50:2-7. All oysters, oyster shells and other material dredged, tonged or in any manner raised or taken from any of the beds and grounds above what is known as the southwest line in Delaware Bay, except in that area known as Section “E” as defined in R.S.50:1-23, or from any natural oyster bed or ground, shell bed or reef, where oysters naturally spawn and grow under the tidal waters of the State, shall be culled as soon as they are emptied out of the tongs or dredges on the culling board, conveyor, culling device, or deck of the boat or vessel employed for the purpose, and before they are shoveled back from the culling board or portion of the deck used for emptying the tongs or dredges.

Amended 1979, c.199, s.33; 1981, c.62, s.2; 2007, c.338, s.33.