50:2-11 - Taking shellfish after sunset, before sunrise or on Sunday; prohibited, limited exceptions for Sunday
50:2-11 Taking shellfish after sunset, before sunrise or on Sunday; prohibited, limited exceptions for Sunday.
50:2-11. No person shall dredge upon, or throw, cast or drag an oyster dredge or any other instrument or appliance used for catching shellfish, or assist in so doing, or collect shellfish by any means, upon any of the lands lying under the tidal waters of this State before sunrise or after sunset, or at any time on Sunday, except that clams may be taken from the waters of Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay, Shrewsbury River or Navesink River on Sunday. The department, in consultation with the council, may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations for the harvest of oysters on Sunday during specific times, in specific areas, and using specific methods of harvest. The maintenance of leases, limited to the moving and planting of shell, oyster and clam seed and the use of bagless oyster scrapes, shall be permitted on Sunday.
Amended 1973, c.352; 1975, c.398, s.5; 1979, c.199, s.37; 2007, c.338, s.39.