Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:9-6

  • Code: means the State Fish and Game Code. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
  • Delaware river: means the waters of the Delaware river from the Pennsylvania shore to the New Jersey shore, or in the case of any tributaries or inland bays on the New Jersey side, to the mouths of those tributaries or bays. 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 catch or fish for any game fish or any sunfish or any white or yellow perch in any part of the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls with any device or by any means or method whatsoever, except with such devices or by such means or method as shall be prescribed in the State Fish and Game Code, or if none are so prescribed, then except with rods and lines or hand lines, commonly called dipsey or throw lines, each having not more than 9 hooks, or with trolling lines with spoon or artificial bait having not more than 3 burrs of 3 hooks attached. The number of rods and lines, or the number of trolling lines shall not exceed such numbers as shall be prescribed in said code, or if none are so prescribed, then they shall not exceed 2 of 1 or the other device named. Any person violating any provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of $20.00.

Amended by L.1955, c. 99, p. 550, s. 1, eff. June 24, 1955.

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