N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-14.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 7:25-14.2 - Use of crab pots and trot lines

(a) No individual shall tend or remove crabs from any pot or trot line unless he or she is the holder of a valid license, or as otherwise herein provided.

1. An individual tending crab pots or trot lines shall have in his or her possession his or her numbered license which corresponds to the vessel number and the number marker on the pots or trot lines tended;

2. A commercial licensee may authorize an agent to tend his or her pots or trot lines provided the agent is in possession of his or her own license, the license of the individual whose pots are to be tended and a letter of authorization from said licensee, issued and notarized by the Division indicating the number marker of the pots or trot lines that the agent is authorized to tend. In cases of hardship due to illness or vessel repairs, an authorized agent is not required to possess his or her own license, and can, for a maximum of 30 days, tend said licensee's pots or trot lines upon satisfying all other conditions of this paragraph.

3. In addition to the agent, the commercial licensee shall be held liable and subject to the penalty provisions provided in N.J.A.C. 7:25-14.20 for the violation of provisions of this subchapter actually committed by the agent based upon the apparent authority of the agent to act for his or her principal.

(b) No person shall cut or break the lines or otherwise tamper with or damage in any way, any pot, trot line or buoy which he does not own or is not authorized to tend.

(c) All other organisms other than crabs and conchs shall be immediately released to the waters from which such organisms were taken.

(d) All crab pots must be checked and emptied of all crabs and other organisms at least once every 72 hours.

(e) No license holder shall fish more than 600 crab pots in Delaware Bay nor more than 400 crab pots in all other waters.

(f) No license holder shall set any crab pots except between April 6 to December 4 in Delaware Bay and between March 15 to November 30 in all other waters.

(g) All gear associated with crab potting must be removed from the water within three days of the end of the season.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-14.2

Amended by R.1985 d.560, effective 11/4/1985.
See: 17 New Jersey Register 1830(a), 17 New Jersey Register 2608(a).
Added (a)3.
Amended by R.1994 d.152, effective 3/21/1994.
See: 25 New Jersey Register 4831(a), 26 New Jersey Register 1337(b).
Amended by R.1996 d.587, effective 12/16/1996 (operative January 1, 1997).
See: 28 New Jersey Register 3998(a), 28 New Jersey Register 5231(a).
Added hardship provision in (a)2.
Amended by R.2000 d.10, effective 1/3/2000.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 2555(a), 32 New Jersey Register 48(a).
In (a)3, substituted "In addition to the agent, the commercial licensee shall" for "The commercial licensee may" at the beginning, and changed N.J.A.C. reference.
Amended by R.2002 d.277, effective 8/19/2002.
See: 34 New Jersey Register 1375(a), 34 New Jersey Register 2995(a).
Changed dates in (f).