New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 25 - DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RULES
Subchapter 14 - CRAB AND LOBSTER MANAGEMENT
Section 7:25-14.7 - Use of crab dredges
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) An individual shall not catch or take crabs by dredges without having his or her valid crab dredge license in his or her possession. A Delaware Bay commercial crab dredge licensee may authorize an agent to operate the said licensee's crab dredge vessel if the agent is in possession of the said licensee's license and a letter of authorization from said licensee, issued and notarized by the Division, indicating the license number and vessel registration number of the vessel that the agent is authorized to operate. In addition to the agent, the commercial licensee shall be held liable and subject to the penalty provisions provided in 7:25-14.20 for the violation of provisions of this subchapter actually committed by the agent based upon the apparent authority of the agent to act for his or her principal.
(b) No person shall catch, take, or attempt to take crabs by dredge from any area except the "crab dredge area" as defined in the definitions section. No person shall dredge or attempt to dredge crabs on any marked leased shellfish grounds. No person shall dredge or attempt to dredge crabs within 50 yards of any marked leased shellfish grounds.
(c) No person, while engaged in the catching and taking of crabs by dredge, shall have in his or her boat or possession any organisms other than crabs and conchs obtained from any source, except as provided under 50:3-16.1 3. Conchs may be retained in the crab dredge fishery. The possession of dredges and any organisms other than crabs and conchs simultaneously in the boat of any person shall constitute prima facie evidence of the violation of this section.
(d) No person shall catch, take or attempt to catch or take crabs or conchs by means of a crab dredge except from one-half hour after sunrise to one-half hour before sunset from November 15 through April 15 in Delaware Bay; and from December 1 through March 31 in all other waters. The possession of dredges and crabs or conchs simultaneously in the boat of any person when the crab dredge season is closed shall constitute prima facie evidence of the violation of this section.
(e) No person shall catch, take or attempt to catch or take crabs by means of a crab dredge at any time on Sunday except north of Route 36 (Highlands Bridge), in Delaware Bay, or in the Atlantic Ocean.