New Jersey · statute · N.J. Stat. tit. 23 · 405 active provisions
R.S.23:1-1. As used in this title: "Apprentice license" means any resident's apprentice firearm hunting license, resident's apprentice bow and arrow license, nonresident's apprentice firearm hunting license, or nonresident's apprentice bow and arrow license issued pursuant to R.S.23:3-4; "Assistant protector" or "assis…
As used in this title, the term "waters of this state" means all the fresh waters of this state. All ponds, lakes and waters created by or under the exclusive control of any individuals or associations, stocked and maintained at their sole expense and not runways for migratory fish shall be considered private waters, a…
When, in this title, a day of the month is given for the beginning or end of an open or close season, that day of the month of each year shall be construed to be included in the open or close season.
This title shall not apply to a public museum or natural history society of this State so as to prevent the collection of specimens for it nor to the breeding, raising and producing in captivity, and the marketing, of fox, other than red or gray, mink, chinchilla, marten, fisher, caracul or other fur-bearing animals no…
The duties of the board shall be the protection and propagation of fish, birds and game animals, enforcement of the laws relating thereto, propagation and distribution of food fish and the keeping up of the supply thereof in the waters of the state. The board may close streams or parts of streams for forty-eight hours…
Whenever pursuant to law the Governor shall, by proclamation, close any forests, woodlands or open lands to entry, and any open season for taking fish, game birds, game animals or fur-bearing animals or any of them, shall have been suspended or curtailed thereby, the Fish and Game Council, at the expiration of the peri…
The board may stock with fish, birds and game only such lands and waters of the state as are open to all anglers and hunters holding a hunting and fishing license issued by the board, or that are specifically designated as public sanctuaries closed to all fishing or hunting. The board may stock with fish any body of wa…
The division may appoint such number of competent men as may be determined to be necessary, within the limits of available appropriations therefor, and subject to Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service, who shall be known as fish and game wardens, with the powers and duties hereinafter enumerated. The division…
The compensation and expenses incurred under this title may be paid by the state treasurer, on warrants of the state comptroller, on bills properly approved by the board out of the resident license fund and other receipts of the board, received through the board, or otherwise.
The wardens shall enforce all the laws of this state for the protection of fish, birds and game animals, and may execute all processes issued for the violation of these laws, and serve subpoenas issued for the examination, investigation or trial of all offenses against these laws. Each warden shall keep a daily record…
The board, with the approval of the governor, may in writing authorize any of its salaried wardens to have in possession and carry a revolver, club, billy, handcuffs and twisters, or any other weapon or article required in the performance of their official duty.
23:2-8. The council, the wardens, the deputy wardens and the protector shall have the power of summary arrest in cases of flagrant violation of this Title, or of the provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, and may, in the discharge of their duties, call in the aid of a sheriff or other peace officer when deemed nec…
All moneys appropriated for the compensation of the protector, the wardens and the general and incidental expenses of the board shall be paid by the treasurer of the state, on the warrant of the comptroller.
The board may appoint such deputy fish and game wardens as it deems necessary for the better enforcement of the laws regulating the taking of fish, game and birds.
23:2-11. The deputy conservation police officers shall have the power and authority of conservation police officers to enforce Title 23 and the Fish and Game Code, and shall be subject to the regulations provided by law for the enforcement of the Title and Code, but shall receive no salary or other compensation from th…
A person who, not being a warden or a deputy warden of this state, shall: a. Falsely pretend that he is such; or b. Impersonate a warden or a deputy warden; or c. Attempt, by any means, to induce another to believe that he is such-- Shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars.
1. a. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Fish and Wildlife, a Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program, which shall be based on a national program developed by the Future Fisherman Foundation that encourages school-aged children to avoid drug usage by providing alternative act…
2. The division shall collect and maintain data on the Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program and provide an annual report to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), including information on the number of school districts or municipalities that have implemented the program and the numbe…
3. The Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act."
2. The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: a. That it is the policy of this State to manage all forms of wildlife to insure their continued participation in the ecosystem; b. That species or subspecies of wildlife indigenous to the State which may be found to be endangered should be accorded special pr…
3. For the purposes of P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.), unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection; "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; "Endangered species" means any species or subspecies of…
4. a. The commissioner shall conduct investigations concerning wildlife indigenous to the State in order to develop information relating to populations, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors and other biological and ecological data to determine management measures necessary for their continued ability to sustai…
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the diamondback terrapin shall be designated as a nongame indigenous species and shall be subject to the laws, rules, and regulations governing the importation, care, possession, and breeding of that type of animal in the State. b. Any diamondback terr…
5. a. The commissioner shall have the power to formulate and promulgate, adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations, limiting, controlling and prohibiting the taking, possession, transportation, importation, exportation, sale or offer for sale, or shipment of any nongame species or any wildlife on the State list of…