ASSEMBLY, No. 1086

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblyman CORODEMUS

An Act concerning the taking of blackfish and amending R.S.23:5-11.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. R.S.23:5-11 is amended as follows:

    23:5-11. Except as otherwise provided in section 23:5-3 of this Title, no person shall take or attempt to take fish from any of the waters of this State by any means prohibited by the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provisions in said code, by means of any contrivance, except in the manner commonly known as angling with hand line or with rod and line, under a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense. No fish of the species tautoga onitis, commonly known as blackfish, shall be taken from the waters of the Raritan Bay or Sandy Hook Bay by pot or trap. Eels may be caught at any time by means of wicker eel baskets anchored on the bottom of streams and ponds, and minnows and other bait fish may be taken by such means, in such manner, in such waters, and under such circumstances prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provisions in said code with a seine not over fifty feet in length in all ponds and lakes which have an area of over one hundred acres, and in all other waters with a seine not over thirty feet in length, but in every such case, all trout, pickerel, bass, pike and pike perch captured therein shall be immediately released therefrom uninjured as far as practicable. Fish may also be taken in any manner under the direction of or by permission given by the Division of Fish and Game for stocking purposes.

(cf: P.L.1948, c.448, s.71.)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill prohibits the taking of the fish species, tautoga onitis, commonly known as blackfish, from the waters of the Raritan Bay or Sandy Hook Bay by pot or trap.

Prohibits the taking of blackfish from the waters of the Raritan Bay or Sandy Hook Bay by pot or trap.