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-20 - Trapped or snared game; possession or sale; setting traps

23:4-20. Trapped or snared game; possession or sale; setting traps
No person shall have in possession, sell or offer for sale a game bird or game animal enumerated in this chapter, after the same has been caught or trapped by means of a snare, snood, net, trap or other device, or set a snare, snood, net, trap or other device for catching or trapping the same, under a penalty of twenty dollars for each bird or animal so had in possession, sold or exposed for sale, or for any trap or snare so set. The penalties provided herein for the possession of such game shall not apply to a dealer in or purchaser of any rabbit or hare upon proof that the rabbit or hare was not trapped in this state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-21 - Trapping hare by children

23:4-21. Trapping hare by children
A person owning or in possession of a farm may permit any person under fifteen years of age connected with his household to catch hares, commonly called rabbits, in box traps, within the limits of the farm during the time and under the conditions in which it is lawful to shoot or catch the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-22 - "Pole traps" prohibited; penalty

23:4-22. "Pole traps" prohibited; penalty
No person shall set or use any snare, snood, net, trap or other device for the catching or trapping of a bird or animal above the level of the surrounding ground and commonly known as "pole traps" . Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the setting of traps or snares on the ground or prohibit trapping by the board or its employees on fish hatcheries or game farms. A person violating this section shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars for each snare, snood, net, trap or device so set or used.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-22.1 - Animal trap of steel-jaw leghold type; prohibition of manufacture, sale, possession, importation or transportation

23:4-22.1. Animal trap of steel-jaw leghold type; prohibition of manufacture, sale, possession, importation or transportation
No person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, possess, import or transport an animal trap of the steel-jaw leghold type.
L.1984, c. 37, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-22.2 - Prohibition of taking or attempting to take any animal

23:4-22.2. Prohibition of taking or attempting to take any animal
No person shall take or attempt to take any animal by means of a trap of the steel-jaw leghold type.
L.1984, c. 37, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-22.3 - Possession as prima facie evidence

23:4-22.3. Possession as prima facie evidence
The possession of a trap of the steel-jaw leghold type shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act except under the circumstances indicated by section 5 of this amendatory and supplementary act.
L.1984, c. 37, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-22.4 - Study to develop better trap; traps not classified as steel-jaw leghold traps

23:4-22.4. Study to develop better trap; traps not classified as steel-jaw leghold traps
The Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University, shall direct the Department of Wildlife Management at Cook College to conduct a study to identify or develop an animal trap which substantially reduces injury and pain to both targeted and nontargeted animals which are caught in the trap and which could serve as an alternative to the steel-jaw leghold type animal trap. The results of this study shall be published in a report to the New Jersey Fish and Game Council, hereinafter referred to as the "council," in the Department of Environmental Protection within one year of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act. For the purposes of this amendatory and supplementary act, the steel-jaw leghold type animal trap does not mean mouse and rat traps designed for use in or under buildings.
L.1984, c. 37, s. 4, eff. April 27, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-22.5 - Allowable uses and possessions

23:4-22.5. Allowable uses and possessions
This amendatory and supplementary act shall not be construed to prevent the use of steel-jaw leghold traps for the purpose of exhibition by humane or educational institutions and organizations, or the possession of such traps by a person in the act of turning over the traps to a law enforcement agency.
L.1984, c. 37, s. 5, eff. April 27, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:4-22.6 - Rules and regulations; contents

23:4-22.6. Rules and regulations; contents
The council shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act. These regulations shall provide at least the following:
If the study conducted pursuant to section 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act identifies or develops a suitable alternative animal trap, the council shall establish a program for the phased withdrawal of the steel-jaw leghold animal trap from use in the State which prescribes the conditions under which the suitable alternative may be used, which withdrawal must occur within 18 months of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act.
L.1984, c. 37, s. 6, eff. April 27, 1984.