N.J. Stat. § 50:2-2
Recreational, commercial shellfish licenses; aquatic farmer license
New Jersey · New Jersey Statutes Title 50 — Shellfisheries - Powers and Duties of Department, Shellfisheries Council, Leasing, and Planting · Status: effective
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50:2-2. The licenses required for the various categories of harvesting, collecting, or culture of shellfish shall be as follows:
a. Recreational shellfish license. No resident's recreational shellfish license shall be granted to any applicant who does not present satisfactory evidence that the person is legally domiciled in this State and pay the license fee required pursuant to R.S.50:2-3. A nonresident's recreational shellfish license shall be effective only in the months of June, July, August, and September in any calendar year and shall not be granted to a nonresident of this State without the payment of the license fee required pursuant to R.S.50:2-3.
No holder of any recreational shellfish license may take more than 150 shellfish per day or shall sell or offer for sale shellfish taken under the license and any such sale or offer for sale shall constitute ground for the revocation of the license. No person shall take or catch more than 150 shellfish per day or sell any shellfish unless the person is a holder of a commercial shellfish license.
b. Commercial shellfish license. No resident's commercial shellfish license shall be granted to any applicant who does not present satisfactory evidence that the person is legally domiciled or incorporated in this State and pay the license fee required pursuant to R.S.50.2-3. No nonresident's commercial shellfish license shall be granted to any applicant who does not pay the license fee required pursuant to R.S.50.2-3.
c. Aquatic farmer license. No aquatic farmer license shall be granted to any applicant except as provided pursuant to the "New Jersey Aquaculture Development Act," P.L.1997, c.236 (C.4:27-1 et al.) and any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
Amended 1950, c.217; 1951, c.269; 1979, c.199, s.28; 1988, c.35, s.1; 2007, c.338, s.25.