New Jersey Statutes 23:3-47. Application for and granting of license; fee; term
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:3-47
- 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
A person who intends to take fish with shirred or purse seines, otter or beam trawls in the waters of the Atlantic ocean within the jurisdiction of this State shall make application to the commissioner for a license for that purpose for each vessel proposed to be engaged in the fishing.
The commissioner upon the receipt of the application and the payment to him of the sum of $100.00 for each vessel proposed to be engaged in the fishing, shall issue to the applicant a license for the vessel to take with shirred or purse seine, otter or beam trawl, fish of any kind, excepting striped bass, in the waters of the Atlantic ocean within the jurisdiction of this State at a distance of not less than 2 miles from the coast line. The license shall expire on December 31 in the year in which it is issued.
Amended by L.1948, c. 174, p. 916, s. 2, eff. June 12, 1948: L.1975, c. 116, s. 8, eff. June 3, 1975; L.1979, c. 199, s. 65, eff. Sept. 19, 1979.