Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:3-72

  • Fishing: means the possession of an instrument used to take fish in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where fish may be found. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
  • 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
No person shall take more than 25 American eels (anguilla rostrata) per day from the waters of Delaware bay and its tributaries in this State without first having obtained a valid commercial eel fishing license from the division. The fee for such license shall be $100.00 for residents of this State; for nonresidents, the fee for such license shall be the same as the fee charged to New Jersey residents by the state of residence of the license purchaser for a comparable license, but shall not be less than $100.00. Any license issued pursuant to this section shall be void after December 31 next succeeding its issuance.

L.1979, c. 227, s. 1, eff. Oct. 12, 1979.