N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-6.1

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

Section 7:25-6.1 - General provisions

(a) Authority. This Code is adopted pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 13:1B-29 et seq. and the provisions of N.J.S.A. 23:1-1 et seq.

(b) Judicial notice. N.J.S.A. 13:1B-34 provides in pertinent part, "(C)opies of the State Fish & Game Code, and its amendments, duly certified by the chairman of the council, shall be received in evidence in all court or other judicial proceedings in the State."

(c) Time. The hours listed in this Code are EST or EDT at date.

(d) Fishing for all species of freshwater fish is permitted 24 hours daily except on those days that certain trout waters are closed for stocking during March, April and May, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:25-6.3 and 6.4.

(e) Freshwater fish in excess of the daily limit may be caught, when permitted, provided they are immediately returned to the water unharmed.

(f) Except as provided in N.J.A.C. 7:25-6.20, or when fishing from a boat, canoe, kayak or similar vessel, the number of rods, and lines or hand lines shall not exceed three per person.

(g) The possession and/or release of live potentially dangerous fish species, identified in N.J.A.C. 7:25-6.2, is strictly prohibited. Potentially dangerous fish species encountered while angling shall be destroyed. There are no season, minimum size or creel limits on these species.

(h) Except for Greenwood Lake and the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, for which limits are specified in 7:25-6.19 and 6.20, respectively, species of indigenous fish, identified in 7:25-6.2, that do not have specified daily creel limits, may not be taken or possessed at any time. For all other species of freshwater fish that do not have specified daily creel and possession limits, the daily creel and possession limit in waters other than Greenwood Lake and the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania shall be 25 in total.

(i) The New Jersey Fish and Game Council may modify the fishing seasons, minimum size limits, and possession limits of migratory species of Alewife, American Eel, American Shad, Blueback Herring, Hickory Shad, and Striped Bass, by notice in order to maintain and/or to come into compliance with any fishery management plan approved by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 5104(b) or to maintain consistency with any Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council plan adopted by the National Marine Fisheries Service. The Division shall publish notice of any such modification in the New Jersey Fish and Wildlife Digest and the New Jersey Register, and through e-mail to the Division's freshwater angler Listserv membership.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-6.1

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 1290(a), effective 6/20/2016

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 801(b), effective 2/5/2018