New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 25 - DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RULES
Subchapter 22 - MENHADEN
Section 7:25-22.2 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

"Bait net" means a net including, but not limited to, a bait seine, cast net, dip net, lift or umbrella net, or killi-pot.

"Dealer" means a person who has been issued a Menhaden Dealer License to purchase or barter menhaden landed in the State and who is the first point of sale for the purchase or barter of menhaden.

"Division" means the Division of Fish and Wildlife.

"Fishing" means the taking of menhaden from State or Federal waters.

"Gill net vessel" means a vessel that is used in the deployment of a gill net.

"Land" means to enter port with fish, begin offloading fish, or to offload fish.

"Menhaden set vessel" means the smaller of two vessels, often employed in conjunction with a purse seine catch vessel, used as a replacement for the weight of a purse seine to assist in setting the net.

"Other authorized gear" means the gear types listed at N.J.S.A. 23:5-24.2, and includes haul seines, fyke nets, and wire pound nets, which are licensed for the taking of menhaden.

"Pound net vessel" means a vessel that is used in the deployment of a pound net.

"Purse seine" means purse seine or shirred net gear.

"Purse seine carry vessel" means a vessel that is used to carry and land or sell menhaden and which works with a purse seine catch vessel or menhaden set vessel.

"Purse seine catch vessel" means a vessel that is used in the deployment of a purse seine, which may work in conjunction with a purse seine carry vessel or menhaden set vessel.

"Trawl vessel" means a vessel that is used in the deployment of a trawl net.