N.J. Stat. § 50:4-2
Dredge, drag, scrape prohibited on certain lands; rules, regulations
New Jersey · New Jersey Statutes Title 50 — Shellfisheries - Powers and Duties of Department, Shellfisheries Council, Leasing, and Planting · Status: effective
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50:4-2. No person shall use or cause to be used any dredge with bag or pocket, drag or scrape upon any of the natural oyster or clam beds under the tidal waters of the Atlantic seaboard of this State and tributaries thereof, except Delaware Bay, and no license shall be issued by the commissioner contrary to this section; but this section shall not prohibit the use of any fork, hoe or drag used by hand in the taking of soft clams; nor shall it prohibit the harvest of oysters with oyster dredges on designated leases used for oyster culture within the Mullica River-Great Bay estuary; nor shall it prohibit the taking of crabs with dredges; nor shall it preclude the department from adopting, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations governing the harvest of specific shellfish from specific areas by specific means, including, but not limited to, drags and scrapes.
Amended 1971, c.185, s.2; 1979, c.199, s.61; 1980, c.120, s.9; 2007, c.338, s.84.