Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 50:2-6.1

  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
1. No person shall take, harvest or dredge for surf clams (Spisula solidissima) from any waters of this State without first obtaining a surf clam license from the commissioner, except that the holder of a recreational shellfish license may harvest up to 150 surf clams per day from waters classified as “Approved,” as defined in rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), with hand implements only. The commissioner may issue licenses for the harvesting of surf clams within the waters of this State. The license shall be issued on a seasonal basis pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner.

Such licenses shall grant the privilege of gathering surf clams by dredging, but only in the Atlantic Ocean, but not in the Delaware Bay north and west of the COLREGS demarcation line which runs from Cape May Point Lighthouse in Cape May, New Jersey to Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse at Cape Henlopen, Delaware or in the Sandy Hook Bay west of a line from the west point of Sandy Hook to Roamer Shoal Lighthouse. No boat or vessel shall be licensed under P.L.1950, c.310 (C. 50:2-6.1 et seq.) unless its bona fide owner is an individual or entity legally domiciled or incorporated in this State.

The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations regarding the issuance procedures of such licenses.

The commissioner may issue permits for surf clam research, inventory and educational projects. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the activities of those projects.

L.1950, c.310, s.1; amended 1975, c.398, s.1; 1979, c.199, s.32; 1991, c.79, s.1; 2007, c.338, s.30.

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