License required for taking shellfish from Areas Nos. 2 and 3; fees on harvest.
N.J. Stat. § 50:3-16.14
in effect14. a. No person shall catch or take any shellfish from the natural shellfish beds, contained within Areas Nos. 2 and 3, unless there shall have been first issued by the department for each boat or vessel, so to be used or employed therein, a special license authorizing the catching or taking of shellfish within those areas, which shall be issued for a term not longer than one year and shall contain an agreement on the part of the holder thereof: (1) That any person or officer or other representative of the department authorized by rule or regulation of the department to make inspections of such areas may board the boat or vessel to inspect shellfish therein contained; and (2) That the holder of a special license issued pursuant to this section shall submit monthly reports of shellfish harvested and submit a fee of not less than $1.25 per bushel of shellfish harvested which shall be deposited in the "Oyster Resource Development Account" established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1996, c.112 (C.23:3-12.2). b. All licenses issued under P.L.1966, c.52 (C.50:3-16. 1 et seq.) shall be numbered. L.1966, c.52, s.14; amended 1979, c.199, s.49; 1980, c.120, s.5; 2007, c.338, s.68.
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