New Jersey Statutes 23:5-7. Minimum size of certain fish; penalty
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:5-7
- Code: means the State Fish and Game Code. 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 kill, sell, expose for sale or have in possession any black bass, Oswego bass or white bass measuring less than the number of inches prescribed by the respective provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provisions in said code, measuring less than nine inches in length, or any strawberry or calico bass, or crappie measuring less than the number of inches prescribed by the respective provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provisions in said code, measuring less than six inches in length, or any pike perch, pike or pickerel measuring less than the number of inches prescribed by the respective provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provisions in said code, measuring less than twelve inches in length, or any trout measuring less than the number of inches prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provision in said code, measuring less than seven inches in length, except for the purpose of stocking the waters of this State therewith, and then only at the direction of the division or upon license first obtained from the division under penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each fish so unlawfully killed, sold, exposed for sale or had in possession. The esox fasciatus, commonly known as Long Island pickerel, varied and grass pike, is not included among the fish protected by this section.
Amended by L.1946, c. 74, p. 264, s. 1; L.1948, c. 448, p. 1822, s. 69, eff. April 1, 1949.