7:25-6.18 Wanton waste of fish prohibited; tagging andmarking of fish
(a) Fish, of any species, taken, by any means, which are purposely killed, become part of the fisherman's daily creel or possession limit and must be removed from the waters from which they were taken, and adjacent lands, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 23:5-28. This section shall not apply to those fish which are released while still alive, by the angler, and subsequently die as a result of stress or hooking mortality.
(b) No person may tag or mark and release fish without first obtaining a special permit issued by the Division after a determination that the action will provide information that will be beneficial to the management of the fisheries resource and will not detract from any studies being planned or conducted by the Division or other scientific or educational organization. "Educational or scientific organization" means a governmental unit or a private institution that provides environmental or natural resource education to its students or a governmental unit or private institution whose primary service is the evaluation of environmental or natural resource conditions.
1. Required permit information shall be as follows:
i. The permittee's name;
ii. The permittee's address;
iii. The species offish to be tagged or marked;
iv. The type of tag or mark to be used;
v. The location in which the marked fish will be released; and
vi. The purpose of the tagging or marking offish.
2. Applications shall be directed to:
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Bureau of Freshwater Fisheries
PO Box 394
Lebanon, NJ 08833-0394
3. The permittee shall agree to:
i. Submit a report of the results of the tagging study to the Division;
ii. Display permittee's name and address or phone number on fish tags;
iii. Notification of, and permission from, the owner of the waterbody named in the application or the administering agency if that waterbody is publicly owned; and
iv. Comply with any local ordinances or other State laws or regulations.
Amended by R. 1998 d. 541, effective November 16, 1998 (operative January 1, 1999). See: 30 N.J.R. 2552(a), 30 N.J.R. 4037(b). Recodified the former section as (a); and added (b). Amended by R. 2000 d. 462, effective November 20, 2000 (operative January 1, 2001). See: 32 N.J.R. 2532(a), 32 N.J.R. 4103(b). Amended by R. 2001 d. 73, effective March 5, 2001. See: 32 N.J.R. 4435(a), 33 N.J.R. 874(a). Amended by R. 2010 d. 013, effective January 4, 2010. See: 41 N.J.R. 3004(a), 42 N.J.R. 63(a). Section was "Wanton waste offish prohibited".