Document:N.J.A.C. 7:25-18.1
N.J.A.C. 7:25-18.1
This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 51 No. 03, February 4, 2019
New Jersey Administrative CodeTITLE 7. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONCHAPTER 25. DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RULESSUBCHAPTER 18. MARINE FISHERIES
§ 7:25-18.1 Size, season, and possession limits
(a) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following common names shall mean the following scientific name(s) for a species or group of species, except as otherwise specified elsewhere in this subchapter.
Common NameScientific NameAmerican EelAnquilla rostrataAtlantic CodGadus morhuaAtlantic CroakerMicropogon undulatusAtlantic MackerelScomber scombrusAtlantic MenhadenBrevoortia tyrannusBlack DrumPogonias cromisBlack Sea BassCentropristis striataBlueline TilefishCaulolatilus micropsBluefishPomatomus saltatrixCobiaRachycentron canadumConchBusycon carica Busycotypus canaliculatum Busycon contrariumDolphinCoryphaena hippurusGoosefish (Monkfish)Lophius americanusHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinusHybrid striped bassMorone saxatilis x Morone spp.KingfishMenticirrhus saxatilis Menticirrhus americanusKing MackerelScomberomorus cavallaPollockPollachius virensRed DrumSciaenops ocellatusRiver herringAlosa aestivalis (alewife) Alosa psuedoharengus (blueback herring)Scup (Porgy)Stenotomus chrysopsShadAlosa sapidissima (American shad) Alosa mediocris (hickory shad)SharkAggregate Large Coastal Group Ginglymostoma cirratum (Nurse Shark Carcharhinus limbatus (Blacktip Shark) Carcharhinus leucas (Bull Shark) Negaprion brevirostris (Lemon Shark) Carcharhinus falciformis (Silky Shark) Carcharhinus brevipinna (Spinner Shark) Galeocerdo cuvieri (Tiger Shark) Hammerhead Group Sphyrna mokarran (Great Hammerhead) Sphyrna lewini (Scalloped Hammerhead) Sphyrna zyqaena (Smooth Hammerhead) Non-Blacknose Small Coastal Group Sphyrna tiburo (Bonnethead) Carcharhinus isodon (Finetooth Shark) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (Atlantic Sharpnose Shark) Blacknose Group Charcharhinus acronotus (Blacknose Shark) Pelagic Group Lamna nasus (Porbeagle Shark) Isurus oxyrinchus (Shortfin Mako) Prionace glauca (Blue Shark) Carcharhinus longimanus (Oceanic Whitetip Shark) Alopias vulpinus (Thresher Shark) Research Only Group Carcharhinus plumbeus (Sandbar Shark) Smoothhound Group Mustelus canis (Smooth Dogfish) Mustelus norrisi (Florida Smoothhound)Spanish MackerelScomberomorus maculatusSpider crabLibinia dubia Libinia emarginataSpiny DogfishSqualus acanthiasStriped BassMorone saxatilisSummer Flounder (Fluke)Paralichthys dentatusTautog (Blackfish)Tautoga onitisWeakfishCynoscion regalis Cynoscion nebulosusWinter FlounderPleuronectes americanus
(b) A person shall not purchase, sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, barter, trade, or exchange for money or for any other thing of value, or attempt to purchase, sell, offer for sale, barter, trade, or exchange for money or for any other thing of value, any species listed below less than the minimum length, measured in inches, except as may be provided elsewhere in this subchapter, and subject to the specific provisions of any such section. Any commercially licensed or permitted vessel or person shall be presumed to possess the following species for sale purposes and shall comply with the minimum sizes below. Fish length shall be measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail (total length), except as noted below.
Minimum SizeSpecies(inches)American Eel9Atlantic Cod19Atlantic CroakerNo LimitAtlantic Mackerel7Atlantic MenhadenNo LimitBlack Drum16Black Sea Bass11Blueline TilefishNo LimitBluefish9Cobia37Conch5DolphinNo LimitGoosefish (Monkfish)17Haddock16Kingfish8
N.J.A.C. 7:25-18.1
This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 51 No. 03, February 4, 2019
New Jersey Administrative CodeTITLE 7. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONCHAPTER 25. DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RULESSUBCHAPTER 18. MARINE FISHERIES
§ 7:25-18.1 Size, season, and possession limits
(a) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following common names shall mean the following scientific name(s) for a species or group of species, except as otherwise specified elsewhere in this subchapter.
Common NameScientific NameAmerican EelAnquilla rostrataAtlantic CodGadus morhuaAtlantic CroakerMicropogon undulatusAtlantic MackerelScomber scombrusAtlantic MenhadenBrevoortia tyrannusBlack DrumPogonias cromisBlack Sea BassCentropristis striataBlueline TilefishCaulolatilus micropsBluefishPomatomus saltatrixCobiaRachycentron canadumConchBusycon carica Busycotypus canaliculatum Busycon contrariumDolphinCoryphaena hippurusGoosefish (Monkfish)Lophius americanusHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinusHybrid striped bassMorone saxatilis x Morone spp.KingfishMenticirrhus saxatilis Menticirrhus americanusKing MackerelScomberomorus cavallaPollockPollachius virensRed DrumSciaenops ocellatusRiver herringAlosa aestivalis (alewife) Alosa psuedoharengus (blueback herring)Scup (Porgy)Stenotomus chrysopsShadAlosa sapidissima (American shad) Alosa mediocris (hickory shad)SharkAggregate Large Coastal Group Ginglymostoma cirratum (Nurse Shark Carcharhinus limbatus (Blacktip Shark) Carcharhinus leucas (Bull Shark) Negaprion brevirostris (Lemon Shark) Carcharhinus falciformis (Silky Shark) Carcharhinus brevipinna (Spinner Shark) Galeocerdo cuvieri (Tiger Shark) Hammerhead Group Sphyrna mokarran (Great Hammerhead) Sphyrna lewini (Scalloped Hammerhead) Sphyrna zyqaena (Smooth Hammerhead) Non-Blacknose Small Coastal Group Sphyrna tiburo (Bonnethead) Carcharhinus isodon (Finetooth Shark) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (Atlantic Sharpnose Shark) Blacknose Group Charcharhinus acronotus (Blacknose Shark) Pelagic Group Lamna nasus (Porbeagle Shark) Isurus oxyrinchus (Shortfin Mako) Prionace glauca (Blue Shark) Carcharhinus longimanus (Oceanic Whitetip Shark) Alopias vulpinus (Thresher Shark) Research Only Group Carcharhinus plumbeus (Sandbar Shark) Smoothhound Group Mustelus canis (Smooth Dogfish) Mustelus norrisi (Florida Smoothhound)Spanish MackerelScomberomorus maculatusSpider crabLibinia dubia Libinia emarginataSpiny DogfishSqualus acanthiasStriped BassMorone saxatilisSummer Flounder (Fluke)Paralichthys dentatusTautog (Blackfish)Tautoga onitisWeakfishCynoscion regalis Cynoscion nebulosusWinter FlounderPleuronectes americanus
(b) A person shall not purchase, sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, barter, trade, or exchange for money or for any other thing of value, or attempt to purchase, sell, offer for sale, barter, trade, or exchange for money or for any other thing of value, any species listed below less than the minimum length, measured in inches, except as may be provided elsewhere in this subchapter, and subject to the specific provisions of any such section. Any commercially licensed or permitted vessel or person shall be presumed to possess the following species for sale purposes and shall comply with the minimum sizes below. Fish length shall be measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail (total length), except as noted below.
Minimum SizeSpecies(inches)American Eel9Atlantic Cod19Atlantic CroakerNo LimitAtlantic Mackerel7Atlantic MenhadenNo LimitBlack Drum16Black Sea Bass11Blueline TilefishNo LimitBluefish9Cobia37Conch5DolphinNo LimitGoosefish (Monkfish)17Haddock16Kingfish8
